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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"Add API call to download one file","articleBody":"Currently, there's no simple way to fetch just one file from a project. There is `download_file()` API call, but it needs the project to be already downloaded (it is useful just to get older versions of a file).\r\n\r\nOne could either query MM server API directly, e.g.:\r\n```\r\nhttps://app.merginmaps.com/v1/project/raw/\u003cworkspace\u003e/\u003cproject\u003e?file=myfile.gpkg\r\n```\r\n(with appropriate auth token)\r\n\r\nAlternatively, using python with a workaround like this (handles auth stuff):\r\n```python\r\nfrom mergin import MerginClient\r\nfrom mergin.utils import save_to_file\r\n\r\nmergin_client = MerginClient(...)\r\nres = mergin_client.get('/v1/project/raw/\u003cworkspace\u003e/\u003cproject\u003e', data={'file': 'myfile.gpkg'})\r\nsave_to_file(res, 'myfile.gpkg')\r\n```\r\n\r\nIf we add support for this, maybe we could just update the existing `download_file()` implementation so that it will accept as the first argument either `\u003cworkspace\u003e/\u003cproject\u003e` or it would accept an existing the local directory with a project downloaded already.","author":{"url":"https://github.com/wonder-sk","@type":"Person","name":"wonder-sk"},"datePublished":"2024-07-18T13:57:41.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":3},"url":"https://github.com/210/python-api-client/issues/210"}