---
title: "Create Document"
method: POST
path: "/documents"
tags: ["documents"]
---

# Create Document

`POST /documents`

On ingest, the document goes through a series of steps before it is ready for retrieval. Each step is reflected in the status of the document which can be one of [`pending`, `partitioning`, `partitioned`, `refined`, `chunked`, `indexed`, `summary_indexed`, `keyword_indexed`, `ready`, `failed`]. The document is available for retrieval once it is in ready state. The summary index step can take a few seconds. You can optionally use the document for retrieval once it is in `indexed` state. However the summary will only be available once the state has changed to `summary_indexed` or `ready`.

## Response `201`

Successful Response

- Document
  - `status` string, required
  - `id` string, uuid, required
  - `created_at` string, date-time, required
  - `updated_at` string, date-time, required
  - `name` string, required
  - `metadata` object, required
  - `partition` string, required
  - `chunk_count` integer, nullable
  - `external_id` string, nullable
  - `page_count` number, nullable

## Other responses

- `400` — Bad Request
- `401` — Unauthorized
- `402` — Payment Required
- `422` — Validation Error
- `429` — Too Many Requests
- `500` — Internal Server Error

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[API](https://skmtc.dev/ragie/apis/ragie-api.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/ragie/apis/ragie-api/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc-service-production.skmtc.workers.dev/v1/apis/ragie/ragie-api/revisions/ffdf960539ca/schema)