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API Documentation
DocuElevate provides a powerful REST API for programmatic access to all its features. This document serves as a reference for the available endpoints and their usage.
API Overview
- Base URL:
http://<your-docuelevate-instance>/api - Authentication: OAuth2 (when enabled)
- Response Format: JSON
- Rate Limiting: Enabled by default (see Rate Limiting section below)
Interactive API Documentation
The most up-to-date and interactive API documentation is available at:
http://<your-docuelevate-instance>/docs
This Swagger UI provides a complete reference with the ability to try out API calls directly from your browser.
Rate Limiting
DocuElevate implements rate limiting to protect against abuse and DoS attacks. Rate limits are enforced per IP address for unauthenticated requests and per user for authenticated requests.
Default Limits
- Default endpoints: 100 requests per minute
- File upload: 600 requests per minute
- Authentication: 10 requests per minute
Note: Document processing endpoints (OCR, metadata extraction) use built-in queue throttling to control processing rates and prevent upstream API overloads. No additional API-level rate limit is applied to processing endpoints.
Rate Limit Headers
When a rate limit is exceeded, the API returns a 429 Too Many Requests response:
{
"detail": "Rate limit exceeded: 100 per 1 minute"
}
The response includes a Retry-After header indicating when the client can retry the request.
Configuration
Rate limits can be configured via environment variables:
RATE_LIMITING_ENABLED=true
RATE_LIMIT_DEFAULT=100/minute
RATE_LIMIT_UPLOAD=600/minute
RATE_LIMIT_AUTH=10/minute
See Configuration Guide for more details.
Best Practices
- Respect rate limits: Monitor your request rates and implement backoff strategies
- Cache responses: Reduce unnecessary API calls by caching responses when appropriate
- Batch operations: Use bulk endpoints when available instead of making multiple individual requests
- Handle 429 responses: Implement retry logic with exponential backoff when rate limits are exceeded
Example: Handling Rate Limits
import requests
import time
def make_api_request(url, max_retries=3):
"""Make API request with rate limit handling."""
for attempt in range(max_retries):
response = requests.get(url)
if response.status_code == 429:
# Rate limit exceeded
retry_after = int(response.headers.get('Retry-After', 60))
print(f"Rate limit exceeded. Retrying after {retry_after} seconds...")
time.sleep(retry_after)
continue
return response
raise Exception("Max retries exceeded")
Authentication
When authentication is enabled, you must include an authentication token in your requests:
curl -X GET "http://<your-docuelevate-instance>/api/files" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer <your-token>"
Common Endpoints
Document Upload
Upload from Computer
Upload a file from your computer to DocuElevate for processing.
Endpoint: POST /api/upload
Request:
curl -X POST "http://<your-docuelevate-instance>/api/upload" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer <your-token>" \
-F "file=@/path/to/document.pdf"
Response (201 Created):
{
"task_id": "abc-123-def",
"status": "queued",
"message": "File uploaded and queued for processing",
"filename": "document.pdf"
}
Upload from URL
Download and process a file from a URL. This endpoint is used by the browser extension.
Endpoint: POST /api/process-url
Security Features:
- SSRF protection (blocks private IPs, localhost, cloud metadata endpoints)
- File type validation (only supported document/image types)
- File size limits (enforces maximum upload size)
- Timeout protection (prevents hanging on slow/malicious servers)
Request:
curl -X POST "http://<your-docuelevate-instance>/api/process-url" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer <your-token>" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"url": "https://example.com/document.pdf",
"filename": "custom-name.pdf"
}'
Request Body:
{
"url": "https://example.com/document.pdf",
"filename": "optional-custom-name.pdf"
}
Response (200 OK):
{
"task_id": "abc-123-def",
"status": "queued",
"message": "File downloaded from URL and queued for processing",
"filename": "document.pdf",
"size": 1048576
}
Error Responses:
// 400 Bad Request - Invalid URL or unsupported file type
{
"detail": "Unsupported file type: text/html. Supported types: PDF, Office documents, images, plain text"
}
// 400 Bad Request - Private IP (SSRF protection)
{
"detail": "Access to private/internal IP addresses is not allowed for security reasons"
}
// 408 Request Timeout
{
"detail": "Request timeout: server took too long to respond"
}
// 413 Payload Too Large
{
"detail": "File too large: 2097152 bytes (max 1048576 bytes)"
}
// 502 Bad Gateway
{
"detail": "Failed to connect to URL: Connection refused"
}
Usage with Browser Extension:
The DocuElevate browser extension uses this endpoint to send files directly from your browser. See the Browser Extension Guide for installation and usage instructions.
