---
title: "Download a file a catalog part names by its web address"
method: POST
path: "/api/v0/desk/catalog/download"
tags: ["Desk"]
---

# Download a file a catalog part names by its web address

`POST /api/v0/desk/catalog/download`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.outerport.com` (the document declares no server; this is the origin it was published from)
- URL: `https://api.outerport.com/api/v0/desk/catalog/download`
- Auth: HTTP bearer
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/outerport/apis/outerport-api/docs/api/v0/desk/catalog/download/post.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

Fetches a public http(s) address from this server and answers its bytes as a download, with the source's content type in ``X-Source-Content-Type``. The browser desk stores the bytes beside the part through the project file endpoints.

## Request body

- DeskCatalogDownloadRequest
  - `url` string, required

## Response `200`

Successful Response

- unknown

## Other responses

- `422`: Validation Error

## Changes

- **2026-10-26** `07854361a13b`: 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/outerport/apis/outerport-api/changes/api/v0/desk/catalog/download/post.md)

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