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# Get a skill file

GET https://example.itential.io/agent-project-service/skills/{skillId}/resource

Returns the content of a file in a skill version, as UTF-8 text or base64. Returns the current version unless another is requested. Requires read access to the skill.

Reference: https://docs.itential.com/itential-platform/6/api-reference/agent-project-service/get-skill-resource

## Authentication

- `Authorization` header (basic auth, required) — Basic authentication of the form `Basic <base64(username:password)>`.

## Request

### Path parameters

- `skillId` (string, required) — Skill id (UUID).

### Query parameters

- `path` (string, optional) — Path of the file as listed in the resources of getSkill, e.g. "references/guide.md". Required; matched exactly.
- `version` (integer, optional) — Version the file belongs to; the current version when omitted.
- `includeDeleted` (enum, optional, default: false) — When "true", a file of a deleted Skill is returned too, to callers who could read the Skill before it was deleted; others get 403. "false" is the same as omitting it.
  - Allowed values: `true`, `false`

## Response

### 200

The file, with its content and how the content is encoded.

- `message` (string, required)
- `data` (AgentProjectServiceSkillsSkillIdResourceGetResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaData, required)

## Errors

### 500 Internal Server Error

Error response from API

- `any`

## Types

### AgentProjectServiceSkillsSkillIdResourceGetResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaData

- `skillId` (string, required) — Skill id (UUID).
- `version` (integer, required) — The version the file belongs to: the requested one, or the current one.
- `path` (string, required) — Path of the file within the skill.
- `contentType` (string, required) — Content type of the file as stored.
- `size` (integer, required) — Size of the file in bytes; for "utf-8" content this is not the number of characters.
- `encoding` (enum, required) — "utf-8" when the file is valid UTF-8 text and content is that text exactly as stored; "base64" otherwise, and content is the base64 of its bytes.
  - Allowed values: `utf-8`, `base64`
- `content` (string, required) — The file's content, encoded as encoding says; empty for an empty file. At most 10,000,000 bytes of the file unless the service is configured with a lower limit, else the request is refused with 413.

## Examples

**Response**

```json
{
  "message": "string",
  "data": {
    "skillId": "string",
    "version": 1,
    "path": "string",
    "contentType": "string",
    "size": 1,
    "encoding": "utf-8",
    "content": "string"
  }
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "https://example.itential.io/agent-project-service/skills/skillId/resource"

response = requests.get(url)

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'https://example.itential.io/agent-project-service/skills/skillId/resource';
const options = {method: 'GET'};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://example.itential.io/agent-project-service/skills/skillId/resource"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://example.itential.io/agent-project-service/skills/skillId/resource")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://example.itential.io/agent-project-service/skills/skillId/resource")
  .asString();
```

```php
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('GET', 'https://example.itential.io/agent-project-service/skills/skillId/resource');

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://example.itential.io/agent-project-service/skills/skillId/resource");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.GET);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://example.itential.io/agent-project-service/skills/skillId/resource")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "GET"

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```