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# Get Form Packet Download URL

> Returns a short-lived signed URL to download an issued packet as one
merged PDF. The PDF is the file stored when the packet was issued; later
edits to the forms behind it never change it.

Fetch the bytes with a plain `GET` of `downloadUrl`. They come straight
from cloud storage, never through this API. The URL downloads as
`fileName`, the name the app gives the packet, and expires at `expiresAt`
(15 minutes); request a fresh one instead of caching it.

Find a packet's `id` with [List Form Packets](./list-form-packets).

**Required permission:** `form.download`, plus `quote.view` or
`policy.view` for the record the packet was issued on.




## OpenAPI

````yaml /openapi/generated-external-api.yaml get /api/v1/companies/{companyId}/forms/packets/{packetId}/download-url
openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: AI Insurance External API
  description: External API for AI Insurance platform
  version: 1.0.0
  contact:
    email: support@aiinsurance.io
servers:
  - url: https://go.aiinsurance.io
    description: Production
security:
  - ApiKeyAuth: []
paths:
  /api/v1/companies/{companyId}/forms/packets/{packetId}/download-url:
    get:
      tags:
        - Forms
      summary: Get Form Packet Download URL
      description: >
        Returns a short-lived signed URL to download an issued packet as one

        merged PDF. The PDF is the file stored when the packet was issued; later

        edits to the forms behind it never change it.


        Fetch the bytes with a plain `GET` of `downloadUrl`. They come straight

        from cloud storage, never through this API. The URL downloads as

        `fileName`, the name the app gives the packet, and expires at
        `expiresAt`

        (15 minutes); request a fresh one instead of caching it.


        Find a packet's `id` with [List Form Packets](./list-form-packets).


        **Required permission:** `form.download`, plus `quote.view` or

        `policy.view` for the record the packet was issued on.
      operationId: getFormPacketDownloadUrl
      parameters:
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/companyId'
        - name: packetId
          in: path
          required: true
          schema:
            type: string
            format: uuid
          description: The packet's `id`, as returned by List Form Packets.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Signed download URL for the packet's PDF.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                required:
                  - downloadUrl
                  - fileName
                  - contentType
                  - expiresAt
                properties:
                  downloadUrl:
                    type: string
                    description: >-
                      Short-lived signed URL to GET the PDF from cloud storage
                      directly.
                  fileName:
                    type: string
                    description: >-
                      The download filename: the packet's origin and the moment
                      it records, in Eastern time.
                  contentType:
                    type: string
                    description: Always `application/pdf`.
                  expiresAt:
                    type: string
                    format: date-time
                    description: ISO instant the URL stops working (15 minutes out).
              examples:
                success:
                  summary: Download URL
                  value:
                    downloadUrl: >-
                      https://storage.googleapis.com/bucket/acme/.../formPackets/.../packet.pdf?X-Goog-Expires=900&X-Goog-Signature=...
                    fileName: Bind forms issued 10-1-2026 10-30 AM EDT.pdf
                    contentType: application/pdf
                    expiresAt: '2026-10-27T17:54:08.122Z'
        '400':
          description: Bad Request - `packetId` is not a UUID.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
              examples:
                invalidPacketId:
                  summary: A packet id that is not a UUID
                  value:
                    error:
                      code: VALIDATION_ERROR
                      message: 'packetId: Invalid GUID'
                      userMessages:
                        - Invalid GUID
                      details:
                        - field: packetId
                          message: Invalid GUID
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Forbidden'
        '404':
          description: No packet with this id exists in the company.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
              examples:
                packetNotFound:
                  summary: Unknown packet
                  value:
                    error:
                      code: NotFoundError
                      message: >-
                        v1 form packet not found:
                        550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440099
                      userMessages:
                        - >-
                          v1 form packet not found:
                          550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440099
        '409':
          description: >-
            The packet has no PDF to download: it is still being rendered
            (`FormPacketNotIssued`; retry in a few seconds) or rendering failed
            (`FormPacketIssuanceFailed`; retry the issuance from the app's Forms
            tab).
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
              examples:
                stillIssuing:
                  summary: The packet's PDF is still being rendered
                  value:
                    error:
                      code: FormPacketNotIssued
                      message: >-
                        Form packet 550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440070 is
                        still being issued; its PDF is not ready yet
                      userMessages:
                        - >-
                          Form packet 550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440070 is
                          still being issued; its PDF is not ready yet
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/InternalServerError'
components:
  parameters:
    companyId:
      name: companyId
      in: path
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
        format: uuid
      description: Company identifier
  schemas:
    ErrorResponse:
      type: object
      description: Standard error response for all external API endpoints
      required:
        - error
      properties:
        error:
          type: object
          required:
            - code
            - message
          properties:
            code:
              type: string
              description: Machine-readable error code
              example: VALIDATION_ERROR
            message:
              type: string
              description: Human-readable error message
              example: 'submissionId: Required field is missing'
            userMessages:
              type: array
              description: >-
                Clean, verbatim-displayable messages — one entry per failure,
                free of error-code tags, field paths, and internal noise.
                Suitable for showing to end users as-is.
              items:
                type: string
              example:
                - Exposures of type 'company' require an address
            details:
              type: array
              description: Additional details for validation errors (field-level errors)
              items:
                type: object
                properties:
                  field:
                    type: string
                    description: The field that caused the error
                    example: submissionId
                  code:
                    type: string
                    description: Stable problem code for this individual validation failure
                    example: BLANK_LIST_ELEMENT
                  reason:
                    type: string
                    description: Stable reason the value violates its canonical contract
                    example: blank-list-element
                  expected:
                    type: string
                    description: The expected canonical value contract
                    example: nonblank trimmed string
                  message:
                    type: string
                    description: Description of the field error
                    example: Required field is missing
  responses:
    Unauthorized:
      description: Unauthorized - Invalid or missing API key
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
          examples:
            missingApiKey:
              summary: Missing API key
              value:
                error:
                  code: AuthenticationError
                  message: API key authentication required
                  userMessages:
                    - API key authentication required
            invalidApiKey:
              summary: >-
                Invalid API key (e.g. unknown key, or a Bearer token used
                instead of an API key)
              value:
                error:
                  code: AuthenticationError
                  message: Invalid API key
                  userMessages:
                    - Invalid API key
    Forbidden:
      description: Forbidden - Insufficient permissions
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
          examples:
            insufficientPermissions:
              summary: Insufficient permissions
              value:
                error:
                  code: AuthorizationError
                  message: User is not authorized to perform the requested action
                  userMessages:
                    - User is not authorized to perform the requested action
            companyMismatch:
              summary: A valid API key naming another company in the URL
              value:
                error:
                  code: AuthorizationError
                  message: API key is not scoped to the requested company
                  userMessages:
                    - API key is not scoped to the requested company
    InternalServerError:
      description: Internal Server Error - Unexpected error occurred
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
          examples:
            internalError:
              summary: Unexpected server error
              value:
                error:
                  code: UncaughtActionError
                  message: Uncaught error occurred in <actionName>
                  userMessages:
                    - An unexpected error occurred. Please try again later.
  securitySchemes:
    ApiKeyAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: Authorization
      description: >-
        API key authentication. Send your raw API key as the `Authorization`
        header value with NO scheme prefix — `Authorization: YOUR-API-KEY`. Do
        NOT prefix it with `Bearer ` or `ApiKey `, and do not use an `X-API-Key`
        header; those are not accepted.

````

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