curl --request GET \
--url https://api.aurous-labs.com/v1/files/{id} \
--header 'X-Api-Key: <api-key>'import requests
url = "https://api.aurous-labs.com/v1/files/{id}"
headers = {"X-Api-Key": "<api-key>"}
response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {'X-Api-Key': '<api-key>'}};
fetch('https://api.aurous-labs.com/v1/files/{id}', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.aurous-labs.com/v1/files/{id}",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"X-Api-Key: <api-key>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.aurous-labs.com/v1/files/{id}"
req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)
req.Header.Add("X-Api-Key", "<api-key>")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://api.aurous-labs.com/v1/files/{id}")
.header("X-Api-Key", "<api-key>")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.aurous-labs.com/v1/files/{id}")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["X-Api-Key"] = '<api-key>'
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"id": "file_01HXMQ7Z3K8Y2NABCDEFGHJKMN",
"object": "file",
"purpose": "reference",
"mime_type": "image/jpeg",
"size_bytes": 1247892,
"width_px": 1024,
"height_px": 768,
"url": "https://...?token=...",
"expires_at": "2026-05-04T14:00:00Z",
"created_at": "2026-05-03T14:00:00Z",
"duration_s": 7.4,
"metadata": {
"campaign": "launch-2026"
}
}{
"error": {
"type": "invalid_request",
"code": "balance_too_low",
"message": "Team available balance is 1.5 credits, generation requires 2.0.",
"doc_url": "https://docs.aurous-labs.com/errors#balance_too_low",
"request_id": "req_01HXMQ7Z3K8Y2VNABCDEFGHJKM",
"param": "prompt",
"reason": "wrong_view",
"detected_view": "full_left"
}
}{
"error": {
"type": "invalid_request",
"code": "balance_too_low",
"message": "Team available balance is 1.5 credits, generation requires 2.0.",
"doc_url": "https://docs.aurous-labs.com/errors#balance_too_low",
"request_id": "req_01HXMQ7Z3K8Y2VNABCDEFGHJKM",
"param": "prompt",
"reason": "wrong_view",
"detected_view": "full_left"
}
}{
"error": {
"type": "invalid_request",
"code": "balance_too_low",
"message": "Team available balance is 1.5 credits, generation requires 2.0.",
"doc_url": "https://docs.aurous-labs.com/errors#balance_too_low",
"request_id": "req_01HXMQ7Z3K8Y2VNABCDEFGHJKM",
"param": "prompt",
"reason": "wrong_view",
"detected_view": "full_left"
}
}Get a file (re-mints a fresh 1h signed URL)
Returns the file metadata plus a freshly-minted 1h signed URL. Use this to re-mint a download URL whenever the previous one expires.
curl --request GET \
--url https://api.aurous-labs.com/v1/files/{id} \
--header 'X-Api-Key: <api-key>'import requests
url = "https://api.aurous-labs.com/v1/files/{id}"
headers = {"X-Api-Key": "<api-key>"}
response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {'X-Api-Key': '<api-key>'}};
fetch('https://api.aurous-labs.com/v1/files/{id}', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.aurous-labs.com/v1/files/{id}",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"X-Api-Key: <api-key>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.aurous-labs.com/v1/files/{id}"
req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)
req.Header.Add("X-Api-Key", "<api-key>")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://api.aurous-labs.com/v1/files/{id}")
.header("X-Api-Key", "<api-key>")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.aurous-labs.com/v1/files/{id}")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["X-Api-Key"] = '<api-key>'
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"id": "file_01HXMQ7Z3K8Y2NABCDEFGHJKMN",
"object": "file",
"purpose": "reference",
"mime_type": "image/jpeg",
"size_bytes": 1247892,
"width_px": 1024,
"height_px": 768,
"url": "https://...?token=...",
"expires_at": "2026-05-04T14:00:00Z",
"created_at": "2026-05-03T14:00:00Z",
"duration_s": 7.4,
"metadata": {
"campaign": "launch-2026"
}
}{
"error": {
"type": "invalid_request",
"code": "balance_too_low",
"message": "Team available balance is 1.5 credits, generation requires 2.0.",
"doc_url": "https://docs.aurous-labs.com/errors#balance_too_low",
"request_id": "req_01HXMQ7Z3K8Y2VNABCDEFGHJKM",
"param": "prompt",
"reason": "wrong_view",
"detected_view": "full_left"
}
}{
"error": {
"type": "invalid_request",
"code": "balance_too_low",
"message": "Team available balance is 1.5 credits, generation requires 2.0.",
"doc_url": "https://docs.aurous-labs.com/errors#balance_too_low",
"request_id": "req_01HXMQ7Z3K8Y2VNABCDEFGHJKM",
"param": "prompt",
"reason": "wrong_view",
"detected_view": "full_left"
}
}{
"error": {
"type": "invalid_request",
"code": "balance_too_low",
"message": "Team available balance is 1.5 credits, generation requires 2.0.",
"doc_url": "https://docs.aurous-labs.com/errors#balance_too_low",
"request_id": "req_01HXMQ7Z3K8Y2VNABCDEFGHJKM",
"param": "prompt",
"reason": "wrong_view",
"detected_view": "full_left"
}
}Authorizations
Your team API key (starts with al_live_).
Headers
Optional API version pin (YYYY-MM-DD). Omit the header to receive the platform default, currently 2026-08-26.
^\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}$"2026-08-26"
Path Parameters
Opaque file ID.
"file_01HXMQ7Z3K8Y2NABCDEFGHJKMN"
Response
File found
Opaque file ID.
"file_01HXMQ7Z3K8Y2NABCDEFGHJKMN"
Object discriminator.
"file"
How the file is used downstream. Image purposes: reference, first_frame, last_frame. Media purposes (PR-4): reference_video / reference_audio for the /v1/videos BYO reference fields.
reference, first_frame, last_frame, reference_video, reference_audio "reference"
image/png, image/jpeg, image/webp, video/mp4, video/quicktime, audio/mpeg, audio/wav "image/jpeg"
File size in bytes.
1247892
Decoded image width in pixels (max 4096).
1024
Decoded image height in pixels (max 4096).
768
Time-limited signed URL valid for ~1h. Re-mint a fresh URL by re-fetching GET /v1/files/:id. Do NOT cache long-term — the underlying bucket is private.
"https://...?token=..."
Hard 24h TTL — the file is automatically purged at this timestamp.
"2026-05-04T14:00:00Z"
Creation timestamp.
"2026-05-03T14:00:00Z"
Clip duration in seconds — populated for media uploads (reference_video / reference_audio, parsed at upload time), null for images.
7.4
Echoed metadata.
Show child attributes
Show child attributes
{ "campaign": "launch-2026" }

