MadelineProto/docs/TD_docs/methods/downloadFile.md

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title: downloadFile
description: Asynchronously downloads file from cloud. Updates updateFile will notify about download progress and successful download
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## Method: downloadFile  
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YOU CANNOT USE THIS METHOD IN MADELINEPROTO


Asynchronously downloads file from cloud. Updates updateFile will notify about download progress and successful download

### Parameters:

| Name     |    Type       | Required | Description |
|----------|---------------|----------|-------------|
|file\_id|[CLICK ME int](../types/int.md) | Yes|Identifier of file to download|
|priority|[CLICK ME int](../types/int.md) | Yes|Priority of download, 1-32. The higher priority, the earlier file will be downloaded. If priorities of two files are equal then the last one for which downloadFile is called will be downloaded first|


### Return type: [Ok](../types/Ok.md)
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			`title: downloadFile`
Update TD scheme 2017-08-25 15:05:53 +02:00			`description: Asynchronously downloads file from cloud. Updates updateFile will notify about download progress and successful download`
HUGE bugfixes and code reorganization, implemented secret chats and a lua wrapper 2017-03-11 19:54:51 +01:00			`---`
			`## Method: downloadFile`
			`[Back to methods index](index.md)`


Add TD warnings 2017-06-06 18:39:21 +02:00			`YOU CANNOT USE THIS METHOD IN MADELINEPROTO`


Update TD scheme 2017-08-25 15:05:53 +02:00			`Asynchronously downloads file from cloud. Updates updateFile will notify about download progress and successful download`
HUGE bugfixes and code reorganization, implemented secret chats and a lua wrapper 2017-03-11 19:54:51 +01:00
Documentation rework (#349) * Documentation rework * Apply fixes from StyleCI * Documentation fixes * Login as bot through web/cli API, allow using invite links in joinChannel, full invite links in importChatInvite and checkChatInvite, non-invite links in importChatInvite * Apply fixes from StyleCI * Logging fixes * Build docs * Add methods to modify start template, bugfix to logging and keyboard conversion * Add TL documentator * Document MTProto methods * Documenting methods... * 7% documented * Bugfixes * Update docs * Update docs * Simplify file management * Implement automatic object conversion for media, and more awesome stuff * Implement automatic object conversion for media, and more awesome stuff * Implement event update handler and file upload/download callback * Auto-detect mime type, duration, width and height of media * Update docs * Document new file functions * Fix links * Fix links * Update bot.php to use event loop * Implement webhook update handler and forking in main loop * Build docs * Better docs * Fixes to secret chats * Almost finished updating docs * Bugfixes, implemented infinite loop for loop() method, almost finished docs * Finish writing docs * Add automatic documentation builder script * Finished writing docs 2018-03-20 12:48:05 +01:00			`### Parameters:`
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			`\| Name \| Type \| Required \| Description \|`
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Simplified docs.madelineproto.xyz 2018-03-20 16:42:05 +01:00			`\|file\_id\|[CLICK ME int](../types/int.md) \| Yes\|Identifier of file to download\|`
			`\|priority\|[CLICK ME int](../types/int.md) \| Yes\|Priority of download, 1-32. The higher priority, the earlier file will be downloaded. If priorities of two files are equal then the last one for which downloadFile is called will be downloaded first\|`
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			`### Return type: [Ok](../types/Ok.md)`