Get file information API

API description

Retrieves a File by identifier Sha1, or Sha256

Limitations

Rate limitations for this API are 100 calls per minute and 1500 calls per hour.

Permissions

When obtaining a token using user credentials:

• The user needs to have at least the following role permission: 'View Data'. For more information, see Create and manage roles.

One of the following permissions is required to call this API. To learn more, including how to choose permissions, see Use Microsoft Defender for Endpoint APIs.

Permission type	Permission	Permission display name
Application	File.Read.All	'Read all file profiles'
Delegated (work or school account)	File.Read.All	'Read all file profiles'

HTTP request

GET /api/files/{id}

Request headers

Name	Type	Description
Authorization	String	Bearer {token}. Required.

Request body

Empty

Response

If successful and file exists - 200 OK with the file entity in the body. If file doesn't exist - 404 Not Found.

Example

Request example

Here's an example of the request.

GET https://api.security.microsoft.com/api/files/4388963aaa83afe2042a46a3c017ad50bdcdafb3

Response example

Here's an example of the response.

{
    "@odata.context": "https://api.security.microsoft.com/api/$metadata#Files/$entity",
    "sha1": "4388963aaa83afe2042a46a3c017ad50bdcdafb3",
    "sha256": "413c58c8267d2c8648d8f6384bacc2ae9c929b2b96578b6860b5087cd1bd6462",
    "globalPrevalence": 180022,
    "globalFirstObserved": "2017-09-19T03:51:27.6785431Z",
    "globalLastObserved": "2020-01-06T03:59:21.3229314Z",
    "size": 22139496,
    "fileType": "APP",
    "isPeFile": true,
    "filePublisher": "CHENGDU YIWO Tech Development Co., Ltd.",
    "fileProductName": "EaseUS MobiSaver for Android",
    "signer": "CHENGDU YIWO Tech Development Co., Ltd.",
    "issuer": "VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA",
    "signerHash": "6c3245d4a9bc0244d99dff27af259cbbae2e2d16",
    "isValidCertificate": false,
    "determinationType": "Pua",
    "determinationValue": "PUA:Win32/FusionCore"
}