Files

Download file content

Changed on

Downloads the raw bytes of a file. Only files created server-side are downloadable; uploaded files return 400.

get/files/{file_id}/content

Request

  • Base URL: https://openrouter.ai/api/v1
  • URL: https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/files/{file_id}/content
  • Auth: HTTP bearer

Path parameters

file_idstring required
Example:or_file_011CNha8iCJcU1wXNR6q4V8w

Query parameters

workspace_idstring uuid

Workspace to scope the request to. Defaults to the caller’s default workspace.

Example:a103d8b6-42f0-4e50-9a3c-bf41e2c3c1a7
provider'openai' | 'anthropic'

Store or read this file on the named provider using your own API key for it. Omit to use OpenRouter storage.

Example:openai

Response

The raw file content.

Changes

  • ed04e14f2755Revision changes
    • breaking

      for the path request parameter file_id, the minLength was increased from 0 to 1

    • breaking

      added the pattern ^[\w-]+$ to the path request parameter file_id

    • warning

      for the path request parameter file_id, the maxLength was set to 256

  • 6968addaaf97Revision changes
    • info

      added the new optional query request parameter provider

    • info

      added the non-success response with the status

    • info

      added the non-success response with the status

    • info

      added the non-success response with the status