# Download Document

`GET /people/documents/{id}/download`

Group: People Management › Documents · Operation ID: `downloadDocument`

Returns a short-lived download link for the document with the given identifier, along with the file's name, MIME type and size. The file content itself is not returned. Request the link when a download starts rather than storing it, because it expires.

[Open in the interactive reference](https://docs.api.lensing.ai/?op=downloadDocument)

## Parameters

| Name | In | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `Api-Version` | header | `"v1"` | yes | The API version this request targets, named by its public identifier. Required on every request; omitting it, or naming a version this company does not have, is answered with 400. This document describes version `v1`. |
| `id` | path | string | yes | The unique identifier for the document to download. |

## Response

`200` Success

Under `data` (downloadDocumentOutput):

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `id` | string | yes | The unique identifier for the document the link points at. |
| `fileName` | string | yes | The stored file name of the document. Save the downloaded bytes under it. |
| `mimeType` | string | no | The MIME type of the stored file. Absent when storage does not report one. |
| `fileSizeBytes` | number | no | The size of the stored file in bytes. Absent when storage does not report one. |
| `downloadUrl` | string | yes | A short-lived pre-signed URL the file's bytes are fetched from. It expires and is not a stable link. |

## Errors

| Code | Status |
| --- | --- |
| `NOT_FOUND` | 400 |
| `FILE_UNAVAILABLE` | 400 |

## Statuses

- `400` — Invalid request or business failure. Codes: NOT_FOUND, FILE_UNAVAILABLE
- `401` — Missing or invalid access token
- `403` — Not authorized
- `404` — Not found
- `429` — Too many requests
- `500` — Internal server error