# V3 Violation Attachment Download

## Get attachments that were sent as part of messages that were flagged by the DLP System.

> Retrieves attachments from related message violations as a base64 encoded String.

```json
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```

{% hint style="warning" %}
A successful call returns the attachment body encoded in Base64. Be sure to decode the downloaded attachment.\
The Content Export service user must be used to download attachments. No other service accounts are able to perform this operation.
{% endhint %}


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