Retrieve a file

GET/v1/files/{id}

Retrieves a file's details: its name, size and SHA-256.

Path parameters

idstringrequired

The file's ID, starting fil_.

Returns

200 application/json. Metadata (name, size, sha256). See the File object.

Errors have one shape; see Errors for every code.

Code language

Request

curl "https://api.parasend.com/v1/files/fil_01M6R27SZK99V6N6WG4GK15T6R" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $PARASEND_KEY"

const res = await fetch('https://api.parasend.com/v1/files/fil_01M6R27SZK99V6N6WG4GK15T6R', {
  method: 'GET',
  headers: {
    Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.PARASEND_KEY}`,
  },
});
const data = await res.json();

import os, requests

res = requests.get(
    "https://api.parasend.com/v1/files/fil_01M6R27SZK99V6N6WG4GK15T6R",
    headers={
        "Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['PARASEND_KEY']}",
    },
)
data = res.json()

using var http = new HttpClient();
var request = new HttpRequestMessage(HttpMethod.Get, "https://api.parasend.com/v1/files/fil_01M6R27SZK99V6N6WG4GK15T6R");
request.Headers.Authorization = new AuthenticationHeaderValue("Bearer", Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("PARASEND_KEY"));
var response = await http.SendAsync(request);
var body = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();

var request = HttpRequest.newBuilder(URI.create("https://api.parasend.com/v1/files/fil_01M6R27SZK99V6N6WG4GK15T6R"))
    .header("Authorization", "Bearer " + System.getenv("PARASEND_KEY"))
    .GET()
    .build();
var response = HttpClient.newHttpClient().send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());

$client = new GuzzleHttp\Client();
$response = $client->request('GET', 'https://api.parasend.com/v1/files/fil_01M6R27SZK99V6N6WG4GK15T6R', [
    'headers' => [
        'Authorization' => 'Bearer ' . getenv('PARASEND_KEY'),
    ],
]);
$data = json_decode($response->getBody(), true);

Response · 200

{
  "id": "fil_01M6R27SZK99V6N6WG4GK15T6R",
  "object": "file",
  "name": "test-notice.pdf",
  "bytes": 691,
  "sha256": "1b0cff41d97c8dcf92b7de986d66d12fb94e68f6db19821aa4b263dcfb0b6225",
  "created": "2026-11-06T09:15:05.587Z"
}