{"metadata":{"image":[],"title":"","description":""},"api":{"url":"","auth":"required","examples":{"codes":[]},"method":"get","params":[],"results":{"codes":[]},"settings":""},"next":{"description":"","pages":[]},"title":"Get file details","type":"endpoint","slug":"get-file-details","excerpt":"/files/{file_id}\n\nFor general information on the API, including formatting, parameters, and pagination, please see the [API Overview](the-api).","body":"This call returns details about a specified file. The call returns the file's name, and all of its metadata.\n\nFiles are specified by their IDs, which you can obtain by making the API call to [list files in a project](doc:list-files-primary-method).\n[block:code]\n{\n  \"codes\": [\n    {\n      \"code\": \"https://cavatica-api.sbgenomics.com/v2/files/{file_id}\",\n      \"language\": \"text\",\n      \"name\": \"APi path\"\n    }\n  ]\n}\n[/block]\n\n[block:callout]\n{\n  \"type\": \"warning\",\n  \"title\": \"Metadata\",\n  \"body\": \"Learn more about [metadata fields and their values](metadata-on-the-seven-bridges-platform) on Cavatica.\"\n}\n[/block]\n##Request\n\n###Example request\n[block:code]\n{\n  \"codes\": [\n    {\n      \"code\": \"GET /v2/files/562e449060b274321afb6091 HTTP/1.1\\nHost: cavatica-api.sbgenomics.com\\nX-SBG-Auth-Token: 565357a1e4b09c884b29334a\\n\",\n      \"language\": \"http\",\n      \"name\": null\n    },\n    {\n      \"code\": \"curl  -s -H \\\"X-SBG-Auth-Token: 6282d5e2121d43e7900e9d52b15845e7\\\" 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\"0-1\": \"string\",\n    \"0-2\": \"Selector specifying a subset of fields to include in the response.\"\n  },\n  \"cols\": 3,\n  \"rows\": 1\n}\n[/block]\n##Response\n\n[See a list of Cavatica-specific response codes that may be contained in the body of the response.](doc:api-status-codes) \n\n###Example response body\n[block:code]\n{\n  \"codes\": [\n    {\n      \"code\": \"{\\n  \\\"href\\\": \\\"https://cavatica-api.sbgenomics.com/v2/files/566aad1de4b0c560b469ea80\\\",\\n  \\\"id\\\": \\\"566aad1de4b0c560b469ea80\\\",\\n  \\\"name\\\": \\\"_1_1000G_phase1.snps.high_confidence.b37.vcf\\\",\\n  \\\"size\\\": 363,\\n  \\\"project\\\": \\\"RFranklin/my-project\\\",\\n  \\\"created_on\\\": \\\"2015-12-11T11:01:49Z\\\",\\n  \\\"modified_on\\\": \\\"2015-12-11T11:01:49Z\\\",\\n  \\\"origin\\\": {},\\n  \\\"metadata\\\": {\\n    \\\"file_type\\\": \\\"vcf\\\",\\n    \\\"file_extension\\\": \\\"VCF\\\"\\n  }\\n}\",\n      \"language\": \"json\"\n    }\n  ],\n  \"sidebar\": 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