# Download a document's original file

`GET https://api.morevoice.ai/v1/kb/documents/{id}/content`

The uploaded original, as it was uploaded (its own content type). 404 for URL documents and when the original is not stored (`original_stored: false`). Every download is audited.

Authenticate with a secret API key: `Authorization: Bearer $MOREVOICE_API_KEY`.

Operation ID: `kb_documents_retrieve_content`.

## Parameters

### Path parameters

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `id` | `string` | yes | A kb document ID (`kbd_…`). |

### Headers

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `MoreVoice-Version` | `string` | no | The API version to use for this request. Defaults to the version the API key is pinned to. |

## Responses

### 200 OK

The file.

### 400 Bad Request

The request is invalid: a parameter is missing, malformed or unknown, or the version header is unknown. Returns `ErrorEnvelope`.

### 401 Unauthorized

No valid API key was sent. Returns `ErrorEnvelope`.

### 403 Forbidden

The key may not do this (a missing scope, a plan limit, or a compliance block). Returns `ErrorEnvelope`.

### 404 Not Found

No object with this ID exists in this organisation and mode. Returns `ErrorEnvelope`.

### 429 Too Many Requests

Too many requests, or no call capacity right now. Retry after the Retry-After delay. Returns `ErrorEnvelope`.

### 500 Internal Server Error

Something went wrong on MoreVoice's side. Retry with the same Idempotency-Key. Returns `ErrorEnvelope`.

## Code samples

**TypeScript**

```ts
import MoreVoice from "@morevoice/sdk";

const mv = new MoreVoice(); // MOREVOICE_API_KEY from the environment

const data = await mv.kbDocuments.retrieveContent("kbd_7Hk2Lm9Qp");
console.log(data);
```

**Python**

```python
from morevoice import MoreVoice

client = MoreVoice()  # MOREVOICE_API_KEY from the environment

data = client.kb_documents.retrieve_content("kbd_7Hk2Lm9Qp")
print(data)
```

**cURL**

```sh
curl https://api.morevoice.ai/v1/kb/documents/kbd_7Hk2Lm9Qp/content \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $MOREVOICE_API_KEY"
```