Retrieve File Content

Download the raw bytes of an uploaded file.

Download the raw bytes of an uploaded file. The response body is the file itself - same Content-Type as the upload, with a Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="..." header.

GET /v1/files/:file_id/content

Path parameters

file_idstringrequired

The id of the file (prefixed file-).

Response

bodybinaryoptional

Raw file bytes. No JSON envelope.

This endpoint is symmetric with POST /v1/files - whatever you uploaded comes back unchanged. It does not return the extracted text used by chat completions; that extraction is cached internally and only surfaced through the chat endpoint.

Errors

Status	Reason
`404`	`No such File object: <id>` - id does not exist or is owned by another user.