Supported File Types:
- Documents: PDF, DOC, DOCX, XLS, XLSX, PPT, PPTX, TXT, CSV, RTF
- Images: JPG, PNG, GIF, BMP, TIFF, WebP, SVG
POST /api/ui-upload
Upload one or more files from your computer for processing.
Request:
- Multipart form data with file(s)
Response:
{
"success": true,
"file_ids": [123, 124],
"message": "Files uploaded and queued for processing"
}
Upload from URL
POST /api/process-url
Download a file from a URL and enqueue it for processing.
Security Features:
- SSRF protection: Blocks private IPs, localhost, and cloud metadata endpoints
- File type validation: Only allows supported document/image types
- File size limits: Enforces maximum upload size
- Timeout protection: Prevents hanging on slow/malicious servers
Request Body:
{
"url": "https://example.com/document.pdf",
"filename": "my-document.pdf" // optional
}
Response:
{
"task_id": "abc123",
"status": "queued",
"message": "File downloaded from URL and queued for processing",
"filename": "document.pdf",
"size": 1024000
}
Error Responses:
400: Invalid URL, unsupported file type, or SSRF protection triggered408: Request timeout (server too slow)413: File too large502: Connection error404: File not found at URL500: Server error
Supported File Types:
- PDF documents
- Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
- Images (JPEG, PNG, GIF, BMP, TIFF, WebP, SVG)
- Plain text and CSV files
Example:
curl -X POST "http://localhost:8000/api/process-url" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"url": "https://example.com/invoice.pdf",
"filename": "march-invoice.pdf"
}'
SSRF Protection: The endpoint blocks access to:
- Private IP ranges (10.0.0.0/8, 172.16.0.0/12, 192.168.0.0/16)
- Localhost (127.0.0.1, ::1)
- Link-local addresses (169.254.0.0/16)
- Cloud metadata endpoints (169.254.169.254, metadata.google.internal)
Get Files
GET /api/files
Retrieve a paginated list of processed files with advanced filtering and sorting.
Query Parameters:
page(optional, default: 1): Page numberper_page(optional, default: 25, max: 200): Items per pagesort_by(optional, default: created_at): Sort field (id,original_filename,file_size,mime_type,created_at)sort_order(optional, default: desc): Sort order (ascordesc)search(optional): Search in filename (partial match)mime_type(optional): Filter by exact MIME type (e.g.application/pdf)status(optional): Filter by processing status (pending,processing,completed,failed,duplicate)date_from(optional): Filter files created on or after this date (ISO 8601, e.g.2026-01-01)date_to(optional): Filter files created on or before this date (ISO 8601, e.g.2026-12-31)storage_provider(optional): Filter by storage provider (e.g.dropbox,s3,google_drive,onedrive,nextcloud)tags(optional): Filter by tags in AI metadata (comma-separated, AND logic, e.g.invoice,amazon)ocr_quality(optional): Filter by AI-assessed OCR quality score (poor= score below threshold,good= score at or above threshold,unchecked= not yet assessed). The threshold is configured viaTEXT_QUALITY_THRESHOLD(default: 85).
All filters are combinable using AND logic.
Example:
GET /api/files?status=completed&mime_type=application/pdf&tags=invoice&date_from=2026-01-01&sort_by=created_at&sort_order=desc
Response:
{
"files": [
{
"id": 123,
"original_filename": "invoice.pdf",
"file_size": 1024000,
"mime_type": "application/pdf",
"created_at": "2026-04-15T12:30:45Z",
"processing_status": {
"status": "completed",
"last_step": "send_to_all_destinations",
"has_errors": false,
"total_steps": 8
}
}
],
"pagination": {
"page": 1,
"per_page": 25,
"total": 150,
"pages": 6,
"next": "http://host/api/files?page=2",
"previous": null
}
}
Tip
: Filter state is reflected in query parameters, making URLs shareable as bookmarks or direct links.
