Hi everyone, I’m looking for information about the API v8 methods for SuiteCRM in the postman file, I didn’t see a method that allows you to get an attachment file. Is it really so necessary to write your own method to get a file from Notes or Documents ?
Hey there
Have you been able to find a solution for this, by chance?
As far as I’m aware, there isn’t an OOTB API method to download a document, i’m afraid
There is an entrypoint, in the format of:
entryPoint=download&id=[record id]&type=[module type]
So, eg, navigating to:
https://my.crm.com/index.php?entryPoint=download&id=f1f2f7b0-5785-b826-b11a-603faf08e6b6&type=Documents
Would download a document record with the ID “f1f2f7b0-5785-b826-b11a-603faf08e6b6”
Though I’m not sure if thats totally suitable for API work, or what you’d like to achieve 
You might be able to create a custom endpoint for the API, that then uses this entrypoint.
(Though I don’t have much knowledge on that front, im afraid)
Some links for this:
There is also a post on the SugarCRM dev hub: https://sugarclub.sugarcrm.com/dev-club/f/questions-answers/460/how-do-i-force-a-download-from-api
However, I’m not sure how applicable this would be nowadays, as the API methods could differ greatly
Hopefully anything above can point in the right direction!