Read external file content
curl --request GET \
--url https://api.veryfront.com/projects/{project_reference}/external-files/{provider}/{file_id}/content \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'import requests
url = "https://api.veryfront.com/projects/{project_reference}/external-files/{provider}/{file_id}/content"
headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer <token>"}
response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'}};
fetch('https://api.veryfront.com/projects/{project_reference}/external-files/{provider}/{file_id}/content', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.veryfront.com/projects/{project_reference}/external-files/{provider}/{file_id}/content",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.veryfront.com/projects/{project_reference}/external-files/{provider}/{file_id}/content"
req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)
req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://api.veryfront.com/projects/{project_reference}/external-files/{provider}/{file_id}/content")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.veryfront.com/projects/{project_reference}/external-files/{provider}/{file_id}/content")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"file": {
"id": "<string>",
"provider": "onedrive",
"name": "<string>",
"kind": "file",
"parent_id": "<string>",
"path": "<string>",
"mime_type": "<string>",
"size_bytes": 4503599627370495,
"modified_at": "2026-03-02T09:15:27.000Z",
"etag": "<string>",
"thumbnail_url": "<string>",
"web_url": "<string>"
},
"content": "<string>",
"content_encoding": "utf8"
}{
"type": "https://api.veryfront.com/errors/validation-failed",
"title": "Validation Failed",
"status": 400,
"code": "RUN_INVALID_INPUT",
"cause": "schedule_concurrency_forbidden",
"idempotency": {
"state": "in_progress",
"operation": "<string>",
"retryable": true,
"retry_after_seconds": 1,
"expires_at": "<string>",
"recovery": {
"available": true,
"description": "<string>",
"resource_url": "<string>"
}
},
"detail": "The 'email' field must be a valid email address",
"instance": "/projects/my-project/members",
"slug": "validation-failed",
"category": "VALIDATION",
"suggestion": "Check the request body and query parameters against the API documentation.",
"errors": [
{
"field": "email",
"message": "Invalid email format",
"code": "INVALID_FORMAT"
}
],
"reason": "provider_connection_required",
"provider": "onedrive",
"connect_url": "<string>",
"retry_after_seconds": 1,
"size_bytes": 1,
"limit_bytes": 1,
"limit_chars": 1
}{
"type": "https://api.veryfront.com/errors/validation-failed",
"title": "Validation Failed",
"status": 400,
"code": "RUN_INVALID_INPUT",
"cause": "schedule_concurrency_forbidden",
"idempotency": {
"state": "in_progress",
"operation": "<string>",
"retryable": true,
"retry_after_seconds": 1,
"expires_at": "<string>",
"recovery": {
"available": true,
"description": "<string>",
"resource_url": "<string>"
}
},
"detail": "The 'email' field must be a valid email address",
"instance": "/projects/my-project/members",
"slug": "validation-failed",
"category": "VALIDATION",
"suggestion": "Check the request body and query parameters against the API documentation.",
"errors": [
{
"field": "email",
"message": "Invalid email format",
"code": "INVALID_FORMAT"
}
],
"reason": "provider_connection_required",
"provider": "onedrive",
"connect_url": "<string>",
"retry_after_seconds": 1,
"size_bytes": 1,
"limit_bytes": 1,
"limit_chars": 1
}{
"type": "https://api.veryfront.com/errors/validation-failed",
"title": "Validation Failed",
"status": 400,
"code": "RUN_INVALID_INPUT",
"cause": "schedule_concurrency_forbidden",
"idempotency": {
"state": "in_progress",
"operation": "<string>",
"retryable": true,
"retry_after_seconds": 1,
"expires_at": "<string>",
"recovery": {
"available": true,
"description": "<string>",
"resource_url": "<string>"
}
},
"detail": "The 'email' field must be a valid email address",
"instance": "/projects/my-project/members",
"slug": "validation-failed",
"category": "VALIDATION",
"suggestion": "Check the request body and query parameters against the API documentation.",
"errors": [
{
"field": "email",
"message": "Invalid email format",
