Operations

GET /attachments/{id}

Summary Get metadata about an order attachment
URL /api/v1/attachments/{id}
Detailed Description Use this method to retrieve information (metadata) about an order attachment. Attachments are either source files (audio or video for transcription orders, videos for caption orders) or output files (transcripts or captions, depending on the type of order).

The data will be returned as JSON or XML, depending on Accept header or URL extension. See below for an annotated example of a response entity.

To retrieve the actual file contents, use the GET /attachments/{id}/content operation.
Request Parameters
  • id - id of the attachment to retrieve
Request Headers
  • Authorization - contains client/user API keys
  • Accept - indicates the format in which the response should be delivered. Must be application/json, application/xml, or text/xml
Response On success, 200 OK.
If the attachment with given id is not found, 404 Not Found
Response Headers
  • Content-Type - the media type for the returned response, either application/json or text/xml
Response Body On success, an <attachment/> entity with the details about the attachment. On error, empty.
Error Codes None
Annotated sample response 
{
    /* 
        Attachment type. Possible values are:
        media, transcript, caption. 
    */
    "kind": "media",
    /* Filename for the attachment */
    "name": "VoiceRecording.mp3",
    /* Id for the attachment */
    "id": "1C4AA80F4000000001000000F2EED32A3DD4775B1B0",
    "links": [
        {
            /* 
                Link with URL of the resource 
                for getting attachment content 
            */
            "rel": "content",
            "href": "https://api.rev.com/api/v1/attachments/1C4AA8"
        }
    ]
}
                
<attachment>
    <!— 
        Attachment type. Possible values are: 
        media, transcript, caption.
    -->
    <kind>media</kind>
    <!-- Filename for the attachment -->
    <name>VoiceRecording.mp3</name>
    <!— Id for the attachment →
    <id>1C4AA80F4000000001000000F2EED32A3DD4775B1B0</id>
    <!— 
        Link with URL of the resource 
        for getting attachment content 
    -->
    <link rel="content" href="https://api.rev.com/api/v1/attachments/1C4AA8" />
</attachment>