Full-Text Search
GET /api/search
Search documents by full text across OCR content, titles, filenames, tags, sender, and document type. Powered by Meilisearch.
Query Parameters:
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
q |
string | Yes | Full-text search query (1–512 chars) |
mime_type |
string | No | Filter by MIME type (e.g. application/pdf) |
document_type |
string | No | Filter by document type (e.g. Invoice) |
language |
string | No | Filter by language code (e.g. de, en) |
tags |
string | No | Filter by tag (exact match on a single tag) |
sender |
string | No | Filter by sender/absender (exact match) |
text_quality |
string | No | Filter by OCR text quality: no_text, low, medium, high |
date_from |
int | No | Filter results created after this Unix timestamp |
date_to |
int | No | Filter results created before this Unix timestamp |
page |
int | No | Page number, default: 1 |
per_page |
int | No | Results per page (1–100), default: 20 |
Example:
GET /api/search?q=invoice&document_type=Invoice&tags=amazon&text_quality=high&page=1
Response:
{
"results": [
{
"file_id": 42,
"original_filename": "2026-01-15_Invoice_Amazon.pdf",
"document_title": "Amazon Invoice January 2026",
"document_type": "Invoice",
"tags": ["amazon", "invoice"],
"_formatted": {
"document_title": "Amazon <mark>Invoice</mark> January 2026",
"ocr_text": "...total amount of the <mark>invoice</mark> is..."
}
}
],
"total": 42,
"page": 1,
"pages": 3,
"query": "invoice"
}
Saved Searches
Saved searches allow users to save and reuse filter combinations. Each user can store up to 50 saved searches.
Saved searches are used on both the Files page (for file management filters) and the Search page (for content-finding filters including full-text queries).
List Saved Searches
GET /api/saved-searches
Returns all saved searches for the current user.
Response:
[
{
"id": 1,
"name": "Recent Invoices",
"filters": {
"q": "invoice total",
"tags": "invoice",
"document_type": "Invoice",
"date_from": "2026-01-01"
},
"created_at": "2026-03-01T10:00:00Z",
"updated_at": "2026-03-01T10:00:00Z"
}
]
Create Saved Search
POST /api/saved-searches
Request Body:
{
"name": "Recent Invoices",
"filters": {
"q": "invoice total",
"tags": "invoice",
"document_type": "Invoice",
"date_from": "2026-01-01"
}
}
Allowed filter keys:
Files-view keys: search, mime_type, status, storage_provider, sort_by, sort_order
Search-view keys: q, document_type, language, sender, text_quality
Shared keys: tags, date_from, date_to
Response (201 Created): The created saved search object.
Update Saved Search
PUT /api/saved-searches/{id}
Request Body (all fields optional):
{
"name": "Updated Name",
"filters": {
"tags": "invoice,amazon"
}
}
Response: The updated saved search object.
Delete Saved Search
DELETE /api/saved-searches/{id}
Response: 204 No Content
File Metadata
GET /api/files/{file_id}/metadata
Retrieve metadata for a specific file.
Response:
{
"document_type": "invoice",
"date": "2023-04-10",
"vendor": "Acme Corp",
"amount": "$1,234.56",
"extracted_text": "..."
}
Process Control
POST /api/files/{file_id}/reprocess
Reprocess a specific file. This queues the file for complete reprocessing through the entire pipeline.
Response:
{
"status": "success",
"message": "File queued for reprocessing",
"file_id": 123,
"filename": "invoice.pdf",
"task_id": "a1b2c3d4-e5f6-7g8h-9i0j-k1l2m3n4o5p6"
}
Error Responses:
404: File not found400: Local file not found on disk (cannot reprocess)
POST /api/files/{file_id}/reprocess-with-cloud-ocr
Reprocess a specific file with forced Cloud OCR, regardless of embedded text quality. This is useful for documents with low-quality embedded text or when higher quality OCR is needed.
