> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.meibel.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# List child documents

> For container files (ZIP, TAR, EML), list the child documents extracted from the container.



## OpenAPI

````yaml /api-v2.json get /documents/{job_id}/children
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Meibel AI API
  summary: Meibel Gateway Service
  description: >-
    Our API allows you to interact with our services. Read the
    [docs](https://docs.meibel.ai) to learn how to use it.
  version: 0.6.4
servers:
  - url: https://api.meibel.ai/v2
    description: Meibel API (v2)
  - url: https://api.dev.meibel.ai/v2
    description: Meibel Dev API (v2)
  - url: http://localhost:8000/v2
    description: Local Development
security: []
tags:
  - name: Datasources
    description: v2 datasource management
  - name: Data Elements
    description: v2 data element CRUD and search
  - name: File Upload
    description: Upload files to a datasource and track upload progress
  - name: Ingest
    description: Trigger and monitor datasource ingestion
  - name: Datasource Downloads
    description: Export all datasource content as a zip archive
  - name: Table Descriptions
    description: v2 table and column descriptions
  - name: Metadata Model Catalog
    description: v2 metadata model catalog
  - name: Confidence Scoring
    description: v2 confidence scoring jobs and summaries
  - name: Documents
    description: Parse and transform documents into structured data
  - name: Agents
    description: Agent definition management
  - name: Sessions
    description: Agent session (execution) management and chat
  - name: Artifact Schemas
    description: Agent artifact schema management
paths:
  /documents/{job_id}/children:
    get:
      tags:
        - Documents
      summary: List child documents
      description: >-
        For container files (ZIP, TAR, EML), list the child documents extracted
        from the container.
      operationId: listDocumentChildren
      parameters:
        - name: job_id
          in: path
          required: true
          schema:
            type: string
            title: Job Id
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful Response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/DocumentChild'
                title: Response Listdocumentchildren
        '422':
          description: Validation Error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/HTTPValidationError'
      security:
        - APIKeyHeader: []
      x-codeSamples:
        - lang: Python
          label: Python
          source: |-
            from meibel import MeibelClient

            client = MeibelClient(api_key="your-api-key")

            result = client.documents.list_children("job_id_value")
            print(result)
        - lang: TypeScript
          label: TypeScript
          source: |-
            import { MeibelClient } from 'meibel';

            const client = new MeibelClient({ apiKey: 'your-api-key' });

            const result = await client.documents.listChildren('job_id_value');
            console.log(result);
        - lang: Go
          label: Go
          source: |-
            import v2 "github.com/meibel-ai/meibel-go/v2"

            client := v2.NewClient(v2.WithAPIKey("your-api-key"))
            ctx := context.Background()

            result, err := client.Documents.ListChildren(ctx, "job_id_value")
            if err != nil {
                log.Fatal(err)
            }
            fmt.Println(result)
components:
  schemas:
    DocumentChild:
      properties:
        job_id:
          type: string
          title: Job Id
        filename:
          type: string
          title: Filename
        status:
          type: string
          title: Status
        media_type:
          type: string
          title: Media Type
      type: object
      required:
        - job_id
        - filename
        - status
        - media_type
      title: DocumentChild
      description: Child document from container (ZIP/TAR/EML).
    HTTPValidationError:
      properties:
        detail:
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ValidationError'
          type: array
          title: Detail
      type: object
      title: HTTPValidationError
    ValidationError:
      properties:
        loc:
          items:
            anyOf:
              - type: string
              - type: integer
          type: array
          title: Location
        msg:
          type: string
          title: Message
        type:
          type: string
          title: Error Type
        input:
          title: Input
        ctx:
          type: object
          title: Context
      type: object
      required:
        - loc
        - msg
        - type
      title: ValidationError
  securitySchemes:
    APIKeyHeader:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: Meibel-API-Key

````