> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://morphik.ai/docs/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# get_document_file

> Download the raw file content of a document

> [tab] Sync
>
> ```python theme={null}
> def get_document_file(
>     document_id: str,
> ) -> bytes
> ```

> [tab] Async
>
> ```python theme={null}
> async def get_document_file(
>     document_id: str,
> ) -> bytes
> ```

## Parameters

* `document_id` (str): ID of the document to download

## Returns

* `bytes`: Raw file content as bytes

## Examples

> [tab] Sync
>
> ```python theme={null}
> from morphik import Morphik
>
> db = Morphik()
>
> # Download a document's raw file
> doc_id = "doc_123abc"
> file_content = db.get_document_file(doc_id)
>
> # Save to local file
> with open("downloaded_file.pdf", "wb") as f:
>     f.write(file_content)
>
> print(f"Downloaded {len(file_content)} bytes")
> ```

> [tab] Async
>
> ```python theme={null}
> from morphik import AsyncMorphik
> import aiofiles
>
> async with AsyncMorphik() as db:
>     # Download a document's raw file
>     doc_id = "doc_123abc"
>     file_content = await db.get_document_file(doc_id)
>
>     # Save to local file
>     async with aiofiles.open("downloaded_file.pdf", "wb") as f:
>         await f.write(file_content)
>
>     print(f"Downloaded {len(file_content)} bytes")
> ```

## Notes

* This method returns the raw file bytes, which you can save to disk or process in memory.
* For getting a downloadable URL instead of raw bytes, use [`get_document_download_url`](./get_document_download_url).
* The returned bytes match the original file that was uploaded/ingested.


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