get_document

Get document metadata by ID

Sync

def get_document(document_id: str) -> Document

Async

async def get_document(document_id: str) -> Document

Parameters

• document_id (str): ID of the document

Returns

• Document: Document metadata

Examples

Sync

from morphik import Morphik

db = Morphik()

doc = db.get_document("doc_123")
print(f"Title: {doc.metadata.get('title')}")
print(f"Content Type: {doc.content_type}")
print(f"Filename: {doc.filename}")

Async

from morphik import AsyncMorphik

async with AsyncMorphik() as db:
    doc = await db.get_document("doc_123")
    print(f"Title: {doc.metadata.get('title')}")
    print(f"Content Type: {doc.content_type}")
    print(f"Filename: {doc.filename}")

Document Properties

The Document object returned by this method has the following properties:

• external_id (str): Unique document identifier
• content_type (str): Content type of the document
• filename (Optional[str]): Original filename if available
• metadata (Dict[str, Any]): User-defined metadata
• storage_info (Dict[str, str]): Storage-related information
• system_metadata (Dict[str, Any]): System-managed metadata
• chunk_ids (List[str]): IDs of document chunks

Document Methods

The Document object also provides the following methods:

Sync

• update_with_text(): Update the document with new text content
• update_with_file(): Update the document with content from a file
• update_metadata(): Update the document’s metadata only

Async

• update_with_text(): Update the document with new text content (use with await)
• update_with_file(): Update the document with content from a file (use with await)
• update_metadata(): Update the document’s metadata only (use with await)