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

# Download File

`client.files.download(fileID, params?, options?): Response`

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

Download File

## Parameters

- `fileID: string` (path parameter)

  ID of the File.

- `params: FileDownloadParams`

  - `workspace_id?: 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

- `type unnamed_schema_0 = Response`

## Example

```typescript
import Anthropic from "@anthropic-ai/sdk";

const client = new Anthropic({
  apiKey: process.env["ANTHROPIC_API_KEY"] // This is the default and can be omitted
});

const response = await client.files.download("file_id");

console.log(response);

const content = await response.blob();
console.log(content);
```