# IRPCObjectOperations.GetTextContentForTemporaryFile

Location: [gRPC API](https://developer.m-files.com/APIs/gRPC-API/index.md) > [Vault API](https://developer.m-files.com/APIs/gRPC-API/vault/index.md) > [Objects, versions, properties and files](https://developer.m-files.com/APIs/gRPC-API/Reference/MFiles.IRPCObjectOperations/index.md)

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Badges: `Vault API / core` `write` `session or assertion`

Gets the plain text content of a file uploaded with UploadTempFile.

- **Service:** [Objects, versions, properties and files](https://developer.m-files.com/APIs/gRPC-API/Reference/MFiles.IRPCObjectOperations/index.md) `MFiles.IRPCObjectOperations`
- **gRPC method:** `/MFiles.IRPCObjectOperations/GetTextContentForTemporaryFile`
- **HTTP (mf-http-grpc):** `POST /grpc/v1/get-text-content-for-temporary-file`
- **Request:** [`GetTextContentForTemporaryFileRequest`](https://developer.m-files.com/APIs/gRPC-API/Reference/MFiles.IRPCObjectOperations/GetTextContentForTemporaryFile/index.md#request)
- **Response:** [`GetTextContentForTemporaryFileResponse`](https://developer.m-files.com/APIs/gRPC-API/Reference/MFiles.IRPCObjectOperations/GetTextContentForTemporaryFile/index.md#response)
- **Book and level:** Vault API, core
- **Kind:** write
- **Session:** Required: a session (mfiles-session-id-bin metadata) or a session assertion (x-mf-session-assertion metadata).
- **Idempotent:** no
- **Returns metadata structure version:** no
- **Streaming:** none (unary)

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## Remarks

The upload must be committed with
[UploadTempFileCommit](https://developer.m-files.com/APIs/gRPC-API/Reference/MFiles.IRPCObjectOperations/UploadTempFileCommit/index.md) first, and it must
belong to the calling login session.

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## Request: GetTextContentForTemporaryFileRequest

> Nested message fields are expanded to depth 3; follow a type link for deeper levels and for the type's own page.

| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `upload_session_id` | `int32` | The `upload_id` from `UploadTempFile`. |

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## Response: GetTextContentForTemporaryFileResponse

> Nested message fields are expanded to depth 3; follow a type link for deeper levels and for the type's own page.

| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `text_content` | `string` | Plaintext content. |

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## Related methods

- [UploadTempFileCommit](https://developer.m-files.com/APIs/gRPC-API/Reference/MFiles.IRPCObjectOperations/UploadTempFileCommit/index.md): Completes an upload made with UploadTempFile.