# title: Get file metadata url: https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/api/compliance/apps/chats/files/retrieve

# Get file metadata

GET /v1/compliance/apps/chats/files/{claude_file_id}

Retrieves metadata for a file referenced in chat messages, without downloading the file content. Use the sibling /content endpoint to download the bytes.

# Path parameters

claude_file_id: string

The file ID (tagged ID, e.g., claude_file_abc123)

# Headers

"x-api-key": optional string

# Returns

id: string

File ID
claude_chat_ids: array of string

Chats this file is attached to. A file can be referenced by messages across multiple chats.
created_at: string

File creation timestamp

format: date-time
filename: string or null

Display name of the file, if set
md5: string or null

Lowercase hex MD5 of the file's preferred downloadable variant, as recorded at upload time. Null when no stored hash is available. The sibling /content endpoint also sets a Content-MD5 header (base64 per RFC 1864) computed over the exact served bytes; when the two disagree, the header is authoritative.
message_ids: array of string

Chat message IDs this file is attached to. A file can be referenced by multiple messages.
mime_type: string or null

MIME type of the file's preferred downloadable variant (e.g. 'application/pdf'). May be null for files with no downloadable content (e.g. code-interpreter outputs).
size_bytes: number or null

Size in bytes of the file's preferred downloadable variant, if known

# Example

bash

curl https://api.anthropic.com/v1/compliance/apps/chats/files/$CLAUDE_FILE_ID \
    -H 'anthropic-version: 2023-06-01' \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $ANTHROPIC_COMPLIANCE_API_KEY"

# Response (200)

json

{
  "id": "claude_file_xyz789",
  "filename": "quarterly_report.pdf",
  "mime_type": "application/pdf",
  "size_bytes": 1048576,
  "md5": "5d41402abc4b2a76b9719d911017c592",
  "created_at": "2024-01-15T10:30:00Z",
  "message_ids": [
    "claude_chat_msg_abc123"
  ],
  "claude_chat_ids": [
    "claude_chat_def456"
  ]
}

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