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title: downloadFile
description: Asynchronously downloads file from cloud. Updates updateFile will notify about download progress and successful download
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# Method: downloadFile  
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YOU CANNOT USE THIS METHOD IN MADELINEPROTO


Asynchronously downloads file from cloud. Updates updateFile will notify about download progress and successful download

### Parameters:

| Name     |    Type       | Description | Required |
|----------|---------------|-------------|----------|
|file\_id|[int](../types/int.md) | Identifier of file to download | Yes|
|priority|[int](../types/int.md) | Priority of download, 1-32. The higher priority, the earlier file will be downloaded. If priorities of two files are equal then the last one for which downloadFile is called will be downloaded first | Yes|


### Return type: [Ok](../types/Ok.md)