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Download your data securely from the IDrive account using the downloadFile API.

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Syntax for ‘downloadFile’ API:

HTTP method: POST

Input parameters:

uid	username or email address
pwd	password
pvtkey	private encryption key is an optional parameter and is not required if you opt for the default encryption key during your IDrive account sign up
p	file path that you wish to download from your account.
version	specify the version number of the file that you wish to download
thumbnail_type	S - specify to download thumbnail in small size I - specify to download thumbnail in Intermediate size
trash	set trash parameter to "yes” to download files from trash

Following cases explain the expected outputs during INVALID operations:

• Case 1: Empty Username or Password
  
  The output is as follows:
  <tree message="ERROR" desc="INVALID PARAMETERS"/>
• Case 2: Invalid Username or Password
  
  The output is as follows:
  <tree message="ERROR" desc="INVALID USER"/> Or
  <tree message="ERROR" desc="INVALID PASSWORD"/>
• Case 3: Invalid path
  
  The output is as follows:
  <tree message="ERROR" desc="INVALID PATH"/>
• Case 4: Account not configured
  
  Encryption configuration is a must for the IDrive account. If the configuration is not done for an account, the output is as follows:
  <tree message="ERROR" desc="ACCOUNT NOT YET CONFIGURED" configstatus="NOT SET"/>
• Case 5: Authentication failed
  
  If the account encryption configuration does not match, the output is as follows:
  <tree message="ERROR" desc="AUTHENTICATION FAILED" />

Code snippets for Java, PHP, Python and Ruby:

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Ruby: