The File class allows you to display a button that lets users download the content of the file.

You must provide either an url or a path or content bytes.

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Attributes

name
str

The name of the file. This will be shown to users.

url
str

The remote URL of the file image source.

path
str

The local file path of the file image.

content
bytes

The file content of the file image in bytes format.

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Example

import chainlit as cl


@cl.on_chat_start
async def start():
    elements = [
        cl.File(
            name="hello.py",
            path="./hello.py",
            display="inline",
        ),
    ]

    await cl.Message(
        content="This message has a file element", elements=elements
    ).send()

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