"code": "INVALID_FORMAT"
}
],
"reason": "provider_connection_required",
"provider": "onedrive",
"connect_url": "<string>",
"retry_after_seconds": 1,
"size_bytes": 1,
"limit_bytes": 1,
"limit_chars": 1
}{
"type": "https://api.veryfront.com/errors/validation-failed",
"title": "Validation Failed",
"status": 400,
"code": "RUN_INVALID_INPUT",
"cause": "schedule_concurrency_forbidden",
"idempotency": {
"state": "in_progress",
"operation": "<string>",
"retryable": true,
"retry_after_seconds": 1,
"expires_at": "<string>",
"recovery": {
"available": true,
"description": "<string>",
"resource_url": "<string>"
}
},
"detail": "The 'email' field must be a valid email address",
"instance": "/projects/my-project/members",
"slug": "validation-failed",
"category": "VALIDATION",
"suggestion": "Check the request body and query parameters against the API documentation.",
"errors": [
{
"field": "email",
"message": "Invalid email format",
"code": "INVALID_FORMAT"
}
],
"reason": "provider_connection_required",
"provider": "onedrive",
"connect_url": "<string>",
"retry_after_seconds": 1,
"size_bytes": 1,
"limit_bytes": 1,
"limit_chars": 1
}{
"type": "https://api.veryfront.com/errors/validation-failed",
"title": "Validation Failed",
"status": 400,
"code": "RUN_INVALID_INPUT",
"cause": "schedule_concurrency_forbidden",
"idempotency": {
"state": "in_progress",
"operation": "<string>",
"retryable": true,
"retry_after_seconds": 1,
"expires_at": "<string>",
"recovery": {
"available": true,
"description": "<string>",
"resource_url": "<string>"
}
},
"detail": "The 'email' field must be a valid email address",
"instance": "/projects/my-project/members",
"slug": "validation-failed",
"category": "VALIDATION",
"suggestion": "Check the request body and query parameters against the API documentation.",
"errors": [
{
"field": "email",
"message": "Invalid email format",
"code": "INVALID_FORMAT"
}
],
"reason": "provider_connection_required",
"provider": "onedrive",
"connect_url": "<string>",
"retry_after_seconds": 1,
"size_bytes": 1,
"limit_bytes": 1,
"limit_chars": 1
}{
"type": "https://api.veryfront.com/errors/validation-failed",
"title": "Validation Failed",
"status": 400,
"code": "RUN_INVALID_INPUT",
"cause": "schedule_concurrency_forbidden",
"idempotency": {
"state": "in_progress",
"operation": "<string>",
"retryable": true,
"retry_after_seconds": 1,
"expires_at": "<string>",
"recovery": {
"available": true,
"description": "<string>",
"resource_url": "<string>"
}
},
"detail": "The 'email' field must be a valid email address",
"instance": "/projects/my-project/members",
"slug": "validation-failed",
"category": "VALIDATION",
"suggestion": "Check the request body and query parameters against the API documentation.",
"errors": [
{
"field": "email",
"message": "Invalid email format",
"code": "INVALID_FORMAT"
}
],
"reason": "provider_connection_required",
"provider": "onedrive",
"connect_url": "<string>",
"retry_after_seconds": 1,
"size_bytes": 1,
"limit_bytes": 1,
"limit_chars": 1
}{
"type": "https://api.veryfront.com/errors/validation-failed",
"title": "Validation Failed",
"status": 400,
"code": "RUN_INVALID_INPUT",
"cause": "schedule_concurrency_forbidden",
"idempotency": {
"state": "in_progress",
"operation": "<string>",
"retryable": true,
"retry_after_seconds": 1,
"expires_at": "<string>",
"recovery": {
"available": true,
"description": "<string>",
"resource_url": "<string>"
}
},
"detail": "The 'email' field must be a valid email address",
"instance": "/projects/my-project/members",
"slug": "validation-failed",
"category": "VALIDATION",
"suggestion": "Check the request body and query parameters against the API documentation.",
"errors": [
{
"field": "email",
"message": "Invalid email format",
"code": "INVALID_FORMAT"
}
],
"reason": "provider_connection_required",
"provider": "onedrive",
"connect_url": "<string>",
"retry_after_seconds": 1,
"size_bytes": 1,
"limit_bytes": 1,
"limit_chars": 1
}{
"type": "https://api.veryfront.com/errors/validation-failed",
"title": "Validation Failed",
"status": 400,
"code": "RUN_INVALID_INPUT",
"cause": "schedule_concurrency_forbidden",
"idempotency": {
"state": "in_progress",
"operation": "<string>",
"retryable": true,
"retry_after_seconds": 1,
"expires_at": "<string>",
"recovery": {
"available": true,
"description": "<string>",
"resource_url": "<string>"
}
},
"detail": "The 'email' field must be a valid email address",
"instance": "/projects/my-project/members",
"slug": "validation-failed",
"category": "VALIDATION",
"suggestion": "Check the request body and query parameters against the API documentation.",
"errors": [
{
"field": "email",
"message": "Invalid email format",
"code": "INVALID_FORMAT"
}
],
"reason": "provider_connection_required",
"provider": "onedrive",
"connect_url": "<string>",
"retry_after_seconds": 1,
"size_bytes": 1,
"limit_bytes": 1,
"limit_chars": 1
}{
"type": "https://api.veryfront.com/errors/validation-failed",
"title": "Validation Failed",
"status": 400,
"code": "RUN_INVALID_INPUT",
"cause": "schedule_concurrency_forbidden",
"idempotency": {
"state": "in_progress",
"operation": "<string>",
"retryable": true,
"retry_after_seconds": 1,
"expires_at": "<string>",
"recovery": {
"available": true,
"description": "<string>",
"resource_url": "<string>"
}
},
"detail": "The 'email' field must be a valid email address",
"instance": "/projects/my-project/members",
"slug": "validation-failed",
"category": "VALIDATION",
"suggestion": "Check the request body and query parameters against the API documentation.",
"errors": [
{
"field": "email",
"message": "Invalid email format",
"code": "INVALID_FORMAT"
}
],
"reason": "provider_connection_required",
"provider": "onedrive",
"connect_url": "<string>",
"retry_after_seconds": 1,
"size_bytes": 1,
"limit_bytes": 1,
"limit_chars": 1
}Read external file content
Read external file content.
GET
/
projects
/
{project_reference}
/
external-files
/
{provider}
/
{file_id}
/
content
Read external file content
curl --request GET \
--url https://api.veryfront.com/projects/{project_reference}/external-files/{provider}/{file_id}/content \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'import requests
url = "https://api.veryfront.com/projects/{project_reference}/external-files/{provider}/{file_id}/content"
headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer <token>"}
response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'}};
fetch('https://api.veryfront.com/projects/{project_reference}/external-files/{provider}/{file_id}/content', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.veryfront.com/projects/{project_reference}/external-files/{provider}/{file_id}/content",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.veryfront.com/projects/{project_reference}/external-files/{provider}/{file_id}/content"
req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)
req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://api.veryfront.com/projects/{project_reference}/external-files/{provider}/{file_id}/content")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.veryfront.com/projects/{project_reference}/external-files/{provider}/{file_id}/content")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"file": {
"id": "<string>",
"provider": "onedrive",
"name": "<string>",
"kind": "file",
"parent_id": "<string>",
"path": "<string>",
"mime_type": "<string>",
"size_bytes": 4503599627370495,
"modified_at": "2026-03-02T09:15:27.000Z",
"etag": "<string>",
"thumbnail_url": "<string>",
"web_url": "<string>"
},
"content": "<string>",
"content_encoding": "utf8"
}{
"type": "https://api.veryfront.com/errors/validation-failed",
"title": "Validation Failed",
"status": 400,
"code": "RUN_INVALID_INPUT",
"cause": "schedule_concurrency_forbidden",
"idempotency": {
"state": "in_progress",
"operation": "<string>",
"retryable": true,
"retry_after_seconds": 1,
"expires_at": "<string>",
"recovery": {
"available": true,
"description": "<string>",
"resource_url": "<string>"
}
},
"detail": "The 'email' field must be a valid email address",
"instance": "/projects/my-project/members",
"slug": "validation-failed",
"category": "VALIDATION",
"suggestion": "Check the request body and query parameters against the API documentation.",
"errors": [
{
"field": "email",
"message": "Invalid email format",
"code": "INVALID_FORMAT"
}
],
"reason": "provider_connection_required",
"provider": "onedrive",
"connect_url": "<string>",
