class RubyLLM::DownloadedFile

A DownloadedFile contains a provider file’s bytes. Save it with save or read the bytes with to_blob. It is also a String, so parsers and existing string operations work directly on the result.

RubyLLM.download(file.id, provider: :openai).save("report.pdf")

Public Instance Methods

save (path)

Source

# File lib/ruby_llm/downloaded_file.rb, line 22
def save(path)
  File.binwrite(File.expand_path(path), to_blob)
  path
end

Writes the file bytes to path, expanding it first. Returns path.

file.save("report.pdf")

to_blob ()

Source

# File lib/ruby_llm/downloaded_file.rb, line 14
def to_blob
  to_s
end

Returns the raw file bytes as a String.