> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.anyformat.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Get Ground Truth

> One dataset document's ground truth, keyed by field persistent_id

*Rate limit tier: **general**, 600 requests/min. See [Rate limits](/api-reference-v3/introduction#rate-limits).*

Reads the ground truth a dataset document packet holds: the expected value of every field, keyed by the field's `persistent_id`, as an [eval](/concepts/evals) grades it. Read it before you correct it with [Set ground truth](/api-reference-v3/datasets/set-ground-truth).

`document_packet_id` is the **dataset copy's** id: the one [Upload to dataset](/api-reference-v3/datasets/upload) returns, or the one [`GET …/evals/{eval_id}/accuracy/`](/api-reference-v3/evals/accuracy) lists in `by_document_packet`.

Omit `version` to read the workflow's current version, the one an eval grades by default; pass a `version_id` from [List workflow versions](/api-reference-v3/workflows/versions) to read another. `node_id` is the extract node's `id` in the [workflow graph](/api-reference-v3/workflows/get), and you need it only when the version has more than one extract node; without it such a version answers `422 EXTRACT_NODE_UNRESOLVED`. The response names the `version_id` and `node_id` it was read from. `ground_truth` is `null` until ground truth is first set for that version and node.

Any key with the `read` scope can read. Every `404 NOT_FOUND` names what is missing in `params.resource_type`: `document_packet` for an unknown packet or one in another organization, and `workflow_version` for an unknown version. A production packet answers `409 NOT_IN_DATASET`: only a dataset document packet holds ground truth.

<RequestExample>
  ```bash curl theme={null}
  curl 'https://api.anyformat.ai/v3/document-packets/069dcc2c-e14c-7606-8000-2ee4fb17b4e1/ground-truth/' \
    -H 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY'
  ```

  ```python Python (SDK) theme={null}
  from anyformat.sdk import Client

  client = Client(api_key="YOUR_API_KEY")

  stored = client.get_ground_truth("069dcc2c-e14c-7606-8000-2ee4fb17b4e1")
  print(stored.version_id, stored.ground_truth)
  ```

  ```typescript TypeScript (SDK) theme={null}
  import { Anyformat } from "@anyformat/sdk";

  const af = new Anyformat({ apiKey: "YOUR_API_KEY" });

  const stored = await af.getGroundTruth("069dcc2c-e14c-7606-8000-2ee4fb17b4e1");
  ```
</RequestExample>

<ResponseExample>
  ```json Response (200 OK) theme={null}
  {
    "ground_truth": {
      "0686bb978c3070f0800097669e00aaaa": "INV-001",
      "0686bb978c3070f0800097669e00bbbb": [
        { "0686bb978c3070f0800097669e00cccc": "12.00" }
      ]
    },
    "version_id": "FGaV4I2JAA",
    "node_id": "extract_1"
  }
  ```

  ```json Response (200 OK, not set yet) theme={null}
  {
    "ground_truth": null,
    "version_id": "FGaV4I2JAA",
    "node_id": "extract_1"
  }
  ```
</ResponseExample>


