Download Item Content

Retrieve the content of a specified file from file staging. Use the Range header to create resumable downloads for large files, or to continue downloading a file if your session is interrupted.

GET/api/{version}/services/file_staging/items/content/{item}

Headers

Name	Description
`Range`	Optional: Specifies a partial range of bytes to include in the download. Maximum 50 MB. Must be in the format `bytes={min}-{max}`. For example, `bytes=0-1000`.

URI Path Parameters

Name	Description
`item`	The absolute path to a file. This path is specific to the authenticated user. Admin users can access the root directory. All other users can only access their own user directory.

Request

curl -L -X GET -H "Authorization: {SESSION_ID}" \
-H "Range: bytes=0-1000" \
https://myvault.veevavault.com/api/v25.2/services/file_staging/items/content/u10001400/Wonder Drug Survey.docx

Response Headers

Content-Type: application/octet-stream;charset=UTF-8
Content-Disposition: attachment;filename="Wonder Drug Survey.docx"
Content-Range: bytes 0-1000/11737

Response Details

On SUCCESS, Vault retrieves the content of the specified file. The HTTP Response Header Content-Type is set to application/octet-stream and the HTTP Response Header Content-Disposition contains a filename component which can be used when naming the local file. If a range header was specified in the request, the response also includes the Content-Range HTTP Response Header, which specifies the bytes downloaded, as well as the total for the file. In the example above, the Content-Range specifies a download of bytes 1-1000 of 11737 total bytes.