"retry_after_seconds": 1,
"size_bytes": 1,
"limit_bytes": 1,
"limit_chars": 1
}{
"type": "https://api.veryfront.com/errors/validation-failed",
"title": "Validation Failed",
"status": 400,
"code": "RUN_INVALID_INPUT",
"cause": "schedule_concurrency_forbidden",
"idempotency": {
"state": "in_progress",
"operation": "<string>",
"retryable": true,
"retry_after_seconds": 1,
"expires_at": "<string>",
"recovery": {
"available": true,
"description": "<string>",
"resource_url": "<string>"
}
},
"detail": "The 'email' field must be a valid email address",
"instance": "/projects/my-project/members",
"slug": "validation-failed",
"category": "VALIDATION",
"suggestion": "Check the request body and query parameters against the API documentation.",
"errors": [
{
"field": "email",
"message": "Invalid email format",
"code": "INVALID_FORMAT"
}
],
"reason": "provider_connection_required",
"provider": "onedrive",
"connect_url": "<string>",
"retry_after_seconds": 1,
"size_bytes": 1,
"limit_bytes": 1,
"limit_chars": 1
}{
"type": "https://api.veryfront.com/errors/validation-failed",
"title": "Validation Failed",
"status": 400,
"code": "RUN_INVALID_INPUT",
"cause": "schedule_concurrency_forbidden",
"idempotency": {
"state": "in_progress",
"operation": "<string>",
"retryable": true,
"retry_after_seconds": 1,
"expires_at": "<string>",
"recovery": {
"available": true,
"description": "<string>",
"resource_url": "<string>"
}
},
"detail": "The 'email' field must be a valid email address",
"instance": "/projects/my-project/members",
"slug": "validation-failed",
"category": "VALIDATION",
"suggestion": "Check the request body and query parameters against the API documentation.",
"errors": [
{
"field": "email",
"message": "Invalid email format",
"code": "INVALID_FORMAT"
}
],
"reason": "provider_connection_required",
"provider": "onedrive",
"connect_url": "<string>",
"retry_after_seconds": 1,
"size_bytes": 1,
"limit_bytes": 1,
"limit_chars": 1
}{
"type": "https://api.veryfront.com/errors/validation-failed",
"title": "Validation Failed",
"status": 400,
"code": "RUN_INVALID_INPUT",
"cause": "schedule_concurrency_forbidden",
"idempotency": {
"state": "in_progress",
"operation": "<string>",
"retryable": true,
"retry_after_seconds": 1,
"expires_at": "<string>",
"recovery": {
"available": true,
"description": "<string>",
"resource_url": "<string>"
}
},
"detail": "The 'email' field must be a valid email address",
"instance": "/projects/my-project/members",
"slug": "validation-failed",
"category": "VALIDATION",
"suggestion": "Check the request body and query parameters against the API documentation.",
"errors": [
{
"field": "email",
"message": "Invalid email format",
"code": "INVALID_FORMAT"
}
],
"reason": "provider_connection_required",
"provider": "onedrive",
"connect_url": "<string>",
"retry_after_seconds": 1,
"size_bytes": 1,
"limit_bytes": 1,
"limit_chars": 1
}{
"type": "https://api.veryfront.com/errors/validation-failed",
"title": "Validation Failed",
"status": 400,
"code": "RUN_INVALID_INPUT",
"cause": "schedule_concurrency_forbidden",
"idempotency": {
"state": "in_progress",
"operation": "<string>",
"retryable": true,
"retry_after_seconds": 1,
"expires_at": "<string>",
"recovery": {
"available": true,
"description": "<string>",
"resource_url": "<string>"
}
},
"detail": "The 'email' field must be a valid email address",
"instance": "/projects/my-project/members",
"slug": "validation-failed",
"category": "VALIDATION",
"suggestion": "Check the request body and query parameters against the API documentation.",
"errors": [
{
"field": "email",
"message": "Invalid email format",
"code": "INVALID_FORMAT"
}
],
"reason": "provider_connection_required",
"provider": "onedrive",
"connect_url": "<string>",
"retry_after_seconds": 1,
"size_bytes": 1,
"limit_bytes": 1,
"limit_chars": 1
}{
"type": "https://api.veryfront.com/errors/validation-failed",
"title": "Validation Failed",
"status": 400,
"code": "RUN_INVALID_INPUT",
"cause": "schedule_concurrency_forbidden",
"idempotency": {
"state": "in_progress",
"operation": "<string>",
"retryable": true,
"retry_after_seconds": 1,
"expires_at": "<string>",
"recovery": {
"available": true,
"description": "<string>",
"resource_url": "<string>"
