File Download

The File Download API is used to serve files to the user. This API is proxied and available publicly.

Input

URL:

/seeker/file/download?Id=(download token id or upload key)

HTTP Method(s):

GET

Parameters

Parameter

Required

Default

Description

Id

Yes

N/A

When a valid file download token is present (created by the search or download token API. This file will be served.

When the Id matches the key of an uploaded file. This file will be served.

Note this argument should be properly URL encoded. This is especially important with upload keys as they usually contain '/' characters which require encoding.

Below are more details about how you can get the Id argument to use for this API.

File Download Token Ids

The first source of identifiers is a file download token id. File download tokens are created by the search API when returning search results which reference a file. They can also be generated using the File Download Token API. File Download via path sequence diagram

Uploaded File Keys

The key used during the File Upload process can also be used as a download Id.

Download file via key sequence diagram

See Also

File API

Upload Process

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