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# Retrieve an artifact

> Retrieve an artifact by ID.



## OpenAPI

````yaml /api-reference/openapi-v3.yaml get /api/v3/artifacts/{id}
openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: Paradigm API
  version: xenial-xerus (v3)
  description: >-
    A versatile and adaptable tool designed to integrate Generative AI into your
    applications
servers:
  - url: https://paradigm.lighton.ai
security: []
tags:
  - name: Agents
    description: Operations about agents
  - name: Threads
    description: Operations about agents conversation threads
  - name: Tools
    description: Operations about native tools
  - name: Models
    description: Operations about AI models
  - name: MCP
    description: Operations about MCP servers
  - name: Sources
    description: Operations about sources used by agents conversation threads
  - name: Artifacts
    description: Operations about artifacts generated by agents conversation threads
  - name: Agent
    description: >-
      Operations about agents (deprecated). Please use the 'Agents' API
      component instead.
  - name: Files
    description: Operations about files
  - name: Files Processing
    description: Operations about files processing
  - name: Tags
    description: Operations about tags
  - name: Workspaces
    description: Operations about workspaces
  - name: Users
    description: Operations about users
  - name: User Groups
    description: Operations about user groups
  - name: Companies
    description: Operations about companies
  - name: SCIM
    description: Operations about SCIM
paths:
  /api/v3/artifacts/{id}:
    get:
      tags:
        - Artifacts
      summary: Retrieve an artifact
      description: Retrieve an artifact by ID.
      operationId: api_v3_artifacts_retrieve
      parameters:
        - in: path
          name: id
          schema:
            type: string
          required: true
      responses:
        '200':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/FileArtifact'
          description: ''
      security:
        - bearerAuth: []
components:
  schemas:
    FileArtifact:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          readOnly: true
        user:
          type: integer
          readOnly: true
        filename:
          type: string
          readOnly: true
        storage_path:
          type: string
          readOnly: true
        bytes:
          type: integer
          readOnly: true
        mime_type:
          type: string
          readOnly: true
        created_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          readOnly: true
        thumbnail_base64:
          type: string
          readOnly: true
      required:
        - bytes
        - created_at
        - filename
        - id
        - mime_type
        - storage_path
        - thumbnail_base64
        - user
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: >-
        Bearer authentication header of the form `Bearer <token>`, where
        `<token>` is your auth token.

````