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Fetch original file

Returns original file (posted on Document create) in url safe base64 (Base64URL) encoded string.

GET/api/v1_2/documents/:document_id/original_file

Returns original file (posted on Document create) in url safe base64 (Base64URL) encoded string. Until the document is properly processed the endpoint returns file data of initial upload.

For most use cases is better to use the expirable urls present in document detail for original file download. You can do it in one step after you download document payload without additional request to this endpoint.

Path parameters

Name Example Description
document_id - -

Headers

Name Example Description
Authorization Bearer demo_access_token -

Code examples

cURL

curl --request GET 'https://app.datamolino.com/api/v1_2/documents/98765/original_file' \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer demo_access_token'

HTTP

GET /api/v1_2/documents/98765/original_file HTTP/1.1
Host: app.datamolino.com
Authorization: Bearer demo_access_token

JavaScript Fetch

const response = await fetch("https://app.datamolino.com/api/v1_2/documents/98765/original_file", {
  method: "GET",
  headers: {
"Authorization": "Bearer demo_access_token"
  },
});

const data = await response.json();

Node.js Axios

import axios from "axios";

const response = await axios({
  method: "get",
  url: "https://app.datamolino.com/api/v1_2/documents/98765/original_file",
  headers: {
"Authorization": "Bearer demo_access_token"
  }
});

console.log(response.data);

Python Requests

import requests

url = "https://app.datamolino.com/api/v1_2/documents/98765/original_file"
headers = {
  "Authorization": "Bearer demo_access_token"
}

response = requests.request("GET", url, headers=headers)
response.raise_for_status()
print(response.json())

Ruby Net::HTTP

require 'json'
require 'net/http'

uri = URI("https://app.datamolino.com/api/v1_2/documents/98765/original_file")
request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)
request["Authorization"] = "Bearer demo_access_token"

response = Net::HTTP.start(uri.hostname, uri.port, use_ssl: uri.scheme == "https") do |http|
  http.request(request)
end

puts JSON.parse(response.body)

Ruby on Rails

# app/services/datamolino_client.rb
require 'json'
require 'net/http'

class DatamolinoClient
  BASE_URL = "https://app.datamolino.com"

  def initialize(access_token: Rails.application.credentials.dig(:datamolino, :access_token))
@access_token = access_token
  end

  def request_fetch_original_file
uri = URI("#{BASE_URL}/api/v1_2/documents/98765/original_file")
request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)
request["Authorization"] = "Bearer #{@access_token}"

response = Net::HTTP.start(uri.hostname, uri.port, use_ssl: true) do |http|
  http.request(request)
end

JSON.parse(response.body)
  end
end

PHP Guzzle

<?php

use GuzzleHttp\Client;

$client = new Client();
$response = $client->request('GET', 'https://app.datamolino.com/api/v1_2/documents/98765/original_file', [
'headers' => json_decode('{"Authorization":"Bearer demo_access_token"}', true)
]);

echo $response->getBody();

Java OkHttp

OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient();

Request request = new Request.Builder()
.url("https://app.datamolino.com/api/v1_2/documents/98765/original_file")
.addHeader("Authorization", "Bearer demo_access_token")
.method("GET", null)
.build();

Response response = client.newCall(request).execute();

C# HttpClient

using var client = new HttpClient();
using var request = new HttpRequestMessage(HttpMethod.Get, "https://app.datamolino.com/api/v1_2/documents/98765/original_file");
request.Headers.Add("Authorization", "Bearer demo_access_token");

using var response = await client.SendAsync(request);
response.EnsureSuccessStatusCode();
Console.WriteLine(await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync());

Go Native

client := &http.Client{}
req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://app.datamolino.com/api/v1_2/documents/98765/original_file", nil)
if err != nil { panic(err) }
req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer demo_access_token")

res, err := client.Do(req)
if err != nil { panic(err) }
defer res.Body.Close()

body, err := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
if err != nil { panic(err) }
fmt.Println(string(body))

Swift URLSession

import Foundation

var request = URLRequest(url: URL(string: "https://app.datamolino.com/api/v1_2/documents/98765/original_file")!)
request.httpMethod = "GET"
request.setValue("Bearer demo_access_token", forHTTPHeaderField: "Authorization")

let (data, _) = try await URLSession.shared.data(for: request)
print(String(data: data, encoding: .utf8)!)

Responses

200 OK

Content type: application/json; charset=utf-8

{
  "links": {
    "back": {
      "href": "https://beta.datamolino.com/api/v1_2/documents"
    },
    "self": {
      "href": "https://beta.datamolino.com/api/v1_2/documents/315940/original_file?access_token=demo_access_token"
    }
  },
  "documents": [
    {
      "links": {
        "self": {
          "href": "https://beta.datamolino.com/api/v1_2/documents/315940"
        }
      },
      "id": 315940,
      "user_file_name": "12_20180427.000158.01.pdf",
      "original_content_type": "application/pdf",
      "original_file_base64": "demo_identifier"
    }
  ]
}

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