---
title: Documents
url: https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/api/http/compliance/apps/projects/documents
---

# Documents

## Get project document content

**GET** `/v1/compliance/apps/projects/documents/{document_id}`

Get detailed information for a specific project document.

### Path parameters

- `document_id: string`

  The document ID (tagged ID, e.g., claude_proj_doc_abc123)

### Headers

- `"anthropic-version": optional string`

  The version of the Claude API you want to use.

  Read more about versioning and our version history [here](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/api/versioning?sdk_languages=http).

- `"x-api-key": optional string`

### Returns

- `id: string`

  Project document identifier (tagged ID)

- `content: string`

  Document text content

- `created_at: string`

  Document creation timestamp

  format: date-time

- `filename: string`

  Document filename

- `user: object or null`

  Document creator information, or null if the creator's account has been deleted or the creator is no longer a member of an organization the key may read

  - `id: string`

    User identifier (tagged ID)

  - `email_address: string`

    User's email address

### Example

```bash
curl https://api.anthropic.com/v1/compliance/apps/projects/documents/$DOCUMENT_ID \
    -H 'anthropic-version: 2023-06-01' \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $ANTHROPIC_COMPLIANCE_API_KEY"
```

#### Response (200)

```json
{
  "id": "claude_proj_doc_01Qr8StUvWxYzAbCdEfGhJjK",
  "content": "# Design notes\n\n- Item one\n- Item two\n",
  "created_at": "2025-03-12T18:22:41.123456Z",
  "filename": "design-notes.txt",
  "user": {
    "id": "user_01WCz1FkmYMm4gnmykNKUu3Q",
    "email_address": "jane.doe@example.com"
  }
}
```

## Get project document metadata

**GET** `/v1/compliance/apps/projects/documents/{document_id}/metadata`

Returns metadata for a project document, without the content body.

Use the sibling `GET /v1/compliance/apps/projects/documents/{document_id}`
endpoint to fetch the document text. The `md5` and `size_bytes`
fields here are computed over the UTF-8 encoding of that text, so a DLP
consumer can dedupe or match hashes without downloading every document.

### Path parameters

- `document_id: string`

  The document ID (tagged ID, e.g., claude_proj_doc_abc123)

### Headers

- `"anthropic-version": optional string`

  The version of the Claude API you want to use.

  Read more about versioning and our version history [here](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/api/versioning?sdk_languages=http).

- `"x-api-key": optional string`

### Returns

- `id: string`

  Project document identifier (tagged ID)

- `claude_project_id: string`

  The project this document belongs to

- `created_at: string`

  Document creation timestamp

  format: date-time

- `filename: string`

  Document filename

- `md5: string`

  Lowercase hex MD5 of the document content (UTF-8 encoded). Matches the `content` field returned by the sibling content endpoint.

- `mime_type: "text/plain"`

  MIME type of the document content, always plain text

  default: text/plain

- `size_bytes: number`

  Size in bytes of the document content (UTF-8 encoded)

- `user: object or null`

  Document creator information, or null if the creator's account has been deleted or the creator is no longer a member of an organization the key may read

  - `id: string`

    User identifier (tagged ID)

  - `email_address: string`

    User's email address

### Example

```bash
curl https://api.anthropic.com/v1/compliance/apps/projects/documents/$DOCUMENT_ID/metadata \
    -H 'anthropic-version: 2023-06-01' \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $ANTHROPIC_COMPLIANCE_API_KEY"
```

#### Response (200)

```json
{
  "id": "id",
  "claude_project_id": "claude_project_id",
  "created_at": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
  "filename": "filename",
  "md5": "md5",
  "mime_type": "text/plain",
  "size_bytes": 0,
  "user": {
    "id": "user_01WCz1FkmYMm4gnmykNKUu3Q",
    "email_address": "jane.doe@example.com"
  }
}
```

## Delete project document

**DELETE** `/v1/compliance/apps/projects/documents/{document_id}`

Delete a project document for compliance purposes.

Hard-deletes the project document permanently.

### Path parameters

- `document_id: string`

  The document ID (tagged ID, e.g., claude_proj_doc_abc123)

### Headers

- `"anthropic-version": optional string`

  The version of the Claude API you want to use.

  Read more about versioning and our version history [here](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/api/versioning?sdk_languages=http).

- `"x-api-key": optional string`

### Returns

- `type: "claude_project_document_deleted"`

  Constant string confirming deletion.

  default: claude_project_document_deleted

- `id: string`

  The ID of the project document that was deleted

### Example

```bash
curl https://api.anthropic.com/v1/compliance/apps/projects/documents/$DOCUMENT_ID \
    -X DELETE \
    -H 'anthropic-version: 2023-06-01' \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $ANTHROPIC_COMPLIANCE_API_KEY"
```

#### Response (200)

```json
{
  "id": "id",
  "type": "claude_project_document_deleted"
}
```

## Domain types

### Document Retrieve Response

- `DocumentRetrieveResponse object`

  Project document information for compliance responses.

  - `id: string`

    Project document identifier (tagged ID)

  - `content: string`

    Document text content

  - `created_at: string`

    Document creation timestamp

    format: date-time

  - `filename: string`

    Document filename

  - `user: object or null`

    Document creator information, or null if the creator's account has been deleted or the creator is no longer a member of an organization the key may read

    - `id: string`

      User identifier (tagged ID)

    - `email_address: string`

      User's email address

### Document Delete Response

- `DocumentDeleteResponse object`

  Response for deleting a project document.

  - `type: "claude_project_document_deleted"`

    Constant string confirming deletion.

    default: claude_project_document_deleted

  - `id: string`

    The ID of the project document that was deleted

### Document Metadata Response

- `DocumentMetadataResponse object`

  Project document metadata for GET /v1/compliance/apps/projects/documents/{document_id}/metadata.

  Returns metadata only. Use the sibling endpoint (without `/metadata`)
  to fetch the document text content.

  - `id: string`

    Project document identifier (tagged ID)

  - `claude_project_id: string`

    The project this document belongs to

  - `created_at: string`

    Document creation timestamp

    format: date-time

  - `filename: string`

    Document filename

  - `md5: string`

    Lowercase hex MD5 of the document content (UTF-8 encoded). Matches the `content` field returned by the sibling content endpoint.

  - `mime_type: "text/plain"`

    MIME type of the document content, always plain text

    default: text/plain

  - `size_bytes: number`

    Size in bytes of the document content (UTF-8 encoded)

  - `user: object or null`

    Document creator information, or null if the creator's account has been deleted or the creator is no longer a member of an organization the key may read

    - `id: string`

      User identifier (tagged ID)

    - `email_address: string`

      User's email address