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# Retrieve file content

{% code title="Example request" lineNumbers="true" %}

```
curl https://api.eye-ai.com/v1/files/file-XjGxS3KTG0uNmNOK362iJua3/content \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY' > file.jsonl
}
```

{% endcode %}