Get Deployment File Contents

APIs & SDKs

GEThttps://api.vercel.com/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.

https://api.vercel.com/v8/deployments/{id}/files/{fileId}

const response = await fetch('https://api.vercel.com/v8/deployments/id/files/fileId?path=string&teamId=string&slug=string', {
  method: 'GET',
  headers: {
    'Authorization': 'Bearer YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
  },
});

const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

Response

{}

Authentication

AuthorizationbearerToken

Default authentication mechanism

Path parameters

idstringRequired

The unique deployment identifier

fileIdstringRequired

The unique file identifier

Query parameters

pathstringOptional

Path to the file to fetch (only for Git deployments)

teamIdstringOptional

The Team identifier to perform the request on behalf of.

slugstringOptional

The Team slug to perform the request on behalf of.

Errors

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

401The request is not authorized.

403You do not have permission to access this resource.

404File not found Deployment not found

410Invalid API version.

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https://api.vercel.com/v8/deployments/{id}/files/{fileId}

const response = await fetch('https://api.vercel.com/v8/deployments/id/files/fileId?path=string&teamId=string&slug=string', {
  method: 'GET',
  headers: {
    'Authorization': 'Bearer YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
  },
});

const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

Response

{}

OpenAPI Specification