Get File

Get file metadata by ID.

get/api/v1/beta/files/{file_id}

Path parameters

file_idstring uuid required

Query parameters

expandstring[] nullable

Fields to expand.

project_idstring uuid nullable

organization_idstring uuid nullable

Cookies

sessionstring nullable

Response

Successful Response

idstring required

Unique file identifier

namestring required

File name including extension

external_file_idstring nullable

Optional ID for correlating with an external system

file_typestring nullable

File extension (pdf, docx, png, etc.)

project_idstring uuid required

Project this file belongs to

last_modified_atstring date-time nullable

When the file was last modified (ISO 8601)

expires_atstring date-time nullable

When the file expires and may be automatically removed. Null means no expiration.

purposestring nullable

How the file will be used: user_data, parse, extract, classify, split, sheet, or agent_app

Example response

{
  "id": "dfl-aaaaaaaa-bbbb-cccc-dddd-eeeeeeeeeeee",
  "name": "invoice.pdf",
  "external_file_id": "ext-12345",
  "file_type": "pdf",
  "project_id": "123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000",
  "purpose": "parse"
}

Changes

Changed in 7 of the 33 revisions of this API.49

Jun 9, 2026b17341164de92See the full diff
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  added the optional property detail/items/ctx to the response with the 422 status
  response-optional-property-added
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  added the optional property detail/items/input to the response with the 422 status
  response-optional-property-added
This revision also has 5 changes that name no endpoint, such as unreferenced schemas being removed. See the revision's changelog
May 23, 202634da5826db1c2See the full diff
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  added the new optional query request parameter expand
  new-optional-request-parameter
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  added the optional property download_url to the response with the 200 status
  response-optional-property-added
May 21, 2026fb63fb8d662c2See the full diff
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  deleted the query request parameter expand
  request-parameter-removed
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  removed the optional property download_url from the response with the 200 status
  response-optional-property-removed
This revision also has 46 changes that name no endpoint, such as unreferenced schemas being removed. See the revision's changelog
May 16, 2026c317ed7c691a2See the full diff
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  added the new optional query request parameter expand
  new-optional-request-parameter
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  added the optional property download_url to the response with the 200 status
  response-optional-property-added
May 14, 20261bbc901f8c0d2See the full diff
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  deleted the query request parameter expand
  request-parameter-removed
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  removed the optional property download_url from the response with the 200 status
  response-optional-property-removed
This revision also has 6 changes that name no endpoint, such as unreferenced schemas being removed. See the revision's changelog
May 12, 2026548a0c57fdd62See the full diff
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  added the new optional query request parameter expand
  new-optional-request-parameter
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  added the optional property download_url to the response with the 200 status
  response-optional-property-added
Apr 24, 20261bbc901f8c0d1See the full diff
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  endpoint added
  endpoint-added
This revision also has 9 changes that name no endpoint, such as unreferenced schemas being removed. See the revision's changelog

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