---
metadata:
  - name: generator
    content: Diplodoc Platform v5.44.0
alternate:
  - https://yandex.com/dev/disk/doc/en/reference/get.md
  - https://yandex.com/dev/disk/doc/ru/reference/get.md
---
> **Documentation Index:** Fetch the complete configuration index at https://yandex.com/dev/disk/doc/en/llms.txt

# Downloading a file (GET)

Use the GET method to download a file from Yandex Disk.

The `Range` header can be used for requesting a particular section of the file. The response to this type of request contains the header `Content-Type: multipart/byteranges`.

To request a compressed file, add either the `TE: gzip,chunked` header to the request, or a combination of two headers:

```yaml
TE: chunked
Accept-Encoding: gzip
```

The server will apply compression, if it is justifiable. The client must be prepared to handle both compressed and uncompressed responses.

> The application downloads the ##readme.pdf## file from the root directory of the user's Yandex Disk.
>
> ```yaml
> GET /readme.pdf HTTP/1.1
> Host: webdav.yandex.ru
> Accept: */*
> Authorization: OAuth 0c4181a7c2cf4521964a72ff57a34a07
> ```
>
> If the file exists, the following response is returned:
>
> ```yaml
> HTTP/1.1 200 OK
> Last-Modified: Mon, 09 Apr 2012 10:56:13 GMT
> Etag: 2bf4a775cdaffe827bbad4998b9b09eb
> Content-Length: 455833
>  
> <response body with the file>
> ```