I'm trying to download a globally readable file, in this case a jpeg, with:

~~~

var promise = Kinvey.File.download('file-id', {

success: function(response) {

...

}

});

promise.then(function(response) {

var file = response._data;

});

~~~



But the response comes back with `_data:{}`;



Earlier, I was getting:

~~~

{"name":"InsufficientCredentials","description":"The credentials used to authenticate this request are not authorized to run this operation. Please retry your request with appropriate credentials","debug":""}

~~~



But got around that by setting `_acl.gr: true` as mentioned [here](https://support.kinvey.com/discussion/comment/201904976#Comment_201904976)



I also have `public:true`, but I believe that only applies to the downloadUrl. The url works fine.



Am I missing something else?

A ha!



Yes, I did pass the gr property, first by the way you mention, then trying

~~~

var acl = new Kinvey.Acl();

acl.setGloballyReadable(true);

//then

_acl: acl,

~~~



Which I'm assuming did the same thing.



Yes, I was looking at logs, and I guess I was expecting `TiBlob` or something similar. _data does have a length, and my problem was down the line where I was trying to read the blob data into the imageview.



Thanks for your help

Just to be clear, did you pass in the `gr` property as: `{ _acl: { gr: true } }`?



Anyway, are you using `console.log` to display the `_data`? Does this give you anything: `response._data.length`?