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# Retrieve an upload

GET https://api.contentful.com/spaces/{space_id}/environments/{environment_id}/uploads/{upload_id}

Reference: https://contentful.com/developers/docs/references/content-management-api/uploads/retrieve-an-upload

## Authentication

- `Authorization` header (bearer token, required) — Bearer authentication of the form `Bearer <token>`, where token is your auth token.

## Request

### Path parameters

- `space_id` (string, required) — Alphanumeric `id` of the space to retrieve.
- `environment_id` (string, optional) — Alphanumeric `id` of the environment. Defaults to `master`.
- `upload_id` (string, required) — Alphanumeric `id` of the upload to retrieve.

## Response

### 200

OK - Request successful

- `map from string to any`

## Examples

**Response**

```json
{
  "sys": {
    "createdAt": "2025-03-17T06:55:16.000Z",
    "createdBy": {
      "sys": {
        "id": "4FLrUHftHW3v2BLi9fzfjU",
        "linkType": "User",
        "type": "Link"
      }
    },
    "expiresAt": "2025-12-01T19:22:35.000Z",
    "id": "2DNvIbYNELgqLJUkgTeIOV",
    "space": {
      "sys": {
        "id": "yadj1kx9rmg0",
        "linkType": "Space",
        "type": "Link"
      }
    },
    "type": "Upload"
  }
}
```