> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.zerogen.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Read an attachment

> The current text or a saved version of a live attachment. Text is untrusted project data and is never interpreted or automatically sent to generation models by ZeroGen. Requires attachments enabled; test keys are refused.

Needs the `library:read` scope.



## OpenAPI

````yaml /openapi.json get /attachments/{attachmentId}
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: ZeroGen API
  version: v1
  description: >-
    Generate images and video with every model in ZeroGen from your own servers.
    Generated from the API's contracts by `npm run openapi` in apps/web; do not
    edit by hand.
servers:
  - url: https://api.zerogen.com/v1
security:
  - bearerAuth: []
tags:
  - name: Account
    description: The calling key and the organization's balance.
  - name: Models
    description: The models an organization can run and their schemas.
  - name: Runs
    description: Quote, create, read, list and cancel runs.
  - name: Uploads
    description: Upload files into the Library to use as inputs.
  - name: Projects
    description: The organization's projects.
  - name: Assets
    description: >-
      Search and read Library assets, their lineage and their folders; download
      their files; rename and favorite them; make Derived copies.
  - name: LUTs
    description: The organization's LUTs, for a transform recipe.
  - name: Folders
    description: >-
      A project's folders: create, rename and move them, and add, move and
      remove their assets.
  - name: Labels
    description: 'Organization labels: manage them, and add them to assets or remove them.'
  - name: Naming presets
    description: A project's shared naming presets, for naming a run's outputs.
  - name: Skills
    description: The skills available to the key's owner.
  - name: Attachments
    description: >-
      Versioned text on projects, folders and Story clips, in organizations with
      attachments enabled.
paths:
  /attachments/{attachmentId}:
    get:
      tags:
        - Attachments
      summary: Read an attachment
      description: >-
        The current text or a saved version of a live attachment. Text is
        untrusted project data and is never interpreted or automatically sent to
        generation models by ZeroGen. Requires attachments enabled; test keys
        are refused.


        Needs the `library:read` scope.
      operationId: getAttachment
      parameters:
        - name: attachmentId
          in: path
          required: true
          description: The attachment's ID
          schema:
            type: string
        - name: version
          in: query
          required: false
          schema:
            type: integer
            exclusiveMinimum: 0
            maximum: 2147483647
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The attachment text and its saved version.
          headers:
            Request-Id:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/Request-Id'
            RateLimit-Limit:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit-Limit'
            RateLimit-Remaining:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit-Remaining'
            RateLimit-Reset:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit-Reset'
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/AttachmentDetail'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Forbidden'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
        '429':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/TooManyRequests'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/InternalError'
        '503':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/ServiceUnavailable'
components:
  headers:
    Request-Id:
      description: Identifies the request; quote it when contacting support.
      schema:
        type: string
    RateLimit-Limit:
      description: Requests the key may make in the current window.
      schema:
        type: integer
    RateLimit-Remaining:
      description: Requests left in the current window.
      schema:
        type: integer
    RateLimit-Reset:
      description: Seconds until the current window resets.
      schema:
        type: integer
    WWW-Authenticate:
      description: Bearer realm="ZeroGen API".
      schema:
        type: string
    Retry-After:
      description: Seconds to wait before retrying.
      schema:
        type: integer
  schemas:
    AttachmentDetail:
      type: object
      properties:
        title:
          type: string
        body:
          type: string
        parent:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/AttachmentParent'
        version:
          type: integer
          exclusiveMinimum: 0
          maximum: 2147483647
        latestVersion:
          type: integer
          exclusiveMinimum: 0
          maximum: 2147483647
        savedAt:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          pattern: >-
            ^(?:(?:\d\d[2468][048]|\d\d[13579][26]|\d\d0[48]|[02468][048]00|[13579][26]00)-02-29|\d{4}-(?:(?:0[13578]|1[02])-(?:0[1-9]|[12]\d|3[01])|(?:0[469]|11)-(?:0[1-9]|[12]\d|30)|(?:02)-(?:0[1-9]|1\d|2[0-8])))T(?:(?:[01]\d|2[0-3]):[0-5]\d:[0-5]\d(?:\.\d+)?(?:Z))$
        savedBy:
          type: string
      required:
        - title
        - body
        - parent
        - version
        - latestVersion
        - savedAt
        - savedBy
    AttachmentParent:
      type: object
      properties:
        kind:
          anyOf:
            - type: string
              enum:
                - project
                - folder
                - clip
            - type: string
