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Content Service call to get a link to a binary resource

A specific Content Service call can return you a public URL pointing to a binary resource.

Content Service call for the default variant of a binary resource
If your binary resource is a default variant (which is true if there is only one variant), navigate to the following URL to get a link to your binary resource:
CONTENTSERVICEURI/cd/api/binary/NSID/PUBID/BINID
where:
  • CONTENTSERVICEURI is the base URL of the Content Service
  • NSID is your namespace identifier (a number)
  • PUBID is your publication identifier (a number)
  • BINID is the identifier of your binary resource (a number)
For example:
https://contentservice.myorg.com:8081/cd/api/binary/1/232/453466
Content Service call for the default variant of a binary resource
If your binary resource is a non-default variant, navigate to the following URL to get a link to your binary resource:
CONTENTSERVICEURI/cd/api/binary/NSID/PUBID/BINID/VARID
where:
  • CONTENTSERVICEURI is the base URL of the Content Service
  • NSID is your namespace identifier (a number)
  • PUBID is your publication identifier (a number)
  • BINID is the identifier of your binary resource (a number)
  • VARID is the (URL-encoded) identifier of your variant
For example:
https://contentservice.myorg.com:8081/cd/api/binary/2/383/8181334/VzMlYGXkP%3D%3D

In this example, the variant ID is VzMlYGXkP==, encoded as VzMlYGXkP%3D%3D.