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I am using below endpoint to get the content of file in sharepoint:

https://<site>/_api/web/GetFolderByServerRelativeUrl('folder name')/Files('file name')/$value?binaryStringResponseBody=true

But this is returning a response in octet stream and the content type of response is application/octet-stream. Is there a way to get the content in human readable format directly? If not , is there a way to convert it into other format in java?

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  • As far as I know, neither the REST API or the Client Object Model supports the functionality you're looking for.
    – Rob Windsor
    Feb 16, 2022 at 12:36

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We need to use the below API:

GET https://mysite.sharepoint.com/<site_name>/_api/web/lists(guid'<list-id>')/items(<item-id>)/File

api of sharepoint using list id and item id obtained from /getchanges api. Then use the ServerRelativeUrl field of response to obtain file contents by calling :-

GET http://mysite.sharepoint.com/<site_name>/_api/web/getfilebyserverrelativeurl('<url>)/$value?binaryStringResponseBody=true

Reference URL:

How to point to/get the file contents or file from SharePoint changes api call

how to get file content from sharepoint list using restapi in java

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https://stackoverflow.com/questions/48422868/how-to-get-file-content-from-sharepoint-list-using-restapi-in-java

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  • Thanks for answering this. But as i mentioned in the question getFileByServerRelativeUrl api is returning the response in octet-stream. Iam looking for an api to get response as plain text.
    – Ayushi Goel
    Dec 20, 2019 at 6:36
  • You have to change the header type that you are accepting. Put it to accept json. Like this: headers: { 'Accept': 'application/json;odata=nometadata', 'odata-version': '' }
    – Burre Ifort
    Sep 23, 2020 at 7:09

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