# Read a task file (raw bytes)

`GET /tasks/{id}/files/read/{path}`

:::code-group
```bash title="cURL"
curl --request GET \
  --url https://{host}/api/tasks/{id}/files/read/{path} \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'
```

```json title="404"
{
  "message": "<string>",
  "code": "<string>"
}
```
:::

## Authorizations

- `Authorization` (header, string, required) — Bearer authentication header of the form `Bearer <token>`.

## Path Parameters

- `id` (path, string, required) — Task id.
- `path` (path, string, required) — Relative path within the tree. Matches greedily, so it may contain `/`.

## Headers

- `X-Pinecone-Api-Version` (header, string) — Date-based contract version, echoed back on the same header. Omit for the default (`2026-07`); send `unstable` for the in-development surface. An unrecognized value is rejected with `400 unsupported_api_version`.

## Response

- `200` — File contents
- `404` — Not found

## Related pages

- [Stat a task file](./data-plane-task-files-stat-a-task-file.md)
- [List a task's files under a path](./data-plane-task-files-list-a-tasks-files-under-a-path.md)
- [List a task's working-directory files](./data-plane-task-files-list-a-tasks-working-directory-files.md)
- [Delete a task file](./data-plane-task-files-delete-a-task-file.md)

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