> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://cactal.ai/docs/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Read source files > Reads up to 50 files by name from head, published, or an explicit version. A single-file read supports line and character ranges; continue truncated reads with `nextStartCharacter` and the resolved `version`. ## OpenAPI ````yaml /api-reference/openapi.json post /websiteSourceCode/files/read openapi: 3.1.0 info: title: Cactal API version: 1.0.0 description: >- The Cactal public API. Create, edit, publish, and operate websites programmatically. Authenticate every request with an API key sent as `Authorization: Bearer `. servers: - url: https://api.cactal.ai/v1 security: - apiKey: [] tags: - name: Documentation description: >- Search and read the Cactal product documentation for concepts, guides, agent workflows, platform behavior, and API operations. - name: Feedback description: >- Submit free-form product feedback from users and agents to the Cactal feedback inbox. - name: Websites description: >- Create and manage websites — the top-level resource that owns source code, content, assets, domains, and analytics. - name: Website editors description: >- Grant, list, and revoke website-scoped editor access, and invite collaborators to a single website by email. - name: API keys description: >- Create, scope, rotate, and revoke the API keys that authenticate programmatic and agent access. - name: Source code description: >- Read and edit the framework source files of a website draft. Mutations require an edit lease. - name: Publishing description: Validate, build, publish, and roll back website versions. - name: CMS collections description: >- Define the content model: collections of structured content owned by a website. - name: CMS fields description: Manage the typed fields that make up a collection schema. - name: CMS items description: >- Create, query, publish, and organize the content entries inside a collection. - name: Domains description: >- Manage platform subdomains and custom domains, including DNS verification and the primary domain. - name: Assets description: Upload and manage website files and images served from the Cactal CDN. - name: Media generation description: >- Generate reference-guided website images that are stored as ordinary Cactal CDN assets. - name: Project Context description: >- Upload private durable reference material that the website agent can search, read, and inspect. - name: Analytics description: >- Read first-party traffic analytics for a website and export datasets as CSV. - name: Organizations description: Manage organizations, members, and organization-wide invitations. - name: Audit log description: >- Read the immutable record of actions performed in an organization by users and API keys. - name: Billing description: >- Read billing state and manage plans, site capacity, and prepaid usage balance. Every billing operation requires the organization owner role, which API keys cannot hold — today these operations are performed from the dashboard, return 403 for API-key callers, and are hidden from MCP tool lists. paths: /websiteSourceCode/files/read: post: tags: - Source code summary: Read source files description: >- Reads up to 50 files by name from head, published, or an explicit version. A single-file read supports line and character ranges; continue truncated reads with `nextStartCharacter` and the resolved `version`. operationId: websiteSourceCode.files.read requestBody: required: true content: application/json: schema: type: object properties: websiteId: type: string minLength: 1 target: description: 'Version alias to read: `head` (default) or `published`.' type: string enum: - head - published version: description: Explicit source version. Takes precedence over `target`. type: integer exclusiveMinimum: 0 maximum: 9007199254740991 names: minItems: 1 maxItems: 50 type: array items: type: string minLength: 1 description: >- File names to read (up to 50). Singleton files are addressed by their type name, for example `global_css`. startLine: description: >- First line to return (1-based, inclusive). Only valid when reading a single file. type: integer exclusiveMinimum: 0 maximum: 9007199254740991 endLine: description: >- Last line to return (1-based, inclusive). Only valid when reading a single file. type: integer exclusiveMinimum: 0 maximum: 9007199254740991 startCharacter: description: >- First character to return from the selected line range (1-based, inclusive). Only valid when reading a single file. type: integer exclusiveMinimum: 0 maximum: 9007199254740991 endCharacter: description: >- Last character to return from the selected line range (1-based, inclusive). Only valid when reading a single file. type: integer exclusiveMinimum: 0 maximum: 9007199254740991 required: - websiteId - names responses: '200': description: The requested files with their contents. content: application/json: schema: type: object properties: websiteId: type: string description: Id of the website. version: type: integer description: >- Source version that was read. Pass it as `version` when continuing truncated content. files: type: array items: type: object properties: type: type: string enum: - page - component - module - global_css - not_found - website_config - custom_head_start - custom_head_end - custom_body_start - custom_body_end description: File type. name: type: string description: File name. content: type: string description: >- Source text: the whole file, or the requested line range. totalLines: type: integer description: Total number of lines in the full file. truncated: description: >- `true` when content was cut at the size cap. Continue with `nextStartCharacter` or request a narrower line range. type: boolean nextStartCharacter: description: >- Pass as `startCharacter` with the same line range and the response `version` to continue truncated content. type: integer required: - type - name - content - totalLines additionalProperties: false description: The requested files in request order. required: - websiteId - version - files additionalProperties: false '400': description: >- Validation failed. The response `message` names the first invalid field. content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ServiceError' '401': description: Missing, invalid, expired, or revoked API key. content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ServiceError' '403': description: The authenticated principal lacks the required capability. content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ServiceError' '404': description: >- The resource does not exist or is outside the principal’s access scope. content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ServiceError' '429': description: >- Rate limit exceeded. Retry after the number of seconds in the `Retry-After` header. content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ServiceError' components: schemas: ServiceError: type: object required: - kind - message description: >- Canonical error body returned by every non-2xx response. Extra fields carry error-specific details. properties: kind: type: string enum: - validation - unauthorized - forbidden - not_found - conflict - rate_limited - internal description: Stable, machine-readable error category. message: type: string description: Human-readable explanation of the failure. suggestion: type: string description: >- What to do next when the failure has a known fix; may name the exact operation to call. validValues: type: array items: type: string description: The acceptable values for the failing field, when the set is closed. additionalProperties: true securitySchemes: apiKey: type: http scheme: bearer description: >- Cactal API key. Create one in the dashboard or via `POST /apiKeys`. The plaintext key is shown once at creation. ````