Notion API: how to get the URL of uploaded files

Question

I'm using the Notion API Beta, reading pages from a table that has a "Files & media" property I'm interested in. The API response just gives me the names of the files uploaded there, but I don't have a URL to actually access them. What am I missing? Thanks.

{
  "Photo": {
    "id": "xxxx",
    "type": "files",
    "files": [
      {
        "name": "000150748673-ofnuhb-t500x500.jpg"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Update: see answer.

Do they expect you to prepend your workspace URL? I don’t know how to get it programmatically but you could probably hardcode a string for testing. — prieber, May 15 '21 at 23:07
@prieber Where did you get that info? It looks it's not working, it says `{ "message": "File not found" }` — lorenzo-s, May 15 '21 at 23:14
Oh I just made that up, I haven’t used the API yet but thought that might be a good place to start. — prieber, May 15 '21 at 23:16
You can't at the moment. The URL of the uploaded files is presigned when you try to download them. You'll notice they point to a URL that has secure.notion-static.com inside it. — Quan You, May 20 '21 at 17:58

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered May 27 '21 at 20:32

5

The Notion API currently does not support file uploads or downloads (Notion-Version: 2021-05-13). It does not return a URL to the stored file.

answered May 27 '21 at 20:32

adlopez15

3,449
2
14
19

score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 22 '21 at 08:02

The API has been updated and it now provides a temporary authenticated URL to files uploaded in Notion. For example:

{
  "Photo": {
    "id": "xxxx",
    "type": "files",
    "files": [
      {
        "name": "000150748673-ofnuhb-t500x500.jpg",
        "type": "file",
        "file": {
          "url": "https://s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/...",
          "expiry_time": "2021-09-22T09:00:56.029Z"
        }
      }
    ]
  }
}

Notion API: how to get the URL of uploaded files

2 Answers2