on can read the contents of `filename` and optional `revision`. For example:: my_db = MongoClient().test fs = GridFSBucket(my_db) grid_out = fs.open_download_stream_by_name("test_file") contents = grid_out.read() Returns an instance of :class:`~gridfs.grid_file.GridOut`. Raises :exc:`~gridfs.errors.NoFile` if no such version of that file exists. Raises :exc:`~ValueError` filename is not a string. :Parameters: - `filename`: The name of the file to read from. - `revision` (optional): Which revision (documents with the same filename and different uploadDate) of the file to retrieve. Defaults to -1 (the most recent revision). - `session` (optional): a :class:`~pymongo.client_session.ClientSession` :Note: Revision numbers are defined as follows: - 0 = the original stored file - 1 = the first revision - 2 = the second revision - etc... - -2 = the second most recent revision - -1 = the most recent revision .. versionchanged:: 3.6 Added ``session`` parameter. rD