Get Signed URL

Retrieves a signed URL to access a private asset.

GET

https://api.storyblok.com/v2/cdn/assets/me

Query parameters

• filename required string

  Complete URL of the asset.

• token required string

  A preview or public access token configured in a space.

Response properties

• asset Asset
  Show child properties

  • alt string | null

    Alt text for the asset (default language).

  • asset_folder_id integer | null

    Id of the folder that contains this asset.

  • content_length integer | null

    The content length in bytes.

  • content_type string | null

    The asset’s MIME type.

  • copyright string | null

    Copyright text.

  • created_at string | null

    Creation timestamp. Supports ISO 8601.

  • updated_at string | null

    Latest update timestamp. Supports ISO 8601.

  • expire_at string | null

    Expiration timestamp. Supports ISO 8601.

  • filename string

    Full path of the asset, including the file name.

  • focus string | null

    Focus.

  • is_private boolean

    Defines if the asset should be inaccessible to the public.

  • signed_url string | null

    The signed URL for the asset.

  • title string | null

    Title of the asset.

Examples

cURL

curl "https://api.storyblok.com/v2/cdn/assets/me\
?filename=https%3A%2F%2Fa.storyblok.com%2Ff%2F44203%2Fx%2F5231aa9c8a%2Ffavicon.ico\
&token=YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN"

JS

// storyblok-js-client@>=7, node@>=18
import Storyblok from "storyblok-js-client";

const storyblok = new Storyblok({
  accessToken: "krcV6QGxWORpYLUWt12xKQtt",
});

try {
  const response = await storyblok.get('cdn/assets/me', {
    "filename": "https://a.storyblok.com/f/44203/x/5231aa9c8a/favicon.ico"
  })
  console.log({ response })
} catch (error) {
  console.log(error)
}

PHP

$client = new \Storyblok\Client('YOUR_STORYBLOK_SPACE_ACCESS_TOKEN');

$client->get('assets/me', [
  "filename" => "https =>//a.storyblok.com/f/44203/x/5231aa9c8a/favicon.ico"
])->getBody();

Java

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://api.storyblok.com/v2/cdn/assets/me?filename=https%3A%2F%2Fa.storyblok.com%2Ff%2F44203%2Fx%2F5231aa9c8a%2Ffavicon.ico&token=YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN")
  .asString();

C#

var client = new RestClient("https://api.storyblok.com/v2/cdn/assets/me?filename=https%3A%2F%2Fa.storyblok.com%2Ff%2F44203%2Fx%2F5231aa9c8a%2Ffavicon.ico&token=YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.GET);

IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);

Python

import requests

url = "https://api.storyblok.com/v2/cdn/assets/me"

querystring = {"filename":"https://a.storyblok.com/f/44203/x/5231aa9c8a/favicon.ico","token":"YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN"}

payload = ""
headers = {}

response = requests.request("GET", url, data=payload, headers=headers, params=querystring)

print(response.text)

Ruby

require 'storyblok'
client = Storyblok::Client.new(token: 'YOUR_TOKEN')

client.get('assets/me', {:params => {
  "filename" => "https =>//a.storyblok.com/f/44203/x/5231aa9c8a/favicon.ico"
}})

Swift

let storyblok = URLSession(storyblok: .cdn(accessToken: "YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN"))
var request = URLRequest(storyblok: storyblok, path: "assets/me")
request.url!.append(queryItems: [
    URLQueryItem(name: "filename", value: "https://a.storyblok.com/f/44203/x/5231aa9c8a/favicon.ico")
])
let (data, _) = try await storyblok.data(for: request)
print(try JSONSerialization.jsonObject(with: data))

Kotlin

val client = HttpClient {
    install(Storyblok(CDN)) {
        accessToken = "YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN"
    }
}

val response = client.get("assets/me") {
    url {
        parameters.append("filename", "https://a.storyblok.com/f/44203/x/5231aa9c8a/favicon.ico")
    }
}

println(response.body<JsonElement>())

Response

{
"asset": {
  "alt": "Laser cutting machine in action",
  "asset_folder_id": 456,
  "content_length": 245760,
  "content_type": "image/jpeg",
  "copyright": null,
  "created_at": "2025-02-10T08:12:00.000Z",
  "updated_at": "2025-02-10T08:12:00.000Z",
  "expire_at": "2044-04-20T16:01:26.000Z",
  "filename": "https://a.storyblok.com/f/10/100x100/b482c4d749/laser-image.jpg",
  "focus": null,
  "is_private": false,
  "signed_url": null,
  "title": "Laser Image"
}
}