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Retrieve Document Attachments

GET/api/{version}/objects/documents/{doc_id}/attachments
NameDescription
Acceptapplication/json (default) or application/xml
NameDescription
{doc_id}The document id field value.
curl -X GET -H "Authorization: {SESSION_ID}" \
https://myvault.veevavault.com/api/v26.1/objects/documents/565/attachments
{
    "responseStatus": "SUCCESS",
    "data": [
        {
            "id": 566,
            "filename__v": "Site Area Map.png",
            "format__v": "image/png",
            "size__v": 109828,
            "md5checksum__v": "78b36d9602530e12051429e62558d581",
            "version__v": 2,
            "created_by__v": 46916,
            "created_date__v": "2015-01-14T00:35:01.775Z",
            "versions": [
                {
                    "version__v": 1,
                    "url": "https://myvault.veevavault.com/api/v26.1/objects/documents/565/attachments/566/versions/1"
                },
                {
                    "version__v": 2,
                    "url": "https://myvault.veevavault.com/api/v26.1/objects/documents/565/attachments/566/versions/2"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "id": 567,
            "filename__v": "Site Facilities Contacts.docx",
            "format__v": "application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document",
            "size__v": 11483,
            "md5checksum__v": "bddd2e18f40dd09ab4939ddd2acefeac",
            "version__v": 3,
            "created_by__v": 46916,
            "created_date__v": "2015-01-14T00:35:12.320Z",
            "versions": [
                {
                    "version__v": 1,
                    "url": "https://myvault.veevavault.com/api/v26.1/objects/documents/565/attachments/567/versions/1"
                },
                {
                    "version__v": 2,
                    "url": "https://myvault.veevavault.com/api/v26.1/objects/documents/565/attachments/567/versions/2"
                },
                {
                    "version__v": 3,
                    "url": "https://myvault.veevavault.com/api/v26.1/objects/documents/565/attachments/567/versions/3"
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}

On SUCCESS, the response lists the following metadata for each attachment on the requested document:

Metadata FieldDescription
idID of the attachment. This is set by the system.
external_id__vThe attachment’s external ID if provided in a Create Multiple Document Attachments request. The response excludes this attribute if the attachment has no external ID.
filename__vFile name of the attachment.
format__vFile format of the attachment.
description__vOptional description added to the attachment. The response excludes this attribute if the attachment has no description.
size__vFile size of the attachment in bytes.
md5checksum__vMD5 checksum value calculated for the attachment. To avoid creating identical versions, Vault assigns each version a checksum value.
version__vVersion of the attachment. Attachment versioning uses integer numbers beginning with 1 and incrementing sequentially (1, 2, 3,...). There is no concept of major or minor version numbers with attachments.
created_by__vThe ID of the User that created the attachment.
created_date__vDate the attachment was created.
versionsList of links to previous versions of the attachment. Includes the version__v and url for the Retrieve Document Attachment Version Metadata endpoint to retrieve this attachment version.