Web Services Developer's Guide → Web Services API Reference → SBM Application Web Services → Application Calls → GetFileAttachment
This service gets an existing file attachment.
| Argument | Type | Description | 
|---|---|---|
| auth (optional) | Auth | The Auth type supplies credentials and optionally, a host name for licensing. The userId and password can be specified with HTTP BASIC or WS-SECURITY instead. | 
| item (required) | ItemIdentifier | Specifies the item that contains the attachment. | 
| attachmentID (required) | integer | This is the internal TS_ID of the attachment from the TS_ATTACHMENTS table. | 
| options | Options | Holds name value pairing for future arguments on certain calls. | 
FileAttachmentContents is returned. The file attachment is returned as a base64 encoded attachment. See FileAttachmentContents for more information.
You can use the ID returned in the FileAttachment parameter of a returned TTItem in the attachmentID argument of GetFileAttachment.
The following XML is a snippet of the payload being sent with GetFileAttachment.
<urn:GetFileAttachment>
    <urn:auth>
        <urn:userId>admin</urn:userId>
        <urn:password></urn:password>
        <urn:hostname></urn:hostname>
    </urn:auth>
    <urn:item>
        <urn:displayName></urn:displayName>
        <urn:id>109</urn:id>
        <urn:uuid></urn:uuid>
        <urn:tableId>1000</urn:tableId>
        <urn:tableIdItemId>1000:109</urn:tableIdItemId>
        <urn:issueId>BUG000173</urn:issueId>
    </urn:item>
    <urn:attachmentID>104</urn:attachmentID>
</urn:GetFileAttachment>
 
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