> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.getcargo.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Get file bytes

> Stream a workspace file's raw bytes for inline preview (capped at 10 MB)



## OpenAPI

````yaml https://api.getcargo.io/openapi.json get /content/files/{uuid}/raw
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Cargo API
  version: 1.0.0
  description: Cargo Platform API v1
servers:
  - url: https://api.getcargo.io/v1
    description: Cargo API
security:
  - bearerAuth: []
paths:
  /content/files/{uuid}/raw:
    get:
      tags:
        - Content - Files
      summary: Get file bytes
      description: Stream a workspace file's raw bytes for inline preview (capped at 10 MB)
      parameters:
        - in: path
          name: uuid
          schema:
            type: string
            format: uuid
            pattern: >-
              ^([0-9a-fA-F]{8}-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}-4[0-9a-fA-F]{3}-[89abAB][0-9a-fA-F]{3}-[0-9a-fA-F]{12})$
            title: UUID
            description: File identifier.
          required: true
          description: File identifier.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                anyOf:
                  - type: object
                    properties:
                      errorMessage:
                        type: string
                        title: Error message
                        description: Error message when the request fails.
                    required:
                      - errorMessage
                    additionalProperties: false
                  - type: object
                    properties:
                      reason:
                        type: string
                        enum:
                          - fileNotFound
                        title: Reason
                        description: Failure reason.
                    required:
                      - reason
                    additionalProperties: false
                  - type: object
                    properties:
                      reason:
                        type: string
                        enum:
                          - tooLarge
                        title: Reason
                        description: Failure reason.
                      sizeBytes:
                        type: number
                        title: Size in bytes
                        description: The file's size, which exceeds the preview cap.
                    required:
                      - reason
                      - sizeBytes
                    additionalProperties: false
                title: Response body
                description: Response body schema (failure branches only).
        '400':
          description: Bad request
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
        '404':
          description: Not found
        '500':
          description: Internal server error
components:
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer

````