---
title: Download File
url: https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/api/php/beta/files/download
---

# Download File

`$client->beta->files->download(string fileID, ?list<AnthropicBeta> betas, ?string workspaceID): download`

**GET** `/v1/files/{file_id}/content`

Download File

## Parameters

- `fileID: string` (path parameter)

  ID of the File.

- `betas?: optional list<AnthropicBeta>` (header parameter)

  Optional header to specify the beta version(s) you want to use.

- `workspaceID?: optional string` (header parameter)

  Optional header to select the Workspace for this request. The value is a Workspace ID (for example, `wrkspc_011CZkZaBF1tNoB5wlCeusgy`).

  Only needed for credentials that can act on more than one Workspace. A credential that belongs to a specific Workspace may omit it; if sent, it must match that Workspace.

## Returns

- `mixed`

## Example

```php
<?php

require_once dirname(__DIR__) . '/vendor/autoload.php';

use Anthropic\Client;
use Anthropic\Beta\AnthropicBeta;

$client = new Client(apiKey: 'my-anthropic-api-key');

$response = $client->beta->files->download(
  'file_id',
  betas: [AnthropicBeta::MESSAGE_BATCHES_2024_09_24],
  workspaceID: 'wrkspc_011CZkZaBF1tNoB5wlCeusgy',
);

var_dump($response);
```