> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://supermemory.ai/docs/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Get document > Retrieve a document's canonical content, metadata, and processing state by document ID or caller-defined ID. Optionally include its source chunks, derived memories, or both in the same response. ## OpenAPI ````yaml https://api.supermemory.ai/v5/openapi get /ns/{namespace}/document/{id} openapi: 3.1.0 info: title: supermemory API description: >- The Memory API for the AI era. OpenAPI operations include x-codeSamples for the official TypeScript and Python SDKs (Mintlify-compatible). version: 5.0.0 servers: - description: Production Server url: https://api.supermemory.ai security: - bearerAuth: [] tags: - name: Ingest description: Ingest documents, files, URLs, conversations, and other content - name: Recall (Search) description: >- Semantic recall across your content — supports memories, hybrid, and documents modes - name: Profiles description: Maintained static, dynamic, and custom-bucket profiles scoped by namespace - name: Content Management description: List, get, update, and delete content and memories - name: Namespaces description: List and manage isolated namespaces and their settings - name: Connectors description: >- Sync external sources such as Google Drive, Notion and GitHub into a namespace - name: Organization description: Read and update organization-wide settings paths: /ns/{namespace}/document/{id}: get: tags: - Content Management summary: Get document description: >- Retrieve a document's canonical content, metadata, and processing state by document ID or caller-defined ID. Optionally include its source chunks, derived memories, or both in the same response. operationId: getNsByNamespaceDocumentById parameters: - in: path name: namespace schema: type: string maxLength: 100 pattern: ^[a-zA-Z0-9_:-]+$ example: user_alex required: true description: >- The isolated namespace. This can be an ID for your user, a project ID, or any other identifier you wish to use to scope documents. - in: path name: id schema: type: string minLength: 1 maxLength: 255 example: my-doc-123 required: true description: The public document ID - in: query name: include schema: type: array items: type: string enum: - chunks - memories style: form explode: false description: >- Comma-separated child resources to include: chunks, memories, or both. responses: '200': content: application/json: schema: type: object properties: id: type: string description: Stable document identifier example: doc_xyz789 title: anyOf: - type: string - type: 'null' description: Extracted or caller-provided document title example: API Rate Limiting Policy type: type: string description: Detected source or content type example: text summary: anyOf: - type: string - type: 'null' description: Generated summary of the document, when available content: anyOf: - type: string - type: 'null' description: Canonical extracted text used for processing and recall example: >- Our API rate limits are 100 req/min on free and 1000 on pro. metadata: type: object propertyNames: type: string additionalProperties: {} description: Caller metadata with internal fields removed example: source: api-docs system: type: object properties: status: type: string enum: - unknown - queued - extracting - chunking - embedding - indexing - done - failed description: Current extraction and memory-processing status createdAt: type: string format: date-time pattern: >- ^(?:(?:\d\d[2468][048]|\d\d[13579][26]|\d\d0[48]|[02468][048]00|[13579][26]00)-02-29|\d{4}-(?:(?:0[13578]|1[02])-(?:0[1-9]|[12]\d|3[01])|(?:0[469]|11)-(?:0[1-9]|[12]\d|30)|(?:02)-(?:0[1-9]|1\d|2[0-8])))T(?:(?:[01]\d|2[0-3]):[0-5]\d(?::[0-5]\d(?:\.\d+)?)?(?:Z))$ description: ISO 8601 timestamp when the document was created updatedAt: type: string format: date-time pattern: >- ^(?:(?:\d\d[2468][048]|\d\d[13579][26]|\d\d0[48]|[02468][048]00|[13579][26]00)-02-29|\d{4}-(?:(?:0[13578]|1[02])-(?:0[1-9]|[12]\d|3[01])|(?:0[469]|11)-(?:0[1-9]|[12]\d|30)|(?:02)-(?:0[1-9]|1\d|2[0-8])))T(?:(?:[01]\d|2[0-3]):[0-5]\d(?::[0-5]\d(?:\.\d+)?)?(?:Z))$ description: ISO 8601 timestamp of the latest document update required: - status - createdAt - updatedAt description: >- Processing status, lifecycle timestamps, and storage path maintained by Supermemory chunks: description: Ordered document chunks; included only when requested type: array items: type: object properties: id: type: string description: Stable chunk identifier position: type: integer minimum: -9007199254740991 maximum: 9007199254740991 description: Zero-based order within the document content: type: string description: Chunk text used for retrieval type: type: string description: Chunk content type metadata: type: object propertyNames: type: string additionalProperties: {} description: Chunk metadata; empty object when none system: type: object properties: createdAt: type: string format: date-time pattern: >- ^(?:(?:\d\d[2468][048]|\d\d[13579][26]|\d\d0[48]|[02468][048]00|[13579][26]00)-02-29|\d{4}-(?:(?:0[13578]|1[02])-(?:0[1-9]|[12]\d|3[01])|(?:0[469]|11)-(?:0[1-9]|[12]\d|30)|(?:02)-(?:0[1-9]|1\d|2[0-8])))T(?:(?:[01]\d|2[0-3]):[0-5]\d(?::[0-5]\d(?:\.