# Downloading file

**URL:** <https://community.sendbird.com/t/downloading-file/8406>\
**Category:** API\
**Tags:** chatsdk\
**Created:** [October 11, 2023, 8:35am UTC](https://community.sendbird.com/t/downloading-file/8406 "2023-10-11T08:35:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Abenezer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee59a6/32.png) [@Abenezer](https://community.sendbird.com/u/Abenezer)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2023, 8:35am UTC](https://community.sendbird.com/t/downloading-file/8406/1 "2023-10-11T08:35:35Z")

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is there a way to download file from a message using platform api? i am trying to access the files in a webhook

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**Author:** ![uday.bhaskar](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.sendbird.com/uday.bhaskar/32/3966_2.png) [@uday.bhaskar](https://community.sendbird.com/u/uday.bhaskar)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2023, 6:16am UTC](https://community.sendbird.com/t/downloading-file/8406/3 "2023-10-12T06:16:26Z")

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Hello @Abenezer, Welcome to Sendbird Community.

By default, the URL in the FILE messages is authenticated.

You can authenticate the file URL by adding the Api-Token to the headers of the GET request.

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**Author:** ![Abenezer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee59a6/32.png) [@Abenezer](https://community.sendbird.com/u/Abenezer)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2023, 1:17pm UTC](https://community.sendbird.com/t/downloading-file/8406/4 "2023-10-12T13:17:24Z")

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thanks can now access the file