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Retrieve Document Attachment Metadata

GET/api/{version}/objects/documents/{doc_id}/attachments/{attachment_id}
NameDescription
Acceptapplication/json (default) or application/xml
NameDescription
{doc_id}The document id field value.
{attachment_id}The attachment id field value.
curl -X GET -H "Authorization: {SESSION_ID}" \
https://myvault.veevavault.com/api/v21.1/objects/documents/565/attachments/566
{
    "responseStatus": "SUCCESS",
    "data": [
        {
            "id": 566,
            "filename__v": "Site Area Map.png",
            "format__v": "image/png",
            "size__v": 109828,
            "md5checksum__v": "78b36d9602530e12051429e62558d581",
            "version__v": 2,
            "created_by__v": 46916,
            "created_date__v": "2015-01-14T00:35:01.775Z",
            "versions": [
                {
                    "version__v": 1,
                    "url": "https://myvault.veevavault.com/api/v21.1/objects/documents/565/attachments/566/versions/1"
                },
                {
                    "version__v": 2,
                    "url": "https://myvault.veevavault.com/api/v21.1/objects/documents/565/attachments/566/versions/2"
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}

The md5checksum__v field is calculated on the latest version of the attachment. If an attachment is added which has the same MD5 checksum value as an existing attachment on a given document, the new attachment is not added.

Vault Document Attachments include the following fields (metadata):