Get attachments

GET https://chat.zulip.org/api/v1/attachments

Fetch metadata on files uploaded by the requesting user.

Usage examples

#!/usr/bin/env python3

import zulip

# Pass the path to your zuliprc file here.
client = zulip.Client(config_file="~/zuliprc")

# Get your attachments.
result = client.get_attachments()
print(result)

curl -sSX GET -G https://chat.zulip.org/api/v1/attachments \
    -u BOT_EMAIL_ADDRESS:BOT_API_KEY

Parameters

This endpoint does not accept any parameters.

Response

Return values

• attachments: (object)[]

  A list of attachment objects, each containing details about a file uploaded by the user.

  • id: integer

    The unique ID for the attachment.

  • name: string

    Name of the uploaded file.

  • path_id: string

    A representation of the path of the file within the repository of user-uploaded files. If the path_id of a file is {realm_id}/ab/cdef/temp_file.py, its URL will be: {server_url}/user_uploads/{realm_id}/ab/cdef/temp_file.py.

  • size: integer

    Size of the file in bytes.

  • create_time: integer

    Time when the attachment was uploaded as a UNIX timestamp multiplied by 1000 (matching the format of getTime() in JavaScript).

    Changes: Changed in Zulip 3.0 (feature level 22). This field was previously a floating point number.

  • messages: (object)[]

    Contains basic details on any Zulip messages that have been sent referencing this uploaded file. This includes messages sent by any user in the Zulip organization who sent a message containing a link to the uploaded file.

    • date_sent: integer

      Time when the message was sent as a UNIX timestamp multiplied by 1000 (matching the format of getTime() in JavaScript).

      Changes: Changed in Zulip 3.0 (feature level 22). This field was previously strangely called name and was a floating point number.

    • id: integer

      The unique message ID. Messages should always be displayed sorted by ID.

• upload_space_used: integer

  The total size of all files uploaded by users in the organization, in bytes.

Example response(s)

Changes: As of Zulip 7.0 (feature level 167), if any parameters sent in the request are not supported by this endpoint, a successful JSON response will include an ignored_parameters_unsupported array.

A typical successful JSON response may look like:

{
    "attachments": [
        {
            "create_time": 1588145417000,
            "id": 1,
            "messages": [
                {
                    "date_sent": 1588145424000,
                    "id": 102
                },
                {
                    "date_sent": 1588145448000,
                    "id": 103
                }
            ],
            "name": "166050.jpg",
            "path_id": "2/ce/DfOkzwdg_IwlrN3myw3KGtiJ/166050.jpg",
            "size": 571946
        }
    ],
    "msg": "",
    "result": "success",
    "upload_space_used": 571946
}