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How to Download File Assets by Filename Instead of Project ID

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Last updated: Feb 19, 2022
Hi. is there a way to download file assets by their file name and not by the Sanity id?
Hi
user M
I just want to download by using HTTP API - no further context. 😕
Example: I've uploaded asset with name "file_1.pdf". Now the download url is something like 
"<https://cdn.sanity.io/files/xxx/staging/482fa98946bfc2f8529f255a04d435f99f20ca526.pdf>"
But I need it to be:

<https://cdn.sanity.io/files/xxx/staging/file_1.pdf>
Is this possible?
Example: I've uploaded asset with name "file_1.pdf". Now the download url is something like 
"<https://cdn.sanity.io/files/xxx/staging/482fa98946bfc2f8529f255a04d435f99f20ca526.pdf>"
But I need it to be:

<https://cdn.sanity.io/files/xxx/staging/file_1.pdf>
Is this possible?
the reason behind this requirement is that I don't want to save the sanity reference (asset id) in another system just to have the download in place.
Perhaps there is another endpoint like
<https://cdn.sanity.io/files/xxx/staging/download?file_1.pdf>
Another way would be to get to the download by using a GROQ query. is this possible?
You can append the original filename to your image url when downloading from the browser . But that won't work for you if you don't know the asset's url already. If you only know the original filename, you're right, GROQ is probably the way to go. You can do something like this to get the url:
*[_type == 'sanity.imageAsset' && originalFilename =='<your-file-name>'][0].url

Will try it, thanks

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