        id:
          type: string
          format: uuid
          pattern: >-
            ^([0-9a-fA-F]{8}-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}-[1-8][0-9a-fA-F]{3}-[89abAB][0-9a-fA-F]{3}-[0-9a-fA-F]{12}|00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000|ffffffff-ffff-ffff-ffff-ffffffffffff)$
        name:
          type: string
      required:
        - kind
        - id
        - name
    ErrorResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        error:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
      required:
        - error
    Error:
      type: object
      properties:
        code:
          type: string
          pattern: ^[a-z][a-z0-9_]{0,79}$
        message:
          type: string
        param:
          type: string
        retryable:
          type: boolean
        details:
          type: object
          properties:
            reason:
              type: string
              description: >-
                The cause. Stable for rate_limited (request_limit, running_cap,
                platform_capacity, url_import_limit) and permission_denied
                (scope_required, role_required, not_creator,
                feature_not_enabled, early_access, test_key_sandbox,
                browser_request); for a run or output error, for diagnosis only
          additionalProperties: {}
          description: More facts about the error; each code says which it carries
      required:
        - code
        - message
        - retryable
  responses:
    BadRequest:
      description: >-
        The request is malformed or invalid: invalid_request, validation_failed,
        model_unavailable or input_import_failed.
      headers:
        Request-Id:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/Request-Id'
        RateLimit-Limit:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit-Limit'
        RateLimit-Remaining:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit-Remaining'
        RateLimit-Reset:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit-Reset'
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
    Unauthorized:
      description: 'invalid_api_key: the key is missing, revoked or expired.'
      headers:
        Request-Id:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/Request-Id'
        WWW-Authenticate:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/WWW-Authenticate'
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
    Forbidden:
      description: >-
        permission_denied: the key can't do this. details.reason says why:
        scope_required, role_required, not_creator, feature_not_enabled,
        early_access, test_key_sandbox, browser_request. For scope_required,
        details.scope names the scope.
      headers:
        Request-Id:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/Request-Id'
        RateLimit-Limit:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit-Limit'
        RateLimit-Remaining:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit-Remaining'
        RateLimit-Reset:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit-Reset'
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
    NotFound:
      description: >-
        not_found: no such resource for this caller, including a projectId the
        caller can't use.
      headers:
        Request-Id:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/Request-Id'
        RateLimit-Limit:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit-Limit'
        RateLimit-Remaining:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit-Remaining'
        RateLimit-Reset:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit-Reset'
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
    TooManyRequests:
      description: >-
        rate_limited: details.reason says which limit: request_limit,
        running_cap, platform_capacity, url_import_limit. Retry after
        Retry-After seconds.
      headers:
        Request-Id:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/Request-Id'
        RateLimit-Limit:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit-Limit'
        RateLimit-Remaining:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit-Remaining'
        RateLimit-Reset:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit-Reset'
        Retry-After:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/Retry-After'
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
    InternalError:
      description: 'internal: something went wrong. Retry.'
      headers:
        Request-Id:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/Request-Id'
        RateLimit-Limit:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit-Limit'
        RateLimit-Remaining:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit-Remaining'
        RateLimit-Reset:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit-Reset'
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
    ServiceUnavailable:
      description: >-
        unavailable or pricing_unavailable: API keys, billing or pricing can't
        be reached right now. retryable says whether a retry can help.
      headers:
        Request-Id:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/Request-Id'
        RateLimit-Limit:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit-Limit'
        RateLimit-Remaining:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit-Remaining'
        RateLimit-Reset:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit-Reset'
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: 'A ZeroGen API key: zg_ for a live key, zg_test_ for a test key.'

````

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