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sendspace API (beta) Developer Guide The sendspace Application Programming Interface (API) allows you to embed sendspace services in your applications, programs, or scripts, regardless of platform and programming language. All communication with the sendspace API (beta) assumes a UTF-8 encoding.

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Method: download.getInfo

Description

Returns information required to download a file.

Arguments

Name	Mandatory	Description
session_key	Yes	Received from auth.login
file_id	Yes	file_id or full file URL starting with http://
password	No

Returns

URL for direct download of the file, and file information (name & size)

Response

 
<result method="download.getInfo" status="ok">
    <download file_id="" name="" url="" file_size="" />
</result>

Usage Example

 
http://api.sendspace.com/rest/?method=download.getinfo&session_key=9i96woykgory1crglmykgycjwa5k2cq2&file_id=http%3A%2F%2Fsendspace.com%2Ffile%2Fxapz8a

Possible Errors

Code	Name	Description
6	API_ERROR_SESSION_BAD	Session expired or not found
9	API_ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND	File not found
11	API_ERROR_PERMISSION_DENIED	Permission denied
12	API_ERROR_DOWNLOAD_TEMP_ERROR	Download is temporarily unavailable
19	API_ERROR_PRO_EXPIRED	Pro user, account expired
22	API_ERROR_BAD_PASSWORD	A wrong or empty password was given
23	API_ERROR_BANDWIDTH_LIMIT	Account bandwidth limit reached
26	API_ERROR_INVALID_FILE_URL	Not a sendspace download URL (must start with http://www.sendspace.com/ and contain a 6 character link)