Response:
{
"status": "success",
"message": "File queued for Cloud OCR reprocessing",
"file_id": 123,
"filename": "invoice.pdf",
"task_id": "a1b2c3d4-e5f6-7g8h-9i0j-k1l2m3n4o5p6",
"force_cloud_ocr": true
}
Error Responses:
404: File not found400: Neither original nor local file found on disk (cannot reprocess)
Note: This endpoint forces Azure Document Intelligence OCR processing even if the PDF contains embedded text. The original file (if available) is used for reprocessing to ensure the highest quality result.
Bulk Operations
POST /api/files/bulk-delete
Delete multiple file records in a single request.
Request body: JSON array of file IDs
curl -X POST "http://<your-instance>/api/files/bulk-delete" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '[1, 2, 3]'
Response:
{
"status": "success",
"message": "Successfully deleted 3 file records",
"deleted_ids": [1, 2, 3]
}
Error Responses:
403: File deletion is disabled in configuration404: No files found with the provided IDs
POST /api/files/bulk-reprocess
Queue multiple files for full reprocessing.
Request body: JSON array of file IDs
Response:
{
"status": "success",
"message": "Successfully queued 2 files for reprocessing",
"processed_files": [
{"file_id": 1, "filename": "a.pdf", "task_id": "abc123"},
{"file_id": 2, "filename": "b.pdf", "task_id": "def456"}
],
"errors": [],
"task_ids": ["abc123", "def456"]
}
POST /api/files/bulk-reprocess-cloud-ocr
Queue multiple files for reprocessing with forced Cloud OCR (Azure Document Intelligence). Useful for files that have missing or low-quality OCR text.
Request body: JSON array of file IDs
Response:
{
"status": "success",
"message": "Successfully queued 2 files for Cloud OCR reprocessing",
"processed_files": [
{"file_id": 1, "filename": "a.pdf", "task_id": "abc123"}
],
"errors": [],
"task_ids": ["abc123"]
}
POST /api/files/bulk-download
Download multiple files as a single ZIP archive. For each file, the processed version is preferred; falls back to the original. Files not found on disk are silently skipped.
Request body: JSON array of file IDs
Response: application/zip stream with Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="docuelevate_bulk_<timestamp>.zip"
curl -X POST "http://<your-instance>/api/files/bulk-download" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '[1, 2, 3]' \
--output bulk_download.zip
Error Responses:
404: No files found with the provided IDs, or none of the selected files exist on disk
Document Ownership (Multi-User Mode)
These endpoints are available when MULTI_USER_ENABLED=true.
POST /api/files/{file_id}/claim
Claim an unclaimed document (owner_id is NULL) for the current user.
curl -X POST "http://<your-instance>/api/files/42/claim"
Response:
{
"status": "success",
"message": "Document claimed successfully",
"file_id": 42,
"owner_id": "alice@example.com"
}
Error Responses:
400: Multi-user mode is not enabled401: Authentication required403: Document is already owned by another user
POST /api/files/bulk-claim
Claim multiple unclaimed documents at once. Already-owned documents are skipped.
Request body: JSON array of file IDs
curl -X POST "http://<your-instance>/api/files/bulk-claim" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '[1, 2, 3]'
Response:
{
"status": "success",
"claimed_count": 2,
"claimed_ids": [1, 3],
"skipped": [{"file_id": 2, "reason": "already owned"}],
"owner_id": "alice@example.com"
}
POST /api/files/assign-owner
Admin only. Assign an owner to documents. If file_ids body is omitted, assigns all
currently unclaimed documents to the specified owner.
