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How to download a file using SharePoint REST API?

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Kindly provide your inputs for downloading a file from SharePoint REST API.

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    So what data did you get back when you called a One File endpoint? And what other related information did you expect?
    – Danny '365CSI' Engelman
    Mar 14, 2017 at 13:27

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You can set the binaryStringResponseBody to true to downstream a file from SharePoint.

var info = {
    url: appwebUrl + "/_api/SP.AppContextSite(@target)/web/GetFileByServerRelativeUrl('/sites/Test/Shared Documents/" + sourcefile.get_name() + "')/$value?@target='myhosturl'",

    binaryStringResponseBody: true,
    success: function (data) {
    },
    error: function () { alert('error'); }

}

If you're facing any issue please follow the below link: http://www.techmikael.com/2013/07/how-to-copy-files-between-sites-using.html

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  • Please mark this as the answer, if you're satisfied with the response.
    – Arut
    Oct 26, 2017 at 11:52
  • To simplify the URL and assuming you're not going from the Add-In Web to the Hostweb but call SharePoint directly using an oAuth Bearer Token you could also just go for: /_api/web/GetFileByServerRelativeUrl('/sites/Test/Shared%20Documents/test.jpg')/$value
    – Koen Zomers
    Dec 27, 2017 at 23:09
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I personally prefer to pass this work to sharepoint. With the answer of Arut you can use the following path once you get the file endpoint http://spsite/_layouts/download.aspx?SourceUrl=http://spsite/Documents/sample.docx

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