HTTP API

Download Generated Reports

Download Report | Get your awesome documents with this simple HTTP API

Download the generated report

/render/{renderId}

Download a generated document using a unique render ID. This render ID is obtained from a successful call to the POST /render/{templateId-or-versionId} endpoint. The retrieved document is provided as a file stream, which can be directly downloaded or viewed.

Authentication header is not needed to call this API.

Response header

The Content-Disposition can be changed to "attachment;" if the query parameter ?download=true is added when calling the endpoint.

{
  // mime-type
  "Content-Type"         : "application/pdf",
  // Content-disposition with filename
  "Content-Disposition"  : "inline; filename="url-encoded-report-name.docx""
}

Response body

The document is deleted immediately after retrieval, ensuring privacy and reducing server storage usage. Subsequent calls with the same render ID will result in a 404 error, as the document is no longer available.

On success, the file is returned.
On error, a JSON is returned with details of the problem.

	Status Code	Body
	200	File stream
	400	`{ "success" : false, "error" : "Invalid renderId"}`
	404	`{ "success" : false, "error" : "File not found"}`

Curl Example

The command downloads the generated report into the file "FILENAME.pdf".

If an error occurs (status 4XX or 5XX), the error is also saved into the file. Each render ID can be downloaded only one time.

curl  --location --request GET 'https://api.carbone.io/render/RENDER_ID' \
      --header 'carbone-version: 5' \
      -o 'FILENAME.pdf'