Query Parameters:
owner_id(required): The user identifier to assign
Request body (optional): JSON array of specific file IDs
# Assign all unclaimed documents to a user
curl -X POST "http://<your-instance>/api/files/assign-owner?owner_id=alice@example.com"
# Assign specific files
curl -X POST "http://<your-instance>/api/files/assign-owner?owner_id=alice@example.com" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '[1, 2, 3]'
Response:
{
"status": "success",
"message": "Assigned owner to 5 document(s)",
"updated_count": 5,
"owner_id": "alice@example.com"
}
Error Responses:
400: Multi-user mode is not enabled403: Only admins can assign document owners
GET /api/users/search
Search known user identifiers from existing documents. Powers the autocomplete widget
in the settings page for the DEFAULT_OWNER_ID field.
Query Parameters:
q(optional): Substring to match against known owner IDs (case-insensitive)limit(optional): Maximum results to return (default: 5, max: 20)
curl "http://<your-instance>/api/users/search?q=risti&limit=5"
Response:
{
"users": ["christianlouis"]
}
File Preview
GET /api/files/{file_id}/preview
Retrieve the file content for preview purposes.
Parameters:
version(required): Eitheroriginalorprocessedoriginal: Returns the immutable original file from the original directoryprocessed: Returns the file after metadata embedding from the processed directory
Response: Returns the file content with appropriate MIME type for browser display.
Example:
# Preview original file
curl "http://<your-instance>/api/files/123/preview?version=original"
# Preview processed file
curl "http://<your-instance>/api/files/123/preview?version=processed"
Error Responses:
404: File not found in database or on disk400: Invalid version parameter
File Download
GET /api/files/{file_id}/download
Download a file as an attachment. The Content-Disposition header is set to attachment with the original filename so the browser prompts a save dialog.
Parameters:
version(optional, default:processed): Eitherprocessedororiginalprocessed(default): Downloads the post-processing file (with embedded metadata)original: Downloads the raw file as originally uploaded
Response: File content with Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="<original_filename>".
Example:
# Download processed file (default)
curl -OJ "http://<your-instance>/api/files/123/download"
# Download original upload
curl -OJ "http://<your-instance>/api/files/123/download?version=original"
Error Responses:
404: File not found in database or on disk400: Invalidversionparameter (must beprocessedororiginal)
Similar Documents
GET /api/files/{file_id}/similar
Find documents similar to the specified file using pre-computed text embeddings and cosine similarity. Similarity scores range from 0 (completely different) to 1 (identical content). Embeddings are computed automatically during document ingestion and cached in the database.
Parameters:
limit(optional, default:5, max:20): Maximum number of similar documents to returnthreshold(optional, default:0.3, range:0.0–1.0): Minimum similarity score to include
Response:
{
"file_id": 42,
"similar_documents": [
{
"file_id": 15,
"original_filename": "Invoice_2026-01.pdf",
"document_title": "January Invoice",
"similarity_score": 0.8934,
"mime_type": "application/pdf",
"created_at": "2026-01-15T10:30:00+00:00"
}
],
"count": 1
}
Example:
# Find top 5 similar documents
curl "http://<your-instance>/api/files/42/similar"
# Find top 10 documents with at least 50% similarity
curl "http://<your-instance>/api/files/42/similar?limit=10&threshold=0.5"
Error Responses:
404: File not found422: Invalid query parameters (limit or threshold out of range)500: Internal error
Note: Only pre-computed embeddings are used — no API calls are made during the query. If a file's embedding has not been computed yet, the response includes a
messagefield explaining this. Documents without OCR text are excluded from similarity comparisons.
Similarity Pairs (Corpus-Wide)
GET /api/similarity/pairs
Scan the entire document corpus for pairs of highly similar documents, ranked by score. Unlike the per-file /files/{id}/similar endpoint, this discovers all matching pairs across all files.