\d+)?)?(?:Z))$ description: ISO 8601 timestamp when the chunk was created required: - createdAt description: Lifecycle timestamps maintained by Supermemory required: - id - position - content - type - metadata - system description: A chunk of source content belonging to a document memories: description: >- Memories derived from the document; included only when requested type: array items: type: object properties: id: type: string description: Stable memory identifier memory: type: string description: Learned fact or context extracted from the document metadata: type: object propertyNames: type: string additionalProperties: {} description: >- Memory metadata, including temporal context; empty object when none isStatic: type: boolean description: >- Whether the memory belongs to the stable profile section isInference: type: boolean description: >- Whether the memory was inferred rather than explicitly stated isLatest: type: boolean description: >- Whether this is the newest version in its memory chain isForgotten: type: boolean description: >- Whether this memory has been excluded from normal recall version: type: integer minimum: -9007199254740991 maximum: 9007199254740991 description: Version number within the memory chain system: type: object properties: createdAt: type: string format: date-time pattern: >- ^(?:(?:\d\d[2468][048]|\d\d[13579][26]|\d\d0[48]|[02468][048]00|[13579][26]00)-02-29|\d{4}-(?:(?:0[13578]|1[02])-(?:0[1-9]|[12]\d|3[01])|(?:0[469]|11)-(?:0[1-9]|[12]\d|30)|(?:02)-(?:0[1-9]|1\d|2[0-8])))T(?:(?:[01]\d|2[0-3]):[0-5]\d(?::[0-5]\d(?:\.\d+)?)?(?:Z))$ description: >- ISO 8601 timestamp when this memory version was created updatedAt: type: string format: date-time pattern: >- ^(?:(?:\d\d[2468][048]|\d\d[13579][26]|\d\d0[48]|[02468][048]00|[13579][26]00)-02-29|\d{4}-(?:(?:0[13578]|1[02])-(?:0[1-9]|[12]\d|3[01])|(?:0[469]|11)-(?:0[1-9]|[12]\d|30)|(?:02)-(?:0[1-9]|1\d|2[0-8])))T(?:(?:[01]\d|2[0-3]):[0-5]\d(?::[0-5]\d(?:\.\d+)?)?(?:Z))$ description: >- ISO 8601 timestamp of the latest update to this version required: - createdAt - updatedAt description: Lifecycle timestamps maintained by Supermemory required: - id - memory - metadata - isStatic - isInference - isLatest - isForgotten - version - system description: A memory formed from documents in this namespace required: - id - title - type - summary - content - metadata - system description: >- Namespace-scoped document. Included keys are omitted unless requested and are empty arrays when requested without results. description: Document retrieved successfully '400': description: Invalid request content: application/json: schema: oneOf: - $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse' - $ref: '#/components/schemas/ValidationErrorResponse' '401': content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse' description: Unauthorized '403': content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse' description: Namespace access denied '404': content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse' description: Document not found '500': content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse' description: Internal server error x-codeSamples: - lang: typescript label: TypeScript SDK source: >- import { Supermemory } from "supermemory"; const client = new Supermemory(); // reads SUPERMEMORY_API_KEY const doc = await client.documents.get("user_123", "doc_abc123", { include: ["chunks", "memories"], }); console.log(doc.system.status, doc.chunks?.length, doc.memories?.length); - lang: python label: Python SDK source: >- from supermemory import Supermemory client = Supermemory() # reads SUPERMEMORY_API_KEY doc = client.documents.get("user_123", "doc_abc123", include=["chunks", "memories"]) print(doc.system.status, len(doc.chunks or []), len(doc.memories or [])) - lang: bash label: cURL source: >- curl "https://api.supermemory.ai/ns/user_123/document/doc_abc123?include=chunks,memories" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $SUPERMEMORY_API_KEY" components: schemas: ErrorResponse: type: object properties: error: type: string description: Error message example: Invalid request parameters details: type: string description: Additional error details example: Query must be at least 1 character long required: - error ValidationErrorResponse: type: object description: Body returned when request input fails schema validation properties: success: type: boolean enum: - false error: type: array description: Validation issues items: type: object properties: message: type: string path: type: array items: oneOf: - type: string - type: number required: - message data: description: The input that failed validation required: - success - error securitySchemes: bearerAuth: scheme: bearer type: http ```` This documentation is built and hosted on [Mintlify](https://mintlify.com), a developer documentation platform.