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Method: media.download
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Last updated 2025-03-27 UTC.
[null,null,["Last updated 2025-03-27 UTC."],[],["The Display & Video 360 API v4, in beta, supports media downloads via the `/download/{resourceName=**}?alt=media` URI. A `GET` request is used, requiring the `resourceName` path parameter and the `alt=media` query string. The request body must be empty. Successful downloads return a `Media` instance in the response body. Authorization requires the `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/display-video` OAuth scope. gRPC Transcoding syntax is used in the URL.\n"],null,["# Method: media.download\n\n- [HTTP request](#body.HTTP_TEMPLATE)\n- [Path parameters](#body.PATH_PARAMETERS)\n- [Request body](#body.request_body)\n- [Response body](#body.response_body)\n- [Authorization scopes](#body.aspect)\n- [Try it!](#try-it)\n\nDownloads media. Download is supported on the URI `/download/{resourceName=**}?alt=media.`\n\n**Note** : Download requests will not be successful without including `alt=media` query string.\n\n### HTTP request\n\n`GET https://displayvideo.googleapis.com/download/{resourceName=**}`\n\nThe URL uses [gRPC Transcoding](https://google.aip.dev/127) syntax.\n\n### Path parameters\n\n| Parameters ||\n|----------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n| `resourceName` | `string` Name of the media that is being downloaded. See `ReadRequest.resource_name`. |\n\n### Request body\n\nThe request body must be empty.\n\n### Response body\n\nIf successful, the response body contains an instance of [Media](/display-video/api/reference/rest/v4/Media).\n\n### Authorization scopes\n\nRequires the following OAuth scope:\n\n- `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/display-video`\n\nFor more information, see the [OAuth 2.0 Overview](/identity/protocols/OAuth2)."]]
