lient().test fs = GridFSBucket(my_db) # get _id of file to read. file_id = fs.upload_from_stream("test_file", "data I want to store!") grid_out = fs.open_download_stream(file_id) contents = grid_out.read() Returns an instance of :class:`~gridfs.grid_file.GridOut`. Raises :exc:`~gridfs.errors.NoFile` if no file with file_id exists. :Parameters: - `file_id`: The _id of the file to be downloaded. - `session` (optional): a :class:`~pymongo.client_session.ClientSession` .. versionchanged:: 3.6 Added ``session`` parameter. r3