# Get a blob

From **GitHub v3 REST API**.

`GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/git/blobs/{file_sha}`

The `content` in the response will always be Base64 encoded.

_Note_: This API supports blobs up to 100 megabytes in size.

## Parameters

### `owner`

- Location: path
- Required: true
- Type: `string`

### `repo`

- Location: path
- Required: true
- Type: `string`

### `file_sha`

- Location: path
- Required: true
- Type: `string`

## Responses

### `200`

Response

### `application/json`

- Type: `object`

Blob

```json
{
  "content": "Q29udGVudCBvZiB0aGUgYmxvYg==",
  "encoding": "base64",
  "node_id": "Q29udGVudCBvZiB0aGUgYmxvYg==",
  "sha": "3a0f86fb8db8eea7ccbb9a95f325ddbedfb25e15",
  "size": 19,
  "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/example/git/blobs/3a0f86fb8db8eea7ccbb9a95f325ddbedfb25e15"
}
```

```json
{"description":"Blob","properties":{"content":{"type":"string"},"encoding":{"type":"string"},"highlighted_content":{"type":"string"},"node_id":{"type":"string"},"sha":{"type":"string"},"size":{"nullable":true,"type":"integer"},"url":{"format":"uri","type":"string"}},"required":["sha","url","node_id","size","content","encoding"],"title":"Blob","type":"object"}
```

### `403`

Forbidden

### `application/json`

- Type: `object`

Basic Error

```json
{"description":"Basic Error","properties":{"documentation_url":{"type":"string"},"message":{"type":"string"},"status":{"type":"string"},"url":{"type":"string"}},"title":"Basic Error","type":"object"}
```

### `404`

Resource not found

### `application/json`

- Type: `object`

Basic Error

```json
{"description":"Basic Error","properties":{"documentation_url":{"type":"string"},"message":{"type":"string"},"status":{"type":"string"},"url":{"type":"string"}},"title":"Basic Error","type":"object"}
```

### `422`

Validation failed

### `application/json`

- Type: `object`

Validation Error

```json
{"description":"Validation Error","properties":{"documentation_url":{"type":"string"},"errors":{"items":{"properties":{"code":{"type":"string"},"field":{"type":"string"},"index":{"type":"integer"},"message":{"type":"string"},"resource":{"type":"string"},"value":{"oneOf":[{"nullable":true,"type":"string"},{"nullable":true,"type":"integer"},{"items":{"type":"string"},"nullable":true,"type":"array"}]}},"required":["code"],"type":"object"},"type":"array"},"message":{"type":"string"}},"required":["message","documentation_url"],"title":"Validation Error","type":"object"}
```

## Request examples

### cURL

```shell
curl --request GET \
  --url {protocol}://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/{owner}/{repo}/git/blobs/{file_sha}
```