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

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name
str

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

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url
str

The remote URL of the file image source.

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path
str

The local file path of the file image.

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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()