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updatedAt: 2026-09-29T08:41:22.000Z
agentTools:
  projectIndex: https://docs.sumsub.com/llms.txt
---

# Get document images

# Overview

Use this method to receive the final verification images.

<Callout icon="📘" theme="info">
  ### Note

  Since applicants can re-upload images and change the uploaded types of documents, it might be tricky for you to understand which images actually made the applicant pass or fail.
</Callout>

# Required permissions

To use this method, your [app token](https://docs.sumsub.com/sumsub/docs/app-tokens) must have the following [permissions](https://docs.sumsub.com/sumsub/docs/user-roles#permissions):

* **View applicants**
* **View applicant's personal data**

# Request example

```curl
curl -X GET \
     'https://api.sumsub.com/resources/applicants/5f649369aee05c75ea500000/resources/1045510331' \
     -H 'X-App-Token: <your-app-token>' \
     -H 'X-App-Access-Sig: <your-signature>' \
     -H 'X-App-Access-Ts: <unix-timestamp>'
```

# Response explained

The response will contain a binary content representing the document. The `Content-Type` response header precisely describes the response mime-type. See [our FAQ](/page/faq#api) for a full list of mime-types and file formats.

# OpenAPI definition

```json
{
  "openapi": "3.1.0",
  "info": {
    "title": "sumsub-api",
    "version": "1.0"
  },
  "servers": [
    {
      "url": "https://api.sumsub.com"
    }
  ],
  "components": {
    "securitySchemes": {
      "sec0": {
        "type": "apiKey",
        "name": "X-App-Token",
        "in": "header",
        "x-default": ""
      }
    }
  },
  "security": [
    {
      "sec0": []
    }
  ],
  "paths": {
    "/resources/applicants/{applicantId}/resources/{imageId}": {
      "get": {
        "summary": "Get document images",
        "description": "",
        "operationId": "get-document-images-1",
        "parameters": [
          {
            "in": "path",
            "name": "applicantId",
            "schema": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "required": true,
            "description": "Unique applicant identifier in the Sumsub system. <br><br>This identifier is a random combination of 24 digits and lowercase Latin characters. It is automatically generated when the applicant is created on the Sumsub side, and can be found in the [Dashboard](https://cockpit.sumsub.com/checkus/#/applicants/individual?limit=10&page=0). <br><br>If the `applicantId` is unknown to you, use the [Get applicant data (externalUserId)](https://docs.sumsub.com/sumsub/reference/get-applicant-data-via-externaluserid) method to fetch it."
          },
          {
            "name": "imageId",
            "in": "path",
            "description": "Image identifier that represents the uploaded document. <br><br>You can get this identifier by using the [following API method](https://docs.sumsub.com/sumsub/reference/get-information-about-document-images).",
            "schema": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "required": true
          },
          {
            "in": "query",
            "name": "preview",
            "schema": {
              "type": "boolean"
            },
            "description": "If set to `true`, returns an image preview instead of the original image."
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  },
  "x-readme": {
    "headers": [],
    "explorer-enabled": true,
    "proxy-enabled": true
  },
  "x-readme-fauxas": true
}
```