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Common ModelsFiles

/files/{id}

GET
/filestorage/v1/files/:id
GET
/api/filestorage/v1/files/:id
$curl -G https://api.merge.dev/api/filestorage/v1/files/id \
>     -H "X-Account-Token: X-Account-Token" \
>     -H "Authorization: Bearer <token>" \
>     -d expand=drive
200Retrieved
1{
2  "id": "45ce474c-dhcj-43a6-754r-629f799f7d68",
3  "remote_id": "12",
4  "created_at": "2021-09-15T00:00:00Z",
5  "modified_at": "2021-10-16T00:00:00Z",
6  "name": "merge_file_storage_launch.docx",
7  "file_url": "https://drive.com/1234",
8  "file_thumbnail_url": "https://drive.com/1234/thumbnail.png",
9  "size": 254,
10  "mime_type": "application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document",
11  "description": "Use common model scopes to redact data returned in Merge's Common Models!",
12  "folder": "8e889422-e086-42dc-b99e-24d732039b0b",
13  "checksum": {
14    "type": "sha256",
15    "content_hash": "e3b0c44298fc1c149afbf4c8996fb92427ae41e4649b934ca495991b7852b855"
16  },
17  "permissions": [
18    {
19      "id": "31ce489c-asdf-68b1-754r-629f799f7123",
20      "remote_id": "102895",
21      "created_at": "2020-03-31T00:00:00Z",
22      "modified_at": "2020-06-20T00:00:00Z",
23      "user": "21ce474c-asdf-34a2-754r-629f799f7d12",
24      "group": null,
25      "type": "USER",
26      "roles": [
27        "OWNER"
28      ],
29      "remote_data": null
30    },
31    {
32      "id": "2ea7db93-1ae9-4686-82c9-35c768000736",
33      "remote_id": null,
34      "created_at": "2020-03-31T00:00:00Z",
35      "modified_at": "2020-06-20T00:00:00Z",
36      "user": null,
37      "group": "3fa85f64-5717-4562-b3fc-2c963f66afa6",
38      "type": "GROUP",
39      "roles": [
40        "READ"
41      ],
42      "remote_data": null
43    }
44  ],
45  "drive": "204ca79c-0c86-4f6c-9ca6-61b946a4708a",
46  "remote_created_at": "2022-02-02T00:00:00Z",
47  "remote_updated_at": "2022-02-03T00:00:00Z",
48  "remote_was_deleted": true,
49  "field_mappings": {
50    "organization_defined_targets": {
51      "custom_key": "custom_value"
52    },
53    "linked_account_defined_targets": {
54      "custom_key": "custom_value"
55    }
56  },
57  "remote_data": [
58    {
59      "path": "/files",
60      "data": null
61    }
62  ]
63}

Returns a File object with the given id.

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Authentication

AuthorizationBearer

Token-based authentication with required prefix “Bearer”

Path parameters

idstringRequiredformat: "uuid"

Headers

X-Account-TokenstringRequired
Token identifying the end user.

Query parameters

expandlist of enumsOptional
Which relations should be returned in expanded form. Multiple relation names should be comma separated without spaces.
Allowed values:
include_remote_databooleanOptional

Whether to include the original data Merge fetched from the third-party to produce these models.

include_shell_databooleanOptional

Whether to include shell records. Shell records are empty records (they may contain some metadata but all other fields are null).

Response

idstringRead-onlyformat: "uuid"
remote_idstring or null

The third-party API ID of the matching object.

created_atdatetimeRead-only
The datetime that this object was created by Merge.
modified_atdatetimeRead-only
The datetime that this object was modified by Merge.
namestring or null<=254 characters
The file's name.
file_urlstring or null<=2000 characters
The URL to access the file.
file_thumbnail_urlstring or null<=2000 characters
The URL that produces a thumbnail preview of the file. Typically an image.
sizelong or null-9223372036854776000-9223372036854776000
The file's size, in bytes.
mime_typestring or null<=128 characters
The file's mime type.
descriptionstring or null<=2000 characters
The file's description.
folderstring or nullformat: "uuid"
The folder that the file belongs to.
checksummap from strings to any or null

This field stores file checksum data. ‘type’ indicates the algorithm (e.g. crc_32, sha1, sha256, quickXor, or md5), and ‘content_hash’ is the unique hash used to verify file integrity and detect alterations.

permissionslist of objects
drivestring or nullformat: "uuid"
The drive that the file belongs to.
remote_created_atdatetime or null
When the third party's file was created.
remote_updated_atdatetime or null
When the third party's file was updated.
remote_was_deletedbooleanRead-only

Indicates whether or not this object has been deleted in the third party platform. Full coverage deletion detection is a premium add-on. Native deletion detection is offered for free with limited coverage. Learn more.

field_mappingsobject or nullRead-only
remote_datalist of objects or nullRead-only