# The File Link object

## Attributes

- `id` (string)
  Unique identifier for the object.

- `object` (string)
  String representing the object’s type. Objects of the same type share the same value.

- `created` (timestamp)
  Time at which the object was created. Measured in seconds since the Unix epoch.

- `expired` (boolean)
  Returns if the link is already expired.

- `expires_at` (timestamp, nullable)
  Time that the link expires.

- `file` (string, expandable (can be expanded into an object with the `expand` request parameter))
  The file object this link points to.

- `livemode` (boolean)
  If the object exists in live mode, the value is `true`. If the object exists in test mode, the value is `false`.

- `metadata` (object)
  Set of [key-value pairs](https://docs.stripe.com/docs/api/metadata.md) that you can attach to an object. This can be useful for storing additional information about the object in a structured format.

- `url` (string, nullable)
  The publicly accessible URL to download the file.

### The File Link object

```json
{
  "id": "link_1Mr23jLkdIwHu7ix65betcoo",
  "object": "file_link",
  "created": 1680108075,
  "expired": false,
  "expires_at": null,
  "file": "file_1Mr23iLkdIwHu7ixQkCV3CBR",
  "livemode": false,
  "metadata": {},
  "url": "https://files.stripe.com/links/MDB8YWNjdF8xTTJKVGtMa2RJd0h1N2l4fGZsX3Rlc3RfaXVoY2hrUnJPMzlBR3dPb01XMmFkSTVq00yUPLFf3h"
}
```