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Attachments

Attachments

The attachment object represents files such as images, PDFs and documents that can be assigned to other objects. These include, but are not limited, to tasks, comments, expenses and purchase orders. With attachments, users can provide relevant information, resources and additional context for related objects.

You can find more about attachments in our Help documentation: Working with attachments

For more details on how to work with attachment files through our API please refer to Working with attachments guide.

Supported filter params

  • comment_id (array)

  • page_id (array)

  • task_id (array)

GET /api/v2/attachments
Requestsreturns attachments

GET  /api/v2/attachments?filter[comment_id]=3

Headers
Accept: text/xml,application/xml,application/xhtml+xml,text/html;q=0.9,text/plain;q=0.8,image/png,*/*;q=0.5
Content-Type: application/vnd.api+json
Responses200
Headers
Content-Type: application/vnd.api+json; charset=utf-8
Body
{
  "data": [
    {
      "id": "1",
      "type": "attachments",
      "attributes": {
        "name": "img.png",
        "content_type": "image/png",
        "size": 3479,
        "url": "https://files-test.productive.io/attachments/files/000/000/001/original/img.png?1771992226",
        "thumb": "https://files-test.productive.io/attachments/files/000/000/001/thumb/img.png?1771992226",
        "temp_url": "https://files-test.productive.io/attachments/files/000/000/001/original/img.png?1771992226",
        "resized": false,
        "created_at": "2026-02-25T05:03:46.407+01:00",
        "deleted_at": null,
        "attachment_type": null,
        "message_id": null,
        "external_id": null,
        "attachable_type": "comment"
      },
      "relationships": {
        "organization": {
          "data": {
            "type": "organizations",
            "id": "12"
          }
        },
        "creator": {
          "meta": {
            "included": false
          }
        },
        "invoice": {
          "meta": {
            "included": false
          }
        },
        "purchase_order": {
          "meta": {
            "included": false
          }
        },
        "bill": {
          "meta": {
            "included": false
          }
        },
        "email": {
          "meta": {
            "included": false
          }
        },
        "page": {
          "meta": {
            "included": false
          }
        },
        "expense": {
          "meta": {
            "included": false
          }
        },
        "comment": {
          "meta": {
            "included": false
          }
        },
        "task": {
          "meta": {
            "included": false
          }
        },
        "document_style": {
          "meta": {
            "included": false
          }
        },
        "document_type": {
          "meta": {
            "included": false
          }
        },
        "deal": {
          "meta": {
            "included": false
          }
        }
      }
    }
  ],
  "links": {
    "first": "http://api-test.productive.io/api/v2/attachments?filter%5Bcomment_id%5D=3&page%5Bnumber%5D=1&page%5Bsize%5D=30",
    "last": "http://api-test.productive.io/api/v2/attachments?filter%5Bcomment_id%5D=3&page%5Bnumber%5D=1&page%5Bsize%5D=30"
  },
  "meta": {
    "current_page": 1,
    "total_pages": 1,
    "total_count": 1,
    "page_size": 30,
    "max_page_size": 200
  }
}

Get attachments
GET/api/v2/attachments

GET /api/v2/attachments/1
Requestsreturns attachment

GET  /api/v2/attachments/2

Headers
Accept: text/xml,application/xml,application/xhtml+xml,text/html;q=0.9,text/plain;q=0.8,image/png,*/*;q=0.5
Content-Type: application/vnd.api+json
Responses200
Headers
Content-Type: application/vnd.api+json; charset=utf-8
Body
{
  "data": {
    "id": "2",
    "type": "attachments",
    "attributes": {
      "name": "img.png",
      "content_type": "image/png",
      "size": 3479,
      "url": "https://files-test.productive.io/attachments/files/000/000/002/original/img.png?1771992226",
      "thumb": "https://files-test.productive.io/attachments/files/000/000/002/thumb/img.png?1771992226",
      "temp_url": "https://files-test.productive.io/attachments/files/000/000/002/original/img.png?1771992226",
      "resized": false,
      "created_at": "2026-02-25T05:03:46.505+01:00",
      "deleted_at": null,
      "attachment_type": null,
      "message_id": null,
      "external_id": null,
      "attachable_type": "comment"
    },
    "relationships": {
      "organization": {
        "data": {
          "type": "organizations",
          "id": "13"
        }
      },
      "creator": {
        "meta": {
          "included": false
        }
      },
      "invoice": {
        "meta": {
          "included": false
        }
      },
      "purchase_order": {
        "meta": {
          "included": false
        }
      },
      "bill": {
        "meta": {
          "included": false
        }
      },
      "email": {
        "meta": {
          "included": false
        }
      },
      "page": {
        "meta": {
          "included": false
        }
      },
      "expense": {
        "meta": {
          "included": false
        }
      },
      "comment": {
        "meta": {
          "included": false
        }
      },
      "task": {
        "meta": {
          "included": false
        }
      },
      "document_style": {
        "meta": {
          "included": false
        }
      },
      "document_type": {
        "meta": {
          "included": false
        }
      },
      "deal": {
        "meta": {
          "included": false
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "meta": {}
}

