> ## Documentation Index
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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Parse a document (sync)

> Upload a document and block until parsing is complete. Returns the full parsed result.



## OpenAPI

````yaml /api-v2.json post /documents/process
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/process:
    post:
      tags:
        - Documents
      summary: Parse a document (sync)
      description: >-
        Upload a document and block until parsing is complete. Returns the full
        parsed result.
      operationId: processDocument
      parameters:
        - name: format
          in: query
          required: false
          schema:
            type: string
            description: 'Result format: markdown, annotated, docling, json'
            default: markdown
            title: Format
          description: 'Result format: markdown, annotated, docling, json'
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          multipart/form-data:
            schema:
              type: object
              required:
                - file
              properties:
                file:
                  type: string
                  format: binary
                  description: The document file to process
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful Response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ProcessDocumentResponse'
        '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")

            # Upload a file
            with open("document.pdf", "rb") as f:
                result = client.documents.process(file=f, filename="document.pdf")
                print(result)
        - lang: TypeScript
          label: TypeScript
          source: |-
            import { MeibelClient } from 'meibel';

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

            import fs from 'fs';

            // Upload a file
            const file = fs.createReadStream('document.pdf');
            const result = await client.documents.process(file, 'document.pdf');
            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()

            // Upload a file
            f, err := os.Open("document.pdf")
            if err != nil {
                log.Fatal(err)
            }
            defer f.Close()

            result, err := client.Documents.Process(ctx, f, "document.pdf", nil)
            if err != nil {
                log.Fatal(err)
            }
            fmt.Println(result)
components:
  schemas:
    ProcessDocumentResponse:
      properties:
        job_id:
          type: string
          title: Job Id
        status:
          type: string
          title: Status
          description: '''completed'''
        result:
          anyOf:
            - $ref: '#/components/schemas/MeibelDocumentResult'
            - type: string
          title: Result
          description: MeibelDocumentResult for meibel format, str for markdown
      type: object
      required:
        - job_id
        - status
        - result
      title: ProcessDocumentResponse
      description: Returned from POST /documents/process (sync).
    HTTPValidationError:
      properties:
        detail:
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ValidationError'
          type: array
          title: Detail
      type: object
      title: HTTPValidationError
    MeibelDocumentResult:
      properties:
        elements:
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/DocumentElement'
          type: array
          title: Elements
        pages:
          type: integer
          title: Pages
        tables:
          type: integer
          title: Tables
        metadata:
          anyOf:
            - additionalProperties: true
              type: object
            - type: 'null'
          title: Metadata
      type: object
      required:
        - elements
        - pages
        - tables
      title: MeibelDocumentResult
      description: Full structured parse result (meibel format).
    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
    DocumentElement:
      properties:
        type:
          type: string
          title: Type
          description: heading | paragraph | table | list_item | image | code_block | ...
        text:
          anyOf:
            - type: string
            - type: 'null'
          title: Text
        level:
          anyOf:
            - type: integer
            - type: 'null'
          title: Level
          description: Heading level (1-6)
        table:
          anyOf:
            - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Table'
            - type: 'null'
        bbox:
          anyOf:
            - $ref: '#/components/schemas/BoundingBox'
            - type: 'null'
        confidence:
          anyOf:
            - type: number
            - type: 'null'
          title: Confidence
        page:
          anyOf:
            - type: integer
            - type: 'null'
          title: Page
      type: object
      required:
        - type
      title: DocumentElement
      description: A structural element in a parsed document.
    Table:
      properties:
        cells:
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/TableCell'
          type: array
          title: Cells
        rows:
          type: integer
          title: Rows
        cols:
          type: integer
          title: Cols
        bbox:
          anyOf:
            - $ref: '#/components/schemas/BoundingBox'
            - type: 'null'
      type: object
      required:
        - cells
        - rows
        - cols
      title: Table
    BoundingBox:
      properties:
        x:
          type: number
          title: X
        'y':
          type: number
          title: 'Y'
        width:
          type: number
          title: Width
        height:
          type: number
          title: Height
        page:
          type: integer
          title: Page
      type: object
      required:
        - x
        - 'y'
        - width
        - height
        - page
      title: BoundingBox
    TableCell:
      properties:
        text:
          type: string
          title: Text
        row:
          type: integer
          title: Row
        col:
          type: integer
          title: Col
        row_span:
          type: integer
          title: Row Span
          default: 1
        col_span:
          type: integer
          title: Col Span
          default: 1
        bbox:
          anyOf:
            - $ref: '#/components/schemas/BoundingBox'
            - type: 'null'
      type: object
      required:
        - text
        - row
        - col
      title: TableCell
  securitySchemes:
    APIKeyHeader:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: Meibel-API-Key

````