[Python] How do I request a CSV of email activity from SendGrid without emailing our Admin?

I am using the SendGrid v3 Email Activity API to request a CSV export of email activity. When I make a POST request to https://api.sendgrid.com/v3/messages/download, I receive a response saying the CSV will be emailed to the administrator of our SendGrid account.

import os
from sendgrid import SendGridAPIClient

sg = SendGridAPIClient(api_key=os.environ.get('SENDGRID_API_KEY'))
response = sg.client.messages.download.post()
print(response.body)


Response

{
"status": "pending",
"message": "An email will be sent to name_of_admin@example.com when the CSV is ready to download."
}


There's no link to the CSV in the API response. The only way I can find to download it is through a link emailed to the administrator. I plan on automating this export to run on a regular basis, so I would prefer not having to ask our admin to forward the CSV every time a new one is generated. SendGrid's documentation mentions an endpoint for downloading a CSV, but it requires a download_uuid that isn't in the response from the initial request.

Is there a way to retrieve the generated CSV of email activity through the SendGrid API that doesn't require the admin to receive and forward an email?

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