> ## 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.

# Parse a document (async)

> Upload a document for asynchronous parsing. Returns a job ID to track progress.



## OpenAPI

````yaml /api-v2.json post /documents
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: Execution Policies
    description: Data access and tool usage constraints scoped to agent sessions
  - name: Artifact Schemas
    description: Agent artifact schema management
paths:
  /documents:
    post:
      tags:
        - Documents
      summary: Parse a document (async)
      description: >-
        Upload a document for asynchronous parsing. Returns a job ID to track
        progress.
      operationId: parseDocument
      requestBody:
        content:
          multipart/form-data:
            schema:
              properties:
                file:
                  type: string
                  format: binary
                  description: The document file to parse
              type: object
              required:
                - file
        required: true
      responses:
        '202':
          description: Successful Response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ParseDocumentResponse'
        '422':
          description: Validation Error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/HTTPValidationError'
      security:
        - APIKeyHeader: []
      x-codeSamples:
        - lang: Python
          label: Python
          source: |-
            import os
            from meibel import MeibelClient

            client = MeibelClient(api_key=os.environ["MEIBEL_API_KEY"])

            with open("contract.pdf", "rb") as file:
                response = client.documents.parse(file=file)

            print(f"Job ID: {response.job_id}, Status: {response.status}")
        - lang: TypeScript
          label: TypeScript
          source: >-
            import { MeibelClient } from "meibel";

            import fs from "fs";


            const client = new MeibelClient({ apiKey: process.env.MEIBEL_API_KEY
            });


            const response = await client.documents.parse({
              file: fs.createReadStream("./contracts/acme-msa-2024.pdf"),
            });


            console.log(`Job ${response.job_id} status: ${response.status}`);
        - lang: Go
          label: Go
          source: "package main\n\nimport (\n\t\"context\"\n\t\"fmt\"\n\t\"os\"\n\n\t\"github.com/meibel-ai/meibel-go/v2\"\n)\n\nfunc main() {\n\tclient := v2.NewClient(v2.WithAPIKey(os.Getenv(\"MEIBEL_API_KEY\")))\n\n\tresp, err := client.Documents.Parse(context.Background(), &v2.BodyParseDocument{\n\t\tFileURL:  \"https://example.com/files/contract_2024.pdf\",\n\t\tFileName: \"contract_2024.pdf\",\n\t})\n\tif err != nil {\n\t\tpanic(err)\n\t}\n\n\tfmt.Printf(\"Job %s status: %s\\n\", resp.JobID, resp.Status)\n}"
components:
  schemas:
    ParseDocumentResponse:
      properties:
        job_id:
          type: string
          title: Job Id
        status:
          type: string
          title: Status
          description: Job status, e.g. 'queued'
      type: object
      required:
        - job_id
        - status
      title: ParseDocumentResponse
      description: Returned from POST /documents (async).
    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

````