> ## 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.
# Upload and Run
> Upload a document packet and start a run in a single call
*Rate limit tier: **submission** (60 req/min) — see [Rate limits](/api-reference-v3/introduction#rate-limits).*
Uploads 1–10 files as a single [document packet](/concepts/document-packets) and immediately enqueues a [run](/concepts/runs-and-results) on the workflow's latest version — the one-shot composition of [Upload](/api-reference-v3/workflows/upload) and [Run packet](/api-reference-v3/document-packets/run). This is the shortest path from bytes to structured data.
The `202` response returns the new `run_id`. Poll [`GET /v3/runs/{run_id}/`](/api-reference-v3/runs/get) until `status` is terminal — the results arrive inline on that same read. For production integrations, prefer [webhooks](/api-reference/webhooks/overview) over polling.
Send the files as multipart form data under the `files` field (repeat it for a multi-file packet); files above the per-file size cap are rejected at slot mint (before any bytes reach S3). Packet creation is all-or-nothing.
**Retries are safe with `Idempotency-Key`.** Retrying with the same key replays the original packet **and** run — no duplicate upload, no second extraction billed. See [Idempotency](/api-reference-v3/introduction#idempotency).
An organization without extraction credit receives `402 PAYMENT_REQUIRED`.
```bash curl theme={null}
curl -X POST 'https://api.anyformat.ai/v3/workflows/0686bb97-8c30-70f0-8000-97669e000eb8/upload/run/' \
-H 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY' \
-H 'Idempotency-Key: 7c1d2e3f-4a5b-6c7d-8e9f-0a1b2c3d4e5f' \
-F 'files=@/path/to/invoice.pdf'
```
```python Python (requests) theme={null}
import requests
import time
workflow_id = "0686bb97-8c30-70f0-8000-97669e000eb8"
base = "https://api.anyformat.ai"
headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"}
with open("invoice.pdf", "rb") as f:
triggered = requests.post(
f"{base}/v3/workflows/{workflow_id}/upload/run/",
headers={**headers, "Idempotency-Key": "7c1d2e3f-4a5b-6c7d-8e9f-0a1b2c3d4e5f"},
files=[("files", f)],
).json()
run_url = f"{base}/v3/runs/{triggered['run_id']}/"
for _ in range(100):
run = requests.get(run_url, headers=headers).json()
if run["status"] == "processed":
print(run["results"])
break
if run["status"] in ("error", "cancelled"):
print(f"Terminal: {run['status']}")
break
time.sleep(3)
```
```typescript TypeScript theme={null}
interface RunTriggered {
run_id: string;
document_packet_id: string;
workflow_id: string;
status: 'queued' | 'in_progress' | 'processed' | 'error' | 'cancelled';
}
const workflowId = '0686bb97-8c30-70f0-8000-97669e000eb8';
const formData = new FormData();
formData.append('files', fileInput.files[0]);
const response = await fetch(
`https://api.anyformat.ai/v3/workflows/${workflowId}/upload/run/`,
{
method: 'POST',
headers: {
'Authorization': 'Bearer YOUR_API_KEY',
'Idempotency-Key': crypto.randomUUID(),
},
body: formData,
}
);
if (!response.ok) {
throw new Error(`API error: ${response.status}`);
}
const triggered: RunTriggered = await response.json();
console.log(triggered.run_id);
```
```json Response (202 Accepted) theme={null}
{
"run_id": "069dcc2c-e14c-7606-8000-2ee4fb17b4f9",
"document_packet_id": "069dcc2c-e14c-7606-8000-2ee4fb17b4e1",
"workflow_id": "0686bb97-8c30-70f0-8000-97669e000eb8",
"status": "queued"
}
```
## OpenAPI
````yaml POST /v3/workflows/{workflow_id}/upload/run/
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/introduction) for a
walkthrough.
## Authentication
All endpoints (except `/health/`) require a Bearer token in the
`Authorization` header:
```
Authorization: Bearer
```
Get your API key from
[app.anyformat.ai/api-key](https://app.anyformat.ai/api-key).
## Versioning
Endpoints are versioned by path prefix (`/v2/`, `/v3/`). Every response
under
a versioned prefix includes `X-API-Version`.
version: 2.0.0
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: files
description: >-
File collections group uploaded documents and track their extraction
progress. Upload files, check status, and retrieve extraction results.
- name: suggestions
description: >-
AI-powered schema and workflow suggestion endpoints for the AnyFormat
webapp. Authenticated with a Cognito JWT rather than an API key.