Gets a attachment
GET/api/v2/attachments/{id}

URI Parameters
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id
number (required) Example: 1

attachment id

POST /api/v2/attachments
Requestscreates attachmentreturns errorreturns errorreturns error

POST  /api/v2/attachments

Headers
Accept: text/xml,application/xml,application/xhtml+xml,text/html;q=0.9,text/plain;q=0.8,image/png,*/*;q=0.5
Content-Type: application/vnd.api+json
Body
{
  "data": {
    "type": "attachments",
    "attributes": {
      "name": "img.png",
      "attachable_id": 5,
      "attachable_type": "comment"
    }
  }
}
Responses201
Headers
Content-Type: application/vnd.api+json; charset=utf-8
Body
{
  "data": {
    "id": "4",
    "type": "attachments",
    "attributes": {
      "name": "img.png",
      "content_type": null,
      "size": null,
      "url": "https://files-test.productive.io/attachments/files/000/000/004/original/img.png",
      "thumb": null,
      "temp_url": null,
      "resized": false,
      "created_at": "2026-02-25T05:03:46.566+01:00",
      "deleted_at": null,
      "attachment_type": null,
      "message_id": null,
      "external_id": null,
      "attachable_type": "comment",
      "aws_policy": {
        "key": "attachments/files/000/000/004/original/img.png",
        "success_action_status": "201",
        "policy": "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",
        "x-amz-credential": "ASIAQGGQ46WVGTVAD6E5/20260225/eu-west-1/s3/aws4_request",
        "x-amz-algorithm": "AWS4-HMAC-SHA256",
        "x-amz-date": "20260225T040346Z",
        "x-amz-security-token": "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",
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    },
    "relationships": {
      "organization": {
        "data": {
          "type": "organizations",
          "id": "14"
        }
      },
      "creator": {
        "meta": {
          "included": false
        }
      },
      "invoice": {
        "meta": {
          "included": false
        }
      },
      "purchase_order": {
        "meta": {
          "included": false
        }
      },
      "bill": {
        "meta": {
          "included": false
        }
      },
      "email": {
        "meta": {
          "included": false
        }
      },
      "page": {
        "meta": {
          "included": false
        }
      },
      "expense": {
        "meta": {
          "included": false
        }
      },
      "comment": {
        "meta": {
          "included": false
        }
      },
      "task": {
        "meta": {
          "included": false
        }
      },
      "document_style": {
        "meta": {
          "included": false
        }
      },
      "document_type": {
        "meta": {
          "included": false
        }
      },
      "deal": {
        "meta": {
          "included": false
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "meta": {}
}

POST  /api/v2/attachments

Headers
Accept: text/xml,application/xml,application/xhtml+xml,text/html;q=0.9,text/plain;q=0.8,image/png,*/*;q=0.5
Content-Type: application/vnd.api+json
Body
{
  "data": {
    "type": "attachments",
    "attributes": {
      "attachable_type": ""
    }
  }
}
Responses422
Headers
Content-Type: application/vnd.api+json; charset=utf-8
Body
{
  "errors": [
    {
      "status": "422",
      "code": "invalid_attribute",
      "title": "Invalid Attribute",
      "detail": "can't be blank",
      "meta": {},
      "source": {
        "pointer": "data/attributes/name"
      }
    },
    {
      "status": "422",
      "code": "invalid_attribute",
      "title": "Invalid Attribute",
      "detail": "is not included in the list",
      "meta": {
        "allow_nil": true,
        "value": ""
      },
      "source": {
        "pointer": "data/attributes/attachable_type"
      }
    }
  ]
}

POST  /api/v2/attachments

Headers
Accept: text/xml,application/xml,application/xhtml+xml,text/html;q=0.9,text/plain;q=0.8,image/png,*/*;q=0.5
Content-Type: application/vnd.api+json
Body
{
  "data": {
    "type": "attachments",
    "attributes": {
      "name": "img.png",
      "attachable_id": 7,
      "attachable_type": "comment",
      "size": 315621376
    }
  }
}
Responses422
Headers
Content-Type: application/vnd.api+json; charset=utf-8
Body
{
  "errors": [
    {
      "status": "422",
      "code": "invalid_attribute",
      "title": "Invalid Attribute",
      "detail": "must be less than or equal to 314572800",
      "meta": {
        "allow_nil": true,
        "value": 315621376,
        "count": 314572800
      },
      "source": {
        "pointer": "data/attributes/size"
      }
    }
  ]
}