## OpenAPI

````yaml GET /v3/document-packets/{document_packet_id}/ground-truth/
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: anyformat API
  description: >
    Document extraction and workflow automation API.


    AnyFormat lets you define extraction workflows that pull structured data
    from any document — PDFs, images, scanned files, or plain text. Upload a
    file, run it through a workflow, and get back structured fields with
    confidence scores and source evidence.


    ## Quick start


    See the [Quick start
    guide](https://docs.anyformat.ai/api-reference-v3/introduction) for a
    walkthrough.


    ## Authentication


    All endpoints (except `/health/`) require a Bearer token in the
    `Authorization` header:


    ```

    Authorization: Bearer <your-api-key>

    ```


    Get your API key from
    [app.anyformat.ai/api-key](https://app.anyformat.ai/api-key).


    ## Versioning


    Endpoints are versioned by path prefix (`/v3/`). Every response under

    a versioned prefix includes `X-API-Version`.
  version: 3.0.0
servers:
  - url: https://api.anyformat.ai
    description: API server
security: []
tags:
  - name: workflows
    description: >-
      Workflows define extraction templates — what fields to extract from
      documents. Create workflows, upload files, run extractions, and fetch
      results.
  - name: document-packets
    description: >-
      Document packets group uploaded documents for a workflow. Address a packet
      directly to (re-)run its workflow.
  - name: runs
    description: >-
      Extraction runs — the first-class result entity. Each run is a single
      execution of a workflow against a document packet; fetch its status and
      results flat by run id.
  - name: splits
    description: >-
      Splits — the sub-documents a splitter node carves out of a packet.
      Download any one of them as a PDF, built from the source documents on
      request and never stored.
  - name: parse
    description: >-
      Parse a single document with the platform's fast lite parse — a one-call
      shortcut over the workflow upload + run primitives, backed by your
      organization's system parse workflow.
  - name: health
    description: Health check endpoints to verify API availability.
paths:
  /v3/document-packets/{document_packet_id}/ground-truth/:
    get:
      tags:
        - datasets
      summary: Get ground truth
      description: >-
        Read a dataset document packet's ground truth, keyed by field
        `persistent_id`.


        Omit `version` for the workflow's current version. `ground_truth` is
        `null`

        until it is first set for that version and node. An unknown packet, one
        in

        another organization, or an unknown version returns `404`;

        `params.resource_type` says which. A production packet returns

        `409 NOT_IN_DATASET`.
      operationId: v3_get_ground_truth
      parameters:
        - name: document_packet_id
          in: path
          required: true
          schema:
            type: string
            title: Document Packet Id
        - name: version
          in: query
          required: false
          schema:
            anyOf:
              - type: string
              - type: 'null'
            description: >-
              A `version_id` from `GET /v3/workflows/{workflow_id}/versions/`.
              Omit it for the workflow's current version, the one an eval grades
              by default.
            title: Version
          description: >-
            A `version_id` from `GET /v3/workflows/{workflow_id}/versions/`.
            Omit it for the workflow's current version, the one an eval grades
            by default.
        - name: node_id
          in: query
          required: false
          schema:
            anyOf:
              - type: string
              - type: 'null'
            description: >-
              The extract node's `id` in the workflow graph, as `GET
              /v3/workflows/{workflow_id}/` returns it. Required only when the
              version has more than one extract node.
            title: Node Id
          description: >-
            The extract node's `id` in the workflow graph, as `GET
            /v3/workflows/{workflow_id}/` returns it. Required only when the
            version has more than one extract node.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful Response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/GroundTruthV3'
          headers:
            X-RateLimit-Limit:
              description: Requests allowed per window (60s).
              schema:
                type: integer
            X-RateLimit-Remaining:
              description: Requests remaining in the current window.
              schema:
                type: integer
            X-RateLimit-Reset:
              description: Seconds until the current window resets.
              schema:
                type: integer
        '400':
          description: >-
            Validation failed — the request body or query parameters are
            invalid.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorEnvelope'
              examples:
                VALIDATION_ERROR:
                  value:
                    error: The request failed validation.
                    detail: The request failed validation.
                    error_code: VALIDATION_ERROR
                    retryable: false
                    request_id: req_abc123
        '401':
          description: >-
            Authentication failed — the API key is not valid (`INVALID_API_KEY`)
            or the request carries none (`MISSING_API_KEY`).
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorEnvelope'
              examples:
                INVALID_API_KEY:
                  value:
                    error: The API key is not valid.
                    detail: The API key is not valid.
                    error_code: INVALID_API_KEY
                    retryable: false
                    request_id: req_abc123
