GET
GET /v1/files/{file_id}/content?beta=true — Claude API
Beta
Anthropic API key (required); https://api.anthropic.com
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- Base URL
- https://api.anthropic.com
- Auth
- x-api-key: <ANTHROPIC_API_KEY>
- Last verified
- 2026-10-20 · upstream hash matched
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Critical gotchas
Authentication uses the x-api-key header and requests also require an anthropic-version header.
The official OpenAPI URL is discovered from the SDK repository manifest and must remain under Anthropic's trusted Stainless storage prefix.
cURL
curl -X GET 'https://api.anthropic.com/v1/files/file-id/content?beta=true' \ -H "x-api-key: $ANTHROPIC_API_KEY" \ -H 'anthropic-version: 2023-06-01'
Parameters
| Name | In | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| file_id | path | string | Yes | ID of the File. |
Response 200 OK
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