Retrieve notes and attachments

The following sample shows how to retrieve a note and its attachment:

REST

Call media.download() with the name of the attachment download and the alt=media URL parameter. The alt=media URL parameter tells the server that a download of content is being requested.

To get the name of the attachment, you must first retrieve the note .

Java

  /** 
 * Gets and downloads the attachment of a note. 
 * 
 * @param note The note whose attachment will be downloaded. 
 * @throws IOException 
 */ 
 private 
  
 void 
  
 getNoteAttachment 
 ( 
 Note 
  
 note 
 ) 
  
 throws 
  
 IOException 
  
 { 
  
 // First call is to get the attachment resources on the note. 
  
 List<Attachment> 
  
 attachments 
  
 = 
  
 keepService 
 . 
 notes 
 (). 
 get 
 ( 
 note 
 . 
 getName 
 ()). 
 execute 
 (). 
 getAttachments 
 (); 
  
 if 
  
 ( 
 ! 
 attachments 
 . 
 isEmpty 
 ()) 
  
 { 
  
 Attachment 
  
 attachment 
  
 = 
  
 attachments 
 . 
 get 
 ( 
 0 
 ); 
  
 String 
  
 mimeType 
  
 = 
  
 attachment 
 . 
 getMimeType 
 (). 
 get 
 ( 
 0 
 ); 
  
 // A second call is required in order to download the attachment with the specified mimeType. 
  
 OutputStream 
  
 outputStream 
  
 = 
  
 new 
  
 FileOutputStream 
 ( 
 "attachmentFile." 
  
 + 
  
 mimeType 
 . 
 split 
 ( 
 "/" 
 ) 
 [ 
 1 
 ] 
 ); 
  
 keepService 
  
 . 
 media 
 () 
  
 . 
 download 
 ( 
 attachment 
 . 
 getName 
 ()) 
  
 . 
 setMimeType 
 ( 
 mimeType 
 ) 
  
 . 
 executeMediaAndDownloadTo 
 ( 
 outputStream 
 ); 
  
 } 
 }

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Retrieve notes and attachments