                MISSING_API_KEY:
                  value:
                    error: The request carries no API key.
                    detail: The request carries no API key.
                    error_code: MISSING_API_KEY
                    retryable: false
                    request_id: req_abc123
        '403':
          description: >-
            Access denied — the API key lacks access to this resource or the
            scope this call needs (`ACCESS_DENIED`,
            `insufficient_api_key_scope`).
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorEnvelope'
              examples:
                ACCESS_DENIED:
                  value:
                    error: You do not have access to this resource.
                    detail: You do not have access to this resource.
                    error_code: ACCESS_DENIED
                    retryable: false
                    request_id: req_abc123
                insufficient_api_key_scope:
                  value:
                    error: The API key does not carry the scope this call needs.
                    detail: The API key does not carry the scope this call needs.
                    error_code: insufficient_api_key_scope
                    retryable: false
                    request_id: req_abc123
        '404':
          description: >-
            Resource not found — the workflow, document packet, or run ID does
            not exist or is not visible to this API key.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorEnvelope'
              examples:
                NOT_FOUND:
                  value:
                    error: The resource does not exist.
                    detail: The resource does not exist.
                    error_code: NOT_FOUND
                    retryable: false
                    request_id: req_abc123
        '409':
          description: '`NOT_IN_DATASET` — The document is not in the workflow''s dataset.'
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorEnvelope'
              examples:
                NOT_IN_DATASET:
                  value:
                    error: The document is not in the workflow's dataset.
                    detail: The document is not in the workflow's dataset.
                    error_code: NOT_IN_DATASET
                    retryable: false
                    request_id: req_abc123
        '422':
          description: >-
            `EXTRACT_NODE_UNRESOLVED` — The request does not say which extract
            node to use. `detail` is a list of one `{type, loc, msg}`; `msg` is
            `ambiguous` or `unknown`.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorEnvelope'
              examples:
                EXTRACT_NODE_UNRESOLVED:
                  value:
                    error: The request does not say which extract node to use.
                    detail:
                      - type: extract_node
                        loc:
                          - node_id
                        msg: ambiguous
                    error_code: EXTRACT_NODE_UNRESOLVED
                    retryable: false
                    request_id: req_abc123
        '429':
          description: >-
            Rate limited — retry after the `Retry-After` header. Default
            windows: 60 requests/minute for extraction submission, 600
            requests/minute for general endpoints.
          headers:
            Retry-After:
              description: Seconds until the next request is allowed.
              schema:
                type: integer
            X-RateLimit-Limit:
              description: Requests allowed per window (60s).
              schema:
                type: integer
            X-RateLimit-Remaining:
              description: Requests remaining in the current window.
              schema:
                type: integer
            X-RateLimit-Reset:
              description: Seconds until the current window resets.
              schema:
                type: integer
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorEnvelope'
              examples:
                RATE_LIMITED:
                  value:
                    error: Too many requests.
                    detail: Too many requests.
                    error_code: RATE_LIMITED
                    retryable: true
                    request_id: req_abc123
        '500':
          description: >-
            An internal error stopped the request — `retryable=true`. Retry with
            backoff.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorEnvelope'
              examples:
                INTERNAL_ERROR:
                  value:
                    error: An internal error stopped the request.
                    detail: An internal error stopped the request.
                    error_code: INTERNAL_ERROR
                    retryable: true
                    request_id: req_abc123
        '502':
          description: >-
            An upstream service failed. Retry with backoff when `retryable` is
            true.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorEnvelope'
              examples:
                INTERNAL_ERROR:
                  value:
                    error: An internal error stopped the request.
                    detail: An internal error stopped the request.
                    error_code: INTERNAL_ERROR
                    retryable: true
                    request_id: req_abc123
        '503':
          description: >-
            An upstream service is unavailable. Retry with backoff when
            `retryable` is true.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorEnvelope'
              examples:
                INTERNAL_ERROR:
                  value:
                    error: An internal error stopped the request.
                    detail: An internal error stopped the request.
                    error_code: INTERNAL_ERROR
                    retryable: true
                    request_id: req_abc123
        '504':