Parameters:
threshold(optional, default:0.7, range:0.0–1.0): Minimum similarity score for a pairlimit(optional, default:50, max:200): Maximum pairs per pagepage(optional, default:1): Page number
Response:
{
"pairs": [
{
"file_a": {
"file_id": 1,
"original_filename": "invoice_jan.pdf",
"document_title": "January Invoice",
"mime_type": "application/pdf",
"created_at": "2026-01-15T10:30:00+00:00"
},
"file_b": {
"file_id": 5,
"original_filename": "invoice_feb.pdf",
"document_title": "February Invoice",
"mime_type": "application/pdf",
"created_at": "2026-02-15T10:30:00+00:00"
},
"similarity_score": 0.94
}
],
"total_pairs": 12,
"threshold": 0.7,
"page": 1,
"pages": 1,
"per_page": 50,
"embedding_coverage": {
"total_files": 120,
"files_with_embedding": 95
}
}
Example:
# Find all document pairs above 90% similarity
curl "http://<your-instance>/api/similarity/pairs?threshold=0.9"
Embedding Diagnostics
GET /api/files/{file_id}/embedding-status
Check the embedding status for a specific file: whether OCR text is available, whether an embedding has been computed, and how many dimensions it has.
curl "http://<your-instance>/api/files/42/embedding-status"
POST /api/files/{file_id}/compute-embedding
Manually trigger embedding computation for a single file. Useful for debugging or re-computing after configuration changes. Requires OCR text to be available.
curl -X POST "http://<your-instance>/api/files/42/compute-embedding"
GET /api/diagnostic/embeddings
Get an overview of embedding coverage across all files: total files, how many have OCR text, how many have embeddings, and per-file status.
curl "http://<your-instance>/api/diagnostic/embeddings"
POST /api/diagnostic/compute-all-embeddings
Queue embedding computation for all files that have OCR text but no embedding yet. Each file is processed as a separate background task.
curl -X POST "http://<your-instance>/api/diagnostic/compute-all-embeddings"
Batch Processing
POST /api/processall
Process all PDF files in the configured workdir directory.
Throttling: For large batches (>20 files by default), tasks are automatically staggered to prevent overwhelming downstream APIs. The throttling behavior can be configured via environment variables:
PROCESSALL_THROTTLE_THRESHOLD: Number of files above which throttling is applied (default: 20)PROCESSALL_THROTTLE_DELAY: Delay in seconds between each task submission when throttling (default: 3)
Example: When processing 25 files with default settings, the first file is queued immediately, the second after 3 seconds, the third after 6 seconds, etc., spreading the load over 72 seconds total.
Response:
{
"message": "Enqueued 25 PDFs for processing (throttled over 72 seconds)",
"pdf_files": ["file1.pdf", "file2.pdf", ...],
"task_ids": ["a1b2c3...", "d4e5f6...", ...],
"throttled": true
}
POST /send_to_google_drive/
Send a processed file to Google Drive.
Parameters:
file_path: Path to the file to upload
Response:
{
"task_id": "a1b2c3d4-e5f6-7g8h-9i0j-k1l2m3n4o5p6",
"status": "queued"
}
Webhooks
Manage webhook configurations for notifying external systems when document events occur. All webhook endpoints require admin access.
Supported Events
| Event | Description |
|---|---|
document.uploaded |
A new document has been ingested |
document.processed |
A document finished processing successfully |
document.failed |
Document processing failed |
GET /api/webhooks/events/
List all valid webhook event types.
Response (200):
["document.failed", "document.processed", "document.uploaded"]
GET /api/webhooks/
List all webhook configurations. Secrets are never included in responses.
Response (200):
[
{
"id": 1,
"url": "https://example.com/webhook",
"events": ["document.processed", "document.uploaded"],
"is_active": true,
"description": "Production webhook",
"has_secret": true
}
]
POST /api/webhooks/
Create a new webhook configuration.
Request:
{
"url": "https://example.com/webhook",
"secret": "my-shared-secret",
"events": ["document.uploaded", "document.processed", "document.failed"],
"is_active": true,
"description": "My integration"
}
Response (201):
{
"id": 1,
"url": "https://example.com/webhook",
"events": ["document.failed", "document.processed", "document.uploaded"],
"is_active": true,
"description": "My integration",
"has_secret": true
}
GET /api/webhooks/{webhook_id}
Get a single webhook configuration.
Response (200): Same shape as list items above.
PUT /api/webhooks/{webhook_id}
Update an existing webhook. Only supplied fields are changed.
