---
title: "bird amb attachments get"
description: "Get an attachment"
canonical: "https://bird.com/docs/cli/reference/amb-attachments-get"
---

# `bird amb attachments get`

## Usage

```bash
bird amb attachments get <attachment-id> [flags]
```

## Description

Returns an attachment's metadata by its `aat_` ID: the business account that holds it, its origin, the message it belongs to, its name, media type, size and `expires_at`. Use it to check that an attachment ID is still sendable before reusing it; download the bytes with the content operation.

## Examples

```bash
bird amb attachments get <attachment-id>
bird amb attachments get <attachment-id> -f text
```

## Options

| Name                | Description                                      |
| ------------------- | ------------------------------------------------ |
| `--response-schema` | Print the fields this command returns, then exit |

## Related

| Name                                                                            | Description            |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------- |
| [`bird amb attachments download`](/docs/cli/reference/amb-attachments-download) | Download an attachment |
| [`bird amb attachments upload`](/docs/cli/reference/amb-attachments-upload)     | Upload an attachment   |

## Related resources

- [Should I use a Bird SDK or call the API directly?](/explained/platform/should-i-use-an-sdk-or-call-the-api-directly) (answer)
- [Build your first integration](/learn/paths/integration) (course)
- [Send your first email](/docs/get-started/send-your-first-email) (docs)

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