---
title: "Get | Customer's Canvas On-Premises"
canonical: "https://customerscanvas.com/docs/on-premises/preflight/web-api/get/"
---

# Get

> To download a file from the server, you can get a file stream by the file's GUID using the following endpoint: **`GET ~/api/files/get/{GUID}`**

## Required URL Param

`GUID` - a file identifier with an extension.

## Example call

```html
<embed src="http://example.com/pt/api/files/get/425a3537-2e59-450d-bbc2-484fcd3d63bd.pdf" type="application/pdf" width="800px" height="800px" />
```

In the [following section](https://customerscanvas.com/docs/on-premises/preflight/web-api/check.md), you can learn how to use this endpoint to perform the preflight check.

## Success response

If the result is successful, this method returns the content of the file in a file stream.

```
Status Code: 200 OK
Content-type: application/octet-stream
```