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

# Get Document

> Retrieve metadata and a short-lived signed download URL for a stored document

## Request

### Path Parameters

<ParamField path="id" type="string" required>
  Document UUID returned by `GET /v1/documents`.
</ParamField>

### Query Parameters

<ParamField query="download" type="boolean" default="true">
  When `true` (default), the response includes a signed URL valid for 15 minutes. Set to `false` for a lightweight metadata-only fetch.
</ParamField>

### Headers

```
Authorization: Bearer wbk_your_api_key_here
```

## Response

<ResponseField name="data" type="object">
  <Expandable title="properties">
    <ResponseField name="id" type="string">Document UUID</ResponseField>
    <ResponseField name="name" type="string">Display name</ResponseField>
    <ResponseField name="description" type="string">Description</ResponseField>
    <ResponseField name="mime_type" type="string">MIME type</ResponseField>
    <ResponseField name="size_bytes" type="integer">File size</ResponseField>
    <ResponseField name="storage_path" type="string">Storage key</ResponseField>
    <ResponseField name="folder" type="string">Folder path</ResponseField>
    <ResponseField name="tags" type="array">Tag strings</ResponseField>
    <ResponseField name="linked_entities" type="array">Entities the document is attached to (`entity_type`, `entity_id`)</ResponseField>
    <ResponseField name="download_url" type="string">Signed URL for downloading the bytes. Only present when `download=true`.</ResponseField>
    <ResponseField name="download_url_expires_at" type="string">ISO 8601 timestamp when the URL expires</ResponseField>
    <ResponseField name="created_by" type="string">Creator user UUID</ResponseField>
    <ResponseField name="created_at" type="string">ISO 8601 timestamp</ResponseField>
    <ResponseField name="updated_at" type="string">ISO 8601 timestamp</ResponseField>
  </Expandable>
</ResponseField>

Responses include `X-RateLimit-Limit`, `X-RateLimit-Remaining`, `X-RateLimit-Reset`, and `X-Request-ID`.

<CodeGroup>
  ```bash cURL theme={null}
  curl https://data.leadlex.com/functions/v1/api-gateway/v1/documents/doc_01HY1 \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer wbk_your_api_key_here"
  ```

  ```python Python theme={null}
  import requests

  API_KEY = "wbk_your_api_key_here"
  doc_id = "doc_01HY1"

  r = requests.get(
      f"https://data.leadlex.com/functions/v1/api-gateway/v1/documents/{doc_id}",
      headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {API_KEY}"},
  )
  doc = r.json()["data"]
  print(doc["name"], doc.get("download_url"))
  ```

  ```javascript JavaScript theme={null}
  const id = 'doc_01HY1';
  const res = await fetch(
    `https://data.leadlex.com/functions/v1/api-gateway/v1/documents/${id}`,
    { headers: { Authorization: 'Bearer wbk_your_api_key_here' } },
  );
  const { data } = await res.json();
  console.log(data.download_url);
  ```
</CodeGroup>

### Example Response

```json theme={null}
{
  "data": {
    "id": "doc_01HY1",
    "name": "Acme-NDA-2026.pdf",
    "description": "Mutual NDA with Acme Corp",
    "mime_type": "application/pdf",
    "size_bytes": 183204,
    "storage_path": "workspaces/ws_123/documents/doc_01HY1.pdf",
    "folder": "/clients/acme/ndas",
    "tags": ["nda"],
    "linked_entities": [
      { "entity_type": "contact", "entity_id": "123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000" }
    ],
    "download_url": "https://storage.leadlex.com/signed/...",
    "download_url_expires_at": "2026-04-17T11:00:00Z",
    "created_by": "usr_01HW0",
    "created_at": "2026-04-17T09:00:00Z",
    "updated_at": "2026-04-17T09:00:00Z"
  }
}
```

## Errors

| Status | Code                       | Description                         |
| ------ | -------------------------- | ----------------------------------- |
| 401    | `invalid_key`              | Invalid or expired API key          |
| 403    | `insufficient_permissions` | Missing `read:documents` permission |
| 404    | `not_found`                | Document not found                  |
| 429    | `rate_limited`             | Rate limit exceeded                 |