Get an attachment using APIs

[LamurCorp]

Such a good product!
I've looked at the documentation of the APIs, the sad fact is, most of it is terrible described. I'm sorry for being rude.
Please advice how to get an Attachment (file) using APIs.


API request:
Attachment/5e95750bccc13d6d2

API results:

[response] => {"id":"5e95750bccc13d6d2","name":"image.png","deleted":false,"type":"image\/png","size":48493,"sourceId":null,"field":"image","createdAt":"2020-04-14 08:32:11","role":"Attachment","storage":null,"storageFilePath":null,"global":false,"parentId":null,"parentType":null,"parentName":null,"relatedId":"5e956201647c76d31","relatedType":"Account","relatedName":"7","createdById":"1","createdByName":"Admin"}
[code] => 200 

[yuri]

It's not possible via API.

When you download an attachment in EspoCRM it redirects to '?entryPoint=download&id=ATTACHMENT_ID'

It's possible to download this way but it will require a basic authorization.

EDIT:

It will be added in the next release: https://github.com/espocrm/espocrm/issues/1676. You can apply code from the commit to your instance manually.

[espcrm]

Note on those eager for this feature. It is schedule for EspoCRM-5.9.0

[LamurCorp]

Big thanks, it works fine for auth with regular user.

FYI: HMAC auth doesn't work

Get Metadata - OK

$response = $api->request('GET', 'Attachment/5e95750bccc13d6d2'); 

Get File - Nothing

$response = $api->request('GET', 'Attachment/file/5e95750bccc13d6d2'); 

https://www.espocrm.com/documentation/development/api-client-php/