Get asset
Get an asset document by vector ID from the authenticated user’s fal Assets library. The vector may exist only in Turbopuffer; in that case the response returns the Turbopuffer document with empty local state.
GET
/
assets
/
{vector_id}
Get asset
curl --request GET \
--url https://api.fal.ai/v1/assets/{vector_id} \
--header 'Authorization: <api-key>'import requests
url = "https://api.fal.ai/v1/assets/{vector_id}"
headers = {"Authorization": "<api-key>"}
response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {Authorization: '<api-key>'}};
fetch('https://api.fal.ai/v1/assets/{vector_id}', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));{
"asset": {
"vector_id": "b1a2b4a5-cb89-51dc-a108-6dbfd8e742fc",
"request_id": "019e6d0a-e5be-7b82-b329-35ae64296902",
"url": "https://v3b.fal.media/files/b/0a9b4900/PDbTGyzqRh1aijW2WQiY9_opengraph-1%20%281%29.png",
"type": "image",
"title": "Cinematic portrait",
"endpoint": "fal-ai/flux/dev",
"created_at": "2026-05-23T20:00:00.000Z",
"source": "upload",
"prompt": "cinematic portrait of a character",
"width": 1024,
"height": 1024,
"content_type": "image/png",
"is_favorited": false,
"collection_ids": [
"d8b6elcregj72v34jr8g"
],
"tags": [
{
"id": "43ce3411-1a25-4d14-875e-3562d341b090",
"name": "moodboard",
"created_at": "2026-05-23T20:00:00.000Z"
}
],
"similarity": 0.92
}
}{
"error": {
"type": "validation_error",
"message": "Invalid request parameters"
}
}{
"error": {
"type": "authorization_error",
"message": "Authentication required"
}
}{
"error": {
"type": "authorization_error",
"message": "Access denied"
}
}{
"error": {
"type": "not_found",
"message": "Resource not found"
}
}{
"error": {
"type": "validation_error",
"message": "Invalid request parameters"
}
}{
"error": {
"type": "validation_error",
"message": "Invalid request parameters"
}
}{
"error": {
"type": "rate_limited",
"message": "Rate limit exceeded"
}
}{
"error": {
"type": "server_error",
"message": "An unexpected error occurred"
}
}{
"error": {
"type": "server_error",
"message": "Upstream asset service failed"
}
}Authorizations
API key must be prefixed with "Key ", e.g. Authorization: Key YOUR_API_KEY
Path Parameters
Vector ID
Minimum string length:
1Example:
"b1a2b4a5-cb89-51dc-a108-6dbfd8e742fc"
Response
Asset details
Asset details
Show child attributes
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Get asset
curl --request GET \
--url https://api.fal.ai/v1/assets/{vector_id} \
--header 'Authorization: <api-key>'import requests
url = "https://api.fal.ai/v1/assets/{vector_id}"
headers = {"Authorization": "<api-key>"}
response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {Authorization: '<api-key>'}};
fetch('https://api.fal.ai/v1/assets/{vector_id}', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));{
"asset": {
"vector_id": "b1a2b4a5-cb89-51dc-a108-6dbfd8e742fc",
"request_id": "019e6d0a-e5be-7b82-b329-35ae64296902",
"url": "https://v3b.fal.media/files/b/0a9b4900/PDbTGyzqRh1aijW2WQiY9_opengraph-1%20%281%29.png",
"type": "image",
"title": "Cinematic portrait",
"endpoint": "fal-ai/flux/dev",
"created_at": "2026-05-23T20:00:00.000Z",
"source": "upload",
"prompt": "cinematic portrait of a character",
"width": 1024,
"height": 1024,
"content_type": "image/png",
"is_favorited": false,
"collection_ids": [
"d8b6elcregj72v34jr8g"
],
"tags": [
{
"id": "43ce3411-1a25-4d14-875e-3562d341b090",
"name": "moodboard",
"created_at": "2026-05-23T20:00:00.000Z"
}
],
"similarity": 0.92
}
}{
"error": {
"type": "validation_error",
"message": "Invalid request parameters"
}
}{
"error": {
"type": "authorization_error",
"message": "Authentication required"
}
}{
"error": {
"type": "authorization_error",
"message": "Access denied"
}
}{
"error": {
"type": "not_found",
"message": "Resource not found"
}
}{
"error": {
"type": "validation_error",
"message": "Invalid request parameters"
}
}{
"error": {
"type": "validation_error",
"message": "Invalid request parameters"
}
}{
"error": {
"type": "rate_limited",
"message": "Rate limit exceeded"
}
}{
"error": {
"type": "server_error",
"message": "An unexpected error occurred"
}
}{
"error": {
"type": "server_error",
"message": "Upstream asset service failed"
}
}