+# Get URL where component can be downloaded
+server_location = session.get('Location', ftrack_api.symbol.SERVER_LOCATION_ID)
+note_component = session.query('NoteComponent').first()
+component = note_component['component']
+url = server_location.get_url(note_component['component'])
+# Or, download the file using disk accessor.
+def download_component(target_directory, component):
+ '''Download component to *target_directory*.
+ Note: will overwrite data if a file with the same name already exists within the directory.
+ disk_accessor = ftrack_api.accessor.disk.DiskAccessor(target_directory)
+ target_file_name = u'{}{}'.format(component['name'], component['file_type'])
+ server_location = session.get(
+ 'Location', ftrack_api.symbol.SERVER_LOCATION_ID
+ source_data = server_location.accessor.open(
+ server_location.get_resource_identifier(component), 'rb'
+ target_data = disk_accessor.open(target_file_name, 'wb')
+ chunked_read = functools.partial(
+ source_data.read, ftrack_api.symbol.CHUNK_SIZE
+ for chunk in iter(chunked_read, ''):
+ target_data.write(chunk)
+# Change to destination folder
+target_directory = '/path/to/backup/directory'
+# Query 10 first note components
+note_components = session.query(
+ 'select component.name, component.file_type from NoteComponent limit 10'
+for note_component in note_components:
+ component = note_component['component']
+ download_component(target_directory, component)
