# Download document

{% get /%}
{% path text="/v1/document/download" /%}

Returns the PDF document for the specified documentId. When the document is created on behalf of a particular sender email, then the download operation can be performed on the same account by specifying the email in the `onBehalfOf.`

## Code snippet

{% codetab %}

cURL

```shell
curl -X GET 'https://api.boldsign.com/v1/document/download?documentId=949ebf20-45a8-4a3e-91a9-68e9540e0020' \
-H 'accept: application/json' \
-H 'X-API-KEY: {your-api-key}'
```

C#

```csharp
var apiClient = new ApiClient("https://api.boldsign.com", "Your_API_Key");

var documentClient = new DocumentClient(apiClient);
var documentStream = documentClient.DownloadDocument("YOUR_DOCUMENT_ID");
```

Python

```python
import boldsign

configuration = boldsign.Configuration(host = "https://api.boldsign.com", api_key="YOUR_API_KEY")

with boldsign.ApiClient(configuration) as api_client:
    
    document_api = boldsign.DocumentApi(api_client)
    document_stream = document_api.download_document(document_id="YOUR_DOCUMENT_ID")
```

PHP

```php
<?php require_once "vendor/autoload.php";

use BoldSign\Configuration;
use BoldSign\Api\DocumentApi;

$config = new Configuration();
$config->setHost('https://api.boldsign.com');
$config->setApiKey('YOUR_API_KEY');

$document_api = new DocumentApi($config);
$document_stream = $document_api->downloadDocument($document_id = 'YOUR_DOCUMENT_ID');
```

Java

```java
ApiClient client = Configuration.getDefaultApiClient();
client.setBasePath("https://api.boldsign.com");
client.setApiKey("YOUR_API_KEY");
        
DocumentApi documentApi = new DocumentApi(client);
File documentStream = documentApi.downloadDocument("YOUR_DOCUMENT_ID", null);
```

NodeJS

```js
import { DocumentApi } from "boldsign";

const documentApi = new DocumentApi("https://api.boldsign.com");
documentApi.setApiKey("YOUR_API_KEY");

const documentStream = documentApi.downloadDocument("YOUR_DOCUMENT_ID");
```

{% /codetab %}

## Query parameters

{% nestedtable %}

- {% arguments name="documentId" /%}{% batch datatype="string" /%}{% required /%}
- The unique document id of the document.

---

- {% arguments name="onBehalfOf" /%}{% batch datatype="string" /%}
- The on behalf email address of the sender.

{% /nestedtable %}

## Example response

***200 Success***

```json
Contains the PDF document
```