Retrieve notes and attachments

The following sample shows how to retrieve a note and its attachment:

REST

Call media.download() with the name of the attachment download and the alt=media URL parameter. The alt=media URL parameter tells the server that a download of content is being requested.

To get the name of the attachment, you must first retrieve the note.

Note: The alt=media URL parameter is a system parameter available across all Google REST APIs. If you use a client library for the Google Keep API, you do not need to explicitly set this parameter.

Java

/**
 * Gets and downloads the attachment of a note.
 *
 * @param note The note whose attachment will be downloaded.
 * @throws IOException
 */
private void getNoteAttachment(Note note) throws IOException {
  // First call is to get the attachment resources on the note.
  List<Attachment> attachments =
      keepService.notes().get(note.getName()).execute().getAttachments();

  if (!attachments.isEmpty()) {
    Attachment attachment = attachments.get(0);
    String mimeType = attachment.getMimeType().get(0);
    // A second call is required in order to download the attachment with the specified mimeType.
    OutputStream outputStream = new FileOutputStream("attachmentFile." + mimeType.split("/")[1]);
    keepService
        .media()
        .download(attachment.getName())
        .setMimeType(mimeType)
        .executeMediaAndDownloadTo(outputStream);
  }
}