}
},
"detail": "The 'email' field must be a valid email address",
"instance": "/projects/my-project/members",
"slug": "validation-failed",
"category": "VALIDATION",
"suggestion": "Check the request body and query parameters against the API documentation.",
"errors": [
{
"field": "email",
"message": "Invalid email format",
"code": "INVALID_FORMAT"
}
],
"reason": "provider_connection_required",
"provider": "onedrive",
"connect_url": "<string>",
"retry_after_seconds": 1,
"size_bytes": 1,
"limit_bytes": 1,
"limit_chars": 1
}{
"type": "https://api.veryfront.com/errors/validation-failed",
"title": "Validation Failed",
"status": 400,
"code": "RUN_INVALID_INPUT",
"cause": "schedule_concurrency_forbidden",
"idempotency": {
"state": "in_progress",
"operation": "<string>",
"retryable": true,
"retry_after_seconds": 1,
"expires_at": "<string>",
"recovery": {
"available": true,
"description": "<string>",
"resource_url": "<string>"
}
},
"detail": "The 'email' field must be a valid email address",
"instance": "/projects/my-project/members",
"slug": "validation-failed",
"category": "VALIDATION",
"suggestion": "Check the request body and query parameters against the API documentation.",
"errors": [
{
"field": "email",
"message": "Invalid email format",
"code": "INVALID_FORMAT"
}
],
"reason": "provider_connection_required",
"provider": "onedrive",
"connect_url": "<string>",
"retry_after_seconds": 1,
"size_bytes": 1,
"limit_bytes": 1,
"limit_chars": 1
}{
"type": "https://api.veryfront.com/errors/validation-failed",
"title": "Validation Failed",
"status": 400,
"code": "RUN_INVALID_INPUT",
"cause": "schedule_concurrency_forbidden",
"idempotency": {
"state": "in_progress",
"operation": "<string>",
"retryable": true,
"retry_after_seconds": 1,
"expires_at": "<string>",
"recovery": {
"available": true,
"description": "<string>",
"resource_url": "<string>"
}
},
"detail": "The 'email' field must be a valid email address",
"instance": "/projects/my-project/members",
"slug": "validation-failed",
"category": "VALIDATION",
"suggestion": "Check the request body and query parameters against the API documentation.",
"errors": [
{
"field": "email",
"message": "Invalid email format",
"code": "INVALID_FORMAT"
}
],
"reason": "provider_connection_required",
"provider": "onedrive",
"connect_url": "<string>",
"retry_after_seconds": 1,
"size_bytes": 1,
"limit_bytes": 1,
"limit_chars": 1
}{
"type": "https://api.veryfront.com/errors/validation-failed",
"title": "Validation Failed",
"status": 400,
"code": "RUN_INVALID_INPUT",
"cause": "schedule_concurrency_forbidden",
"idempotency": {
"state": "in_progress",
"operation": "<string>",
"retryable": true,
"retry_after_seconds": 1,
"expires_at": "<string>",
"recovery": {
"available": true,
"description": "<string>",
"resource_url": "<string>"
}
},
"detail": "The 'email' field must be a valid email address",
"instance": "/projects/my-project/members",
"slug": "validation-failed",
"category": "VALIDATION",
"suggestion": "Check the request body and query parameters against the API documentation.",
"errors": [
{
"field": "email",
"message": "Invalid email format",
"code": "INVALID_FORMAT"
}
],
"reason": "provider_connection_required",
"provider": "onedrive",
"connect_url": "<string>",
"retry_after_seconds": 1,
"size_bytes": 1,
"limit_bytes": 1,
"limit_chars": 1
}Authorizations
bearerAuthapiKeyAuth
Use a JWT bearer token or a Veryfront API key in the Authorization header.
Path Parameters
Project slug, UUID, or domain that identifies the project.
External file provider: onedrive, sharepoint or drive (Google Drive).
Available options:
onedrive, sharepoint, drive Provider file ID. Folders return invalid_input. Files over 50 MiB or 100000 encoded characters return 413 limit_exceeded; use import for larger files.
Required string length:
1 - 1024Response
The complete content.
Show child attributes
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Complete UTF-8 text or base64 content. More than 100000 encoded characters or 50 MiB returns limit_exceeded instead of partial content; use importExternalFile for larger files. Folders return invalid_input.
utf8 for text MIME types, base64 otherwise.
Available options:
utf8, base64