Documents
Download Document
Returns a signed URL for downloading a document’s original uploaded file.
GET
/
datasets
/
{dataset_id}
/
documents
/
{document_id}
/
download
Download Document
curl --request GET \
--url https://{api_base_url}/datasets/{dataset_id}/documents/{document_id}/download \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'import requests
url = "https://{api_base_url}/datasets/{dataset_id}/documents/{document_id}/download"
headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer <token>"}
response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'}};
fetch('https://{api_base_url}/datasets/{dataset_id}/documents/{document_id}/download', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://{api_base_url}/datasets/{dataset_id}/documents/{document_id}/download",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://{api_base_url}/datasets/{dataset_id}/documents/{document_id}/download"
req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)
req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://{api_base_url}/datasets/{dataset_id}/documents/{document_id}/download")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://{api_base_url}/datasets/{dataset_id}/documents/{document_id}/download")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"url": "https://storage.example.com/datasets/documents/abc123/original-file.pdf?token=xyz789&expires=1741353600"
}Authorizations
Every request authenticates with an API key: Authorization: Bearer {API_KEY}. App endpoints take an app API key; knowledge endpoints take a knowledge base API key (Get Started).
Keep keys server-side; never embed them in client code. Requests with a missing or invalid key fail with HTTP 401 (unauthorized).
Path Parameters
Knowledge base ID, from List Knowledge Bases. For a scoped key, copy the ID from the Dify URL.
Document ID. From List Documents.
Response
Download URL generated successfully.
Signed URL to download the original uploaded file.
Last modified on September 30, 2026
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Download Document
curl --request GET \
--url https://{api_base_url}/datasets/{dataset_id}/documents/{document_id}/download \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'import requests
url = "https://{api_base_url}/datasets/{dataset_id}/documents/{document_id}/download"
headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer <token>"}
response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'}};
fetch('https://{api_base_url}/datasets/{dataset_id}/documents/{document_id}/download', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://{api_base_url}/datasets/{dataset_id}/documents/{document_id}/download",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://{api_base_url}/datasets/{dataset_id}/documents/{document_id}/download"
req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)
req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://{api_base_url}/datasets/{dataset_id}/documents/{document_id}/download")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://{api_base_url}/datasets/{dataset_id}/documents/{document_id}/download")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"url": "https://storage.example.com/datasets/documents/abc123/original-file.pdf?token=xyz789&expires=1741353600"
}