- name: document-packets
description: >-
Document packets group uploaded documents for a workflow (v3). Address a
packet directly to (re-)run its workflow.
- name: runs
description: >-
Extraction runs — the v3 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: health
description: Health check endpoints to verify API availability.
paths:
/v3/workflows/{workflow_id}/upload/run/:
post:
tags:
- workflows
summary: Upload and run workflow
description: |-
Upload one document packet and run it in a single call.
Composes `POST /v3/workflows/{workflow_id}/upload/` and
`POST /v3/document-packets/{document_packet_id}/run/`: the files are
grouped into ONE packet (all-or-nothing) and an extraction is enqueued
on the workflow's latest version. Poll `GET /v3/runs/{run_id}/` until
`status` is terminal.
operationId: v3_upload_and_run_workflow
parameters:
- name: workflow_id
in: path
required: true
schema:
type: string
title: Workflow Id
- name: Idempotency-Key
in: header
required: false
schema:
anyOf:
- type: string
- type: 'null'
description: >-
Optional caller-supplied key (Stripe convention). Retrying the
request with the same key replays the original packet AND run — no
duplicate upload, no second extraction.
title: Idempotency-Key
description: >-
Optional caller-supplied key (Stripe convention). Retrying the
request with the same key replays the original packet AND run — no
duplicate upload, no second extraction.
requestBody:
required: true
content:
multipart/form-data:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Body_v3_upload_and_run_workflow'
responses:
'202':
description: Successful Response
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/RunTriggeredV3'
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
'401':
description: Authentication failed — missing, invalid, or expired API key.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorEnvelope'
examples:
AUTH_FAILED:
value:
error: Authentication failed.
detail: Authentication failed.
error_code: AUTH_FAILED
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: Resource not found.
detail: Resource not found.
error_code: NOT_FOUND
retryable: false
request_id: req_abc123
'422':
description: Validation Error
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/HTTPValidationError'
'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: Rate limit exceeded — retry after backoff.
detail: Rate limit exceeded — retry after backoff.
error_code: RATE_LIMITED
retryable: true
request_id: req_abc123
security:
- ApiKeyAuth: []
components:
schemas:
Body_v3_upload_and_run_workflow:
properties:
files:
items:
type: string
contentMediaType: application/octet-stream
type: array
title: Files
description: 1..10 files forming one document packet.
type: object
required:
- files
title: Body_v3_upload_and_run_workflow
RunTriggeredV3:
properties:
run_id:
type: string
title: Run Id
description: Unique identifier of the new run (hyphenated UUID).
examples:
- 069dcc2c-e14c-7606-8000-2ee4fb17b4f9
document_packet_id:
type: string
title: Document Packet Id
description: The document packet the run executes on (hyphenated UUID).
examples:
- 069dcc2c-e14c-7606-8000-2ee4fb17b4e1
workflow_id:
type: string
title: Workflow Id
description: The workflow being run (hyphenated UUID).
examples:
- 0686bb97-8c30-70f0-8000-97669e000eb8
status:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/RunStatus'
description: Status at acceptance time — normally `queued`.
examples:
- queued
type: object
required:
- run_id
- document_packet_id
- workflow_id
- status
title: RunTriggeredV3
description: |-
202 response for both run triggers (`upload/run/` and
`document-packets/{id}/run/`).
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
- detail
- error_code
- retryable
- request_id
properties:
error:
type: string
description: Short human-readable summary.
detail:
description: >-
Machine-readable detail. String for most errors; list of field
errors for validation failures.
oneOf:
- type: string
- type: array
items:
type: object
error_code:
type: string
description: Stable identifier for programmatic handling.
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.
HTTPValidationError:
properties:
detail:
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ValidationError'
type: array
title: Detail
type: object
title: HTTPValidationError
RunStatus:
type: string
enum:
- queued
- in_progress
- processed
- error
- cancelled
title: RunStatus
description: |-
Execution lifecycle of a run. Non-terminal: ``queued``,
``in_progress``. Terminal: ``processed`` (success), ``error``,
``cancelled``.
ValidationError:
properties:
loc:
items:
anyOf:
- type: string
- type: integer
type: array
title: Location
msg:
type: string
title: Message
type:
type: string
title: Error Type
input:
title: Input
ctx:
type: object
title: Context
type: object
required:
- loc
- msg
- type
title: ValidationError
securitySchemes:
ApiKeyAuth:
type: http
description: >-
API key issued from app.anyformat.ai/api-key. Send as `Authorization:
Bearer `.
scheme: bearer
````