Download contents of a DriveItemVersion resource
Retrieve the contents of a specific version of a DriveItem.
Permissions
One of the following permissions is required to call this API. To learn more, including how to choose permissions, see Permissions.
Permission type | Permissions (from least to most privileged) |
---|---|
Delegated (work or school account) | Files.Read, Files.ReadWrite, Files.Read.All, Files.ReadWrite.All, Sites.Read.All, Sites.ReadWrite.All |
Delegated (personal Microsoft account) | Files.Read, Files.ReadWrite, Files.Read.All, Files.ReadWrite.All |
Application | Files.Read.All, Files.ReadWrite.All, Sites.Read.All, Sites.ReadWrite.All |
HTTP request
GET /drives/{drive-id}/items/{item-id}/versions/{version-id}/content
GET /groups/{group-id}/drive/{item-id}/versions/{version-id}/content
GET /me/drive/items/{item-id}/versions/{version-id}/content
GET /sites/{site-id}/drive/items/{item-id}/versions/{version-id}/content
GET /users/{user-id}/drive/items/{item-id}/versions/{version-id}/content
Response
Returns a 302 Found
response redirecting to a pre-authenticated download URL for the bytes of the file.
To download the contents of the file your application will need to follow the Location
header in the response.
Many HTTP client libraries will automatically follow the 302 redirection and start downloading the file immedately.
Pre-authenticated download URLs are only valid for a short period of time (a few minutes) and do not require an Authorization
header to download.
Example
This example retrieves a version of a file in the current user's drive.
HTTP request
GET /me/drive/items/{item-id}/versions/{version-id}/content
Response
This returns a redirect to where the contents of the version can be downloaded.
HTTP/1.1 302 Found
Location: https://onedrive.com/34FF49D6...
Remarks
OneDrive does not preserve the complete metadata for previous versions of a file.
When your app retrieves the list of available versions for a file, a DriveItemVersion resource is returned that provides the available information about the specific version.