For guidance and examples, see [Manage files](/guides/upload-your-data-manage-files#get-the-status-of-a-file).

```python Python theme={null}
from pinecone import Pinecone
pc = Pinecone(api_key="YOUR_API_KEY")

# Get an assistant.
assistant = pc.assistant.Assistant(
    assistant_name="example-assistant", 
)

# Describe a file. 
# To get a signed URL in the response, set `include_url` to `True`.
file = assistant.describe_file(file_id="3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a", include_url=True)
```

```javascript JavaScript theme={null}
import { Pinecone } from '@pinecone-database/pinecone'

const pc = new Pinecone({ apiKey: 'YOUR_API_KEY' });

const assistantName = 'example-assistant';
const assistant = pc.Assistant(assistantName);
const fileId = "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a";

// Describe a file. Returns a signed URL by default. 
const file = await assistant.describeFile(fileId)
// To exclude signed URL, set `includeUrl` to `false`.
// const includeUrl = false;
// const file = await assistant.describeFile(fileId, includeUrl)
```

```bash curl theme={null}
PINECONE_API_KEY="YOUR_API_KEY"
ASSISTANT_NAME="example-assistant"
FILE_ID="3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a"

# Describe a file. 
# To get a signed URL in the response, set `include_url` to `true`.
curl -X GET "https://prod-1-data.ke.pinecone.io/assistant/files/$ASSISTANT_NAME/$FILE_ID?include_url=true" \
  -H "Api-Key: $PINECONE_API_KEY" \
  -H "X-Pinecone-Api-Version: 2025-04"
```

`GET /files/{assistant_name}/{assistant_file_id}`

:::code-group
```bash title="cURL"
curl --request GET \
  --url https://{assistant_host}/files/{assistant_name}/{assistant_file_id} \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'
```

```json title="200"
{
  "name": "<string>",
  "id": "<string>",
  "metadata": {},
  "created_on": "<string>",
  "updated_on": "<string>",
  "status": "Processing",
  "percent_done": 123,
  "signed_url": "https://storage.googleapis.com/bucket/file.pdf?...",
  "error_message": "<string>"
}
```
:::

## Authorizations

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

## Path Parameters

- `assistant_name` (path, string, required) — The name of the assistant to upload files to.
- `assistant_file_id` (path, string, required) — The uuid of the file to be described.

## Query Parameters

- `include_url` (query, string) — Include the signed URL of the file in the response.

## Response

- `200` — Poll request successful.
- `401` — Unauthorized. Possible causes: Invalid API key.
- `404` — File not found.
- `500` — Internal server error.

## Related pages

- [Account management](./account-management-index.md)
- [Admin](./admin-2-index.md)
- [Admin](./admin-index.md)
- [APIs](./apis-index.md)
- [Architecture](./architecture-index.md)
- [Assistants](./assistants-index.md)
- [Bring Your Own Cloud](./bring-your-own-cloud-index.md)
- [Build an assistant](./build-an-assistant-index.md)
- [Build an integration](./build-an-integration-index.md)
- [Changelog](./changelog-index.md)

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