---
title: "Download Document File"
method: GET
path: "/documents/{document_id}/file"
tags: ["Documents"]
---

# Download Document File

`GET /documents/{document_id}/file`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.morphik.ai` (the document declares no server; this is the origin it was published from)
- URL: `https://api.morphik.ai/documents/{document_id}/file`
- Auth: none declared

Download the actual file content for a document.
This endpoint is used for local storage when file:// URLs cannot be accessed by browsers.

## Path parameters

- `document_id` string, required

## Headers

- `authorization` string, nullable

## Response `200`

Successful Response

- unknown

## Other responses

- `422`: Validation Error

## Changes

- **2026-01-22** `2d9291c3821d`: 2 info
  - `header` request parameter `authorization` list-of-types was widened by adding types `null`
  - for the `header` request parameter `authorization`, the type was generalized from `string` to no type

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/morphik-org/apis/morphik-api/changes/documents/:document_id/file/get.md)

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