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GET
/
files
/
{id}
JavaScript
import Moonbase from '@moonbaseai/sdk';

const client = new Moonbase({
  apiKey: process.env['MOONBASE_API_KEY'], // This is the default and can be omitted
});

const moonbaseFile = await client.files.retrieve('id');

console.log(moonbaseFile.id);
{
  "id": "1CLJt2v17V1yuCdrUwA4PW",
  "type": "file",
  "name": "Example",
  "filename": "test.txt",
  "size": 3,
  "download_url": "https://api.moonbase.ai/asset_redirects/1CLJt2v1cFRDidcZsXKEd4?token=eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6eyJpZCI6IjFDTEp0MnYxY0ZSRGlkY1pzWEtFZDQiLCJuYW1lIjoiZmlsZSIsInJlY29yZF90eXBlIjoiTGlicmFyeUFzc2V0IiwicmVjb3JkX2lkIjoiMUNMSnQydjE3VjF5dUNkclV3QTRQVyIsImJsb2JfaWQiOiIxQ0xKdDJ2MU1zRGJvdjhEQkVFZVdIIiwiY3JlYXRlZF9hdCI6IjIwMjUtMDItMTdUMTY6MDA6MDAuMDAwWiJ9LCJleHAiOiIyMDI1LTAyLTE3VDE3OjAwOjAwLjAwMFoiLCJwdXIiOiJyZWRpcmVjdCJ9fQ--44cffd59d4a0320b941925fafa70a33ee21ef3c0",
  "associations": [],
  "created_at": "2025-02-17T16:00:00.000Z",
  "updated_at": "2025-02-17T16:00:00.000Z"
}

Authorizations

​
Authorization
string
header
required

Your Moonbase API key.

Path Parameters

​
id
string
required

The ID of the File to retrieve.

Response

Successful response.

The File object represents a file that has been uploaded to your library.

​
type
string
required

String representing the object’s type. Always file for this object.

Allowed value: "file"
​
id
string
required

Unique identifier for the object.

​
name
string
required

The display name of the file.

​
filename
string
required

The original filename of the uploaded file.

​
size
number
required

The size of the file in bytes.

​
download_url
string<uri>
required

A temporary, signed URL to download the file content. The URL expires after one hour.

​
associations
ItemPointer · object[]
required

A list of items this file is associated with.

​
created_at
string<date-time>
required

Time at which the object was created, as an ISO 8601 timestamp in UTC.

​
updated_at
string<date-time>
required

Time at which the object was last updated, as an ISO 8601 timestamp in UTC.