Request:
{
"url": "https://new-url.example.com/webhook",
"is_active": false
}
DELETE /api/webhooks/{webhook_id}
Delete a webhook configuration. Returns 204 No Content on success.
Webhook Payload Format
When a subscribed event occurs, a JSON POST request is sent to the configured URL:
{
"event": "document.processed",
"timestamp": 1709322559.123456,
"data": {
"file_id": 42,
"filename": "invoice.pdf"
}
}
HMAC Signature
If a secret is configured, an X-Webhook-Signature header is included with each request. The signature is computed as sha256=<hex-digest> using HMAC-SHA256 over the raw JSON body.
To verify in Python:
import hashlib, hmac
def verify_signature(body: bytes, secret: str, signature: str) -> bool:
expected = "sha256=" + hmac.new(
secret.encode(), body, hashlib.sha256
).hexdigest()
return hmac.compare_digest(expected, signature)
Retry Behavior
Failed deliveries (non-2xx responses or network errors) are automatically retried with exponential backoff: 60 s, 300 s, then 900 s (up to 3 retries with ±20 % jitter).
Error Handling
Errors follow standard HTTP status codes with descriptive messages:
{
"detail": "File not found",
"status_code": 404
}
Queue Monitoring
GET /api/queue/stats
Get comprehensive queue and processing statistics, including Redis queue lengths, Celery worker inspection data, and database-level processing summaries.
Authentication: Required
Response (200 OK):
{
"queues": {
"document_processor": 12,
"default": 0,
"celery": 0
},
"total_queued": 12,
"celery": {
"active": [
{"id": "abc123", "name": "process_document", "args": "[42]", "started": 1700000000}
],
"reserved": [],
"scheduled": [],
"workers_online": 1
},
"db_summary": {
"total_files": 5000,
"processing": 3,
"failed": 1,
"completed": 4900,
"pending": 96,
"recent_processing": [
{"file_id": 42, "filename": "invoice.pdf", "current_step": "extract_metadata_with_gpt"}
]
}
}
GET /api/queue/pending-count
Lightweight endpoint returning the total number of queued + in-progress items. Designed for the files page banner indicator.
Authentication: Required
Response (200 OK):
{
"total_pending": 15
}
Diagnostic
GET /api/diagnostic/health
System health endpoint designed for monitoring tools such as Grafana, Uptime Kuma, Prometheus blackbox exporter, or any HTTP-based health checker.
Checks the database and Redis connectivity and returns a machine-readable JSON summary.
Authentication: Required (bypassed when AUTH_ENABLED=False)
Response (200 OK) – all subsystems healthy:
{
"status": "healthy",
"version": "1.2.3",
"timestamp": "2024-01-15T10:30:00+00:00",
"checks": {
"database": {"status": "ok"},
"redis": {"status": "ok"}
}
}
Response (200 OK) – one or more non-critical checks failed:
{
"status": "degraded",
"version": "1.2.3",
"timestamp": "2024-01-15T10:30:00+00:00",
"checks": {
"database": {"status": "ok"},
"redis": {"status": "error", "detail": "Connection refused"}
}
}
Response (503 Service Unavailable) – critical check (database) failed:
{
"status": "unhealthy",
"version": "1.2.3",
"timestamp": "2024-01-15T10:30:00+00:00",
"checks": {
"database": {"status": "error", "detail": "..."},
"redis": {"status": "ok"}
}
}
The status field is always one of:
"healthy"– all checks passed"degraded"– at least one non-critical check failed (Redis unavailable)"unhealthy"– a critical check failed (database unavailable); HTTP 503 is returned
Grafana / Uptime Kuma integration: point your health check at GET /api/diagnostic/health and check for HTTP 200 or the JSON status field.
POST /api/diagnostic/test-notification
Send a test notification through all configured notification channels.
Authentication: Required
Response (200 OK):
{
"status": "success",
"message": "Test notification sent successfully to 2 service(s)",
"services_count": 2
}
Rate Limiting
The API implements rate limiting to ensure system stability. If you exceed the limits, you'll receive a 429 Too Many Requests response.
Further Assistance
For additional help with the API, please contact our support team or refer to the Development Guide.