To retrieve the asset from an entity, send a GET
request with the Accept
header set to the content type of the asset. The content type can be retrieved from the file-metadata.content-type
property of the entity the asset is attached to.
curl -X GET -H 'Accept: <content_type>' 'https://api.usergrid.com/<org>/<app>/<collection>/<entity>
Parameters
Parameter Description
content_type The content type of the attached asset. For example, text/plain, image/jpeg. org Organization UUID or organization name app Application UUID or application name collection Name or UUID of the collection of the entity the asset is attached to. entity Name or UUID of the entity the asset is attached to.
The following request will retrieve the data for a jpeg file attached to an entity named ‘cloud’ in the ‘pictures’ collection:
curl -X GET -H 'Accept: image/jpeg' 'https://api.usergrid.com/your-org/your-app/pictures/cloud
To retrieve the entity that an asset is attached to, perform a GET
request as you normally would to retrieve an entity. For more information, see Retrieving Data Entities.