---
title: "download file · RUAL Documentation"
description: "download file via sftp"
canonical: https://docs.rual.nl/block-types/sftp/sftp_get
language: en
---

# download file

This block is part of the [`sftp`](https://docs.rual.nl/block-types/sftp) group and was last modified in core [`v10.4.28`](https://docs.rual.nl/core-versions/100428).

download file via sftp

- flow `flow`

- connection required `sftpconnection`

- file required `value`

- flow `flow`

- connection `sftpconnection`

- success `condition`

- error `value`

- file `file`

| `sftp` |
| --- |

A typical wiring for [download file](https://docs.rual.nl/block-types/sftp/sftp_get): a [function trigger](https://docs.rual.nl/block-types/globals/trigger_custom_function) starts the flow; the `flow` out pin feeds [debug](https://docs.rual.nl/block-types/state%20ui/state_debug).

![Studio canvas example for the download file block: typical wiring for download file.](https://docs.rual.nl/canvas-examples/sftp_get.png)

### Version history

Introduced in [`v10.4.28`](https://docs.rual.nl/core-versions/100428).