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# Project-level Secure Files API **(FREE)**
> [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/78227) in GitLab 14.8. [Deployed behind the `ci_secure_files` flag](../administration/feature_flags.md), disabled by default.
FLAG:
On self-managed GitLab, by default this feature is not available. To make it available,
ask an administrator to [enable the feature flag](../administration/feature_flags.md) named `ci_secure_files`. Limited to 100 secure files per project. Files must be smaller than 5 MB. The feature is not ready for production use.
| `project_id` | integer/string | **{check-circle}** Yes | The ID or [URL-encoded path of the project](index.md#namespaced-path-encoding) owned by the authenticated user. |
| `project_id` | integer/string | **{check-circle}** Yes | The ID or [URL-encoded path of the project](index.md#namespaced-path-encoding) owned by the authenticated user. |
| `id` | integer | **{check-circle}** Yes | The `id` of a secure file. |
| `project_id` | integer/string | **{check-circle}** Yes | The ID or [URL-encoded path of the project](index.md#namespaced-path-encoding) owned by the authenticated user. |
| `name` | string | **{check-circle}** Yes | The `name` of the file being uploaded. The file name must be unique within the project. |
| `file` | file | **{check-circle}** Yes | The `file` being uploaded (5 MB limit). |
| `project_id` | integer/string | **{check-circle}** Yes | The ID or [URL-encoded path of the project](index.md#namespaced-path-encoding) owned by the authenticated user. |
| `id` | integer | **{check-circle}** Yes | The `id` of a secure file. |
Example request:
```shell
curl --request GET --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/secure_files/1/download --output myfile.jks
| `project_id` | integer/string | **{check-circle}** Yes | The ID or [URL-encoded path of the project](index.md#namespaced-path-encoding) owned by the authenticated user. |
| `id` | integer | **{check-circle}** Yes | The `id` of a secure file. |