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title: get-deployment-file-contents
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url: /docs/rest-api/deployments/get-deployment-file-contents
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summary: Learn about get-deployment-file-contents on Vercel.
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# Get Deployment File Contents

```http
GET /v8/deployments/{id}/files/{fileId}
```

Allows to retrieve the content of a file by supplying the file identifier and the deployment unique identifier. The response body will contain a JSON response containing the contents of the file encoded as base64.

## Authentication

**bearerToken**: HTTP bearer

## Path parameters

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `id` | string | Yes | The unique deployment identifier |
| `fileId` | string | Yes | The unique file identifier |


## Query parameters

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `path` | string | No | Path to the file to fetch (only for Git deployments) |
| `teamId` | string | No | The Team identifier to perform the request on behalf of. |
| `slug` | string | No | The Team slug to perform the request on behalf of. |


## Responses

### 400: One of the provided values in the request query is invalid.

### 401: The request is not authorized.

### 403: You do not have permission to access this resource.

### 404: File not found
Deployment not found

### 410: Invalid API version.

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## Related

- [deployments endpoints](/docs/rest-api#deployments)

- [REST API overview](/docs/rest-api)

- [OpenAPI spec](https://openapi.vercel.sh/) (machine-readable, all endpoints)

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