POST  /api/v2/attachments

Headers
Accept: text/xml,application/xml,application/xhtml+xml,text/html;q=0.9,text/plain;q=0.8,image/png,*/*;q=0.5
Content-Type: application/vnd.api+json
Body
{
  "data": {
    "type": "attachments",
    "attributes": {
      "name": "img.png",
      "attachable_id": 8,
      "attachable_type": "comment",
      "content_type": "application/x-msdownload"
    }
  }
}
Responses422
Headers
Content-Type: application/vnd.api+json; charset=utf-8
Body
{
  "errors": [
    {
      "status": "422",
      "code": "invalid_attribute",
      "title": "Invalid Attribute",
      "detail": "is reserved",
      "meta": {
        "value": "application/x-msdownload"
      },
      "source": {
        "pointer": "data/attributes/content_type"
      }
    }
  ]
}

Create a attachment
POST/api/v2/attachments

URI Parameters
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name
string (required) Example: name

name

id
string (required) Example: Comment

attachable_type

PATCH /api/v2/attachments/1
Requestsupdates attachmentreturns error

PATCH  /api/v2/attachments/8

Headers
Accept: text/xml,application/xml,application/xhtml+xml,text/html;q=0.9,text/plain;q=0.8,image/png,*/*;q=0.5
Content-Type: application/vnd.api+json
Body
{
  "data": {
    "type": "attachments",
    "attributes": {
      "temp_url": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/infinum.productive.test/uploads/1418301662608/dummyfile.pdf"
    }
  }
}
Responses200
Headers
Content-Type: application/vnd.api+json; charset=utf-8
Body
{
  "data": {
    "id": "8",
    "type": "attachments",
    "attributes": {
      "name": "img.png",
      "content_type": "image/png",
      "size": 3479,
      "url": "https://files-test.productive.io/attachments/files/000/000/008/original/img.png?1771992226",
      "thumb": "https://files-test.productive.io/attachments/files/000/000/008/thumb/img.png?1771992226",
      "temp_url": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/infinum.productive.test/uploads/1418301662608/dummyfile.pdf",
      "resized": false,
      "created_at": "2026-02-25T05:03:46.784+01:00",
      "deleted_at": null,
      "attachment_type": null,
      "message_id": null,
      "external_id": null,
      "attachable_type": "comment"
    },
    "relationships": {
      "organization": {
        "data": {
          "type": "organizations",
          "id": "18"
        }
      },
      "creator": {
        "meta": {
          "included": false
        }
      },
      "invoice": {
        "meta": {
          "included": false
        }
      },
      "purchase_order": {
        "meta": {
          "included": false
        }
      },
      "bill": {
        "meta": {
          "included": false
        }
      },
      "email": {
        "meta": {
          "included": false
        }
      },
      "page": {
        "meta": {
          "included": false
        }
      },
      "expense": {
        "meta": {
          "included": false
        }
      },
      "comment": {
        "meta": {
          "included": false
        }
      },
      "task": {
        "meta": {
          "included": false
        }
      },
      "document_style": {
        "meta": {
          "included": false
        }
      },
      "document_type": {
        "meta": {
          "included": false
        }
      },
      "deal": {
        "meta": {
          "included": false
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "meta": {}
}

PATCH  /api/v2/attachments/9

Headers
Accept: text/xml,application/xml,application/xhtml+xml,text/html;q=0.9,text/plain;q=0.8,image/png,*/*;q=0.5
Content-Type: application/vnd.api+json
Body
{
  "data": {
    "type": "attachments",
    "attributes": {
      "attachable_type": ""
    }
  }
}
Responses422
Headers
Content-Type: application/vnd.api+json; charset=utf-8
Body
{
  "errors": [
    {
      "status": "422",
      "code": "invalid_attribute",
      "title": "Invalid Attribute",
      "detail": "is not included in the list",
      "meta": {
        "allow_nil": true,
        "value": ""
      },
      "source": {
        "pointer": "data/attributes/attachable_type"
      }
    }
  ]
}

Update a attachment
PATCH/api/v2/attachments/{id}

URI Parameters
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id
number (required) Example: 1

attachment id

DELETE /api/v2/attachments/1
Requestsdeletes attachment

DELETE  /api/v2/attachments/10

Headers
Accept: text/xml,application/xml,application/xhtml+xml,text/html;q=0.9,text/plain;q=0.8,image/png,*/*;q=0.5
Content-Type: application/vnd.api+json
Responses204
This response has no content.

Deletes a attachment
DELETE/api/v2/attachments/{id}

URI Parameters
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id
number (required) Example: 1

attachment id

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