          description: An upstream service did not answer in time. Retry with backoff.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorEnvelope'
              examples:
                GATEWAY_TIMEOUT:
                  value:
                    error: The upstream service did not answer in time.
                    detail: The upstream service did not answer in time.
                    error_code: GATEWAY_TIMEOUT
                    retryable: true
                    request_id: req_abc123
      security:
        - ApiKeyAuth: []
components:
  schemas:
    GroundTruthV3:
      properties:
        ground_truth:
          anyOf:
            - additionalProperties: true
              type: object
            - type: 'null'
          title: Ground Truth
          description: >-
            The expected document, keyed by the workflow's field
            `persistent_id`s. A scalar field maps to `string | null`; a table or
            object field maps to an array of row objects keyed the same way.
            `null` until ground truth is first set for this version and node.
          examples:
            - 0686bb978c3070f0800097669e00aaaa: INV-001
        version_id:
          type: string
          title: Version Id
          description: The workflow version the ground truth belongs to.
          examples:
            - FGaV4I2JAA
        node_id:
          type: string
          title: Node Id
          description: The extract node's `id` in the workflow graph.
          examples:
            - extract_1
      type: object
      required:
        - ground_truth
        - version_id
        - node_id
      title: GroundTruthV3
      description: >-
        A document packet's stored ground truth and the `(version, node)` it
        belongs to.
    ErrorEnvelope:
      type: object
      title: ErrorEnvelope
      description: >-
        Uniform error response. `retryable=true` means the same request may
        succeed on retry (with backoff); `retryable=false` means the caller must
        change the request before retrying.
      required:
        - error
        - error_code
        - retryable
        - request_id
      properties:
        error:
          type: string
          description: Short human-readable summary.
        detail:
          description: >-
            Machine-readable detail, any JSON value. A string for most errors, a
            list of field errors for validation failures, and an object for a
            structured error such as `FILENAME_CONFLICT` (`detail.conflicts`).
        error_code:
          type: string
          enum:
            - ACCESS_DENIED
            - AGENTIC_MULTIFILE_UNSUPPORTED
            - AUTH_FAILED
            - CONCURRENT_EDIT
            - DATASET_DOCUMENT_REJECTED
            - DATASET_GROUND_TRUTH_SAVE_FAILED
            - DATASET_INVALID_REQUEST
            - EMPTY_EVAL
            - ENDPOINT_RETIRED
            - EXTRACT_MODE_FORBIDDEN
            - EXTRACT_NODE_UNRESOLVED
            - FILENAME_CONFLICT
            - FILE_TOO_LARGE
            - GATEWAY_TIMEOUT
            - GRAPH_READBACK_FAILED
            - GT_INVALID
            - IDEMPOTENCY_KEY_REUSED
            - IMMUTABLE_WORKFLOW
            - INSUFFICIENT_CREDIT
            - INTERNAL_ERROR
            - INTERNAL_INCONSISTENCY
            - INVALID_API_KEY
            - INVALID_JSON
            - INVALID_LOOKUP_FILE_ENCODING
            - INVALID_VALUE
            - INVALID_WORKFLOW_CONFIG
            - KNOWLEDGE_NOT_ENABLED
            - KNOWLEDGE_NOT_READY
            - KNOWLEDGE_THREAD_MISMATCH
            - KNOWLEDGE_UNSUPPORTED_SNAPSHOT_FORMAT
            - LOOKUP_FIELD_WITHOUT_FILE
            - METHOD_NOT_ALLOWED
            - MISSING_API_KEY
            - NOT_ACCEPTABLE
            - NOT_FOUND
            - NOT_IMPLEMENTED
            - NOT_IN_DATASET
            - OBJECT_STORAGE_UNAVAILABLE
            - OPERATOR_DEPRECATED
            - OPERATOR_NOT_AVAILABLE
            - PARSE_MODE_FORBIDDEN
            - PAYMENT_REQUIRED
            - PRECONDITION_FAILED
            - RATE_LIMITED
            - REQUEST_TOO_LARGE
            - RUN_IN_PROGRESS
            - SPLIT_HAS_NO_PAGES
            - SPLIT_SOURCE_NOT_PDF
            - SPLIT_WORKFLOW_DATASET_UNSUPPORTED
            - TOPOLOGY_INVALID
            - UNSUPPORTED_FILE_TYPE
            - UNSUPPORTED_LOOKUP_FILE
            - UNSUPPORTED_MEDIA_TYPE
            - UPLOAD_SNIFF_BUDGET_EXCEEDED
            - VALIDATION_ERROR
            - WORKFLOW_CONCURRENT_EDIT
            - WORKFLOW_NAME_CONFLICT
            - ZERO_DATA_RETENTION_REFUSES_DATASET
            - ZERO_DATA_RETENTION_REFUSES_KNOWLEDGE
            - deprecated_operator_ack_required
            - insufficient_api_key_scope
            - terms_acceptance_required
          description: >-
            Stable identifier for programmatic handling. New values can be added
            at any time, so a client must accept a code it does not know.
          examples:
            - VALIDATION_ERROR
            - AUTH_FAILED
            - NOT_FOUND
            - PRECONDITION_FAILED
            - RATE_LIMITED
            - INTERNAL_ERROR
            - GATEWAY_TIMEOUT
        retryable:
          type: boolean
          description: True when the caller should retry (with backoff for 429/412/5xx).
        request_id:
          type: string
          description: Correlates this response with server logs.
        params:
          type: object
          additionalProperties: true
          description: >-
            Values specific to this occurrence of the error that a caller needs
            to recover, such as `node_ids` or `required_scope`, keyed by name.
            Absent when the code relays none.
        doc_url:
          type: string
          format: uri
          description: Link to the documentation of this `error_code`.
  securitySchemes:
    ApiKeyAuth:
      type: http
      description: >-
        API key issued from app.anyformat.ai/api-key. Send as `Authorization:
        Bearer <key>`.
      scheme: bearer

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