Govly Documents API

Read document representations and request temporary original-file downloads.

Operations 2

GET /api/tools/v1/documents/read Read bounded document content #
GET /api/tools/v1/documents/download Get a temporary original-file download #

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OpenAPI Specification

govly-documents-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Govly Tools Documents API
  version: 1.0.0-alpha
  description: 'ALPHA / UNSTABLE: This API is still in active development. Endpoint behavior, request fields, response fields, error codes, and operation names may change before the Tools API is declared stable.

    REST-callable tool surface for agent and automation workflows. Agents are the primary consumer, but integrations can be built on this API. Responses are JSON for typed clients; MCP tools may render action results into text-oriented formats separately.

    Validating requests: validate against this schema in your client before sending. Govly ignores a request field it does not recognize rather than rejecting it, so a misspelled filter name is not applied — the response returns 200 with a broader result set than you intended, and nothing marks the difference. Where a request body declares `additionalProperties: false`, strict client-side validation is what catches that. Fields sent with the wrong type are rejected with 400 on most endpoints; validate types in your client too rather than relying on it.

    Rate limits: each resource (for example awards, opportunities, or workspaces) allows 70 requests per minute per user. Exceeding it returns 429 with the standard error envelope, `code: rate_limited`, and a `Retry-After` header. Keys sent in the `X-API-KEY` header are also subject to the Enterprise API limit of 300 requests per minute per key; see the Rate Limits page.'
servers:
- url: https://app.govly.com
security:
- bearerApiKey: []
- headerApiKey: []
tags:
- name: Documents
  description: Read document representations and request temporary original-file downloads.
paths:
  /api/tools/v1/documents/read:
    get:
      tags:
      - Documents
      operationId: document_read
      summary: Read bounded document content
      description: Reads a bounded portion of an authorized document without creating an analysis or enqueueing extraction work. Start a read with documentType and id. Continue when meta.hasMore is true by sending only meta.nextCursor and, optionally, maxChars. Cursors are opaque, source-bound, and re-authorized on every request. Opportunity document IDs are OppAttachment.id values returned as opportunity attachment id; access is derived from any associated opportunity/source path visible to the caller rather than from a client-supplied opportunity ID. Use positioned_text only when data.availableRepresentations advertises it. PDF page ranges are supported with pageStart and pageEnd. Processing and representation_unavailable are successful structured states. Failed or unavailable extraction returns the standard 422 error envelope, inaccessible records return the standard 404 error envelope, and invalid parameters return the standard 422 error envelope.
      parameters:
      - name: documentType
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Required with id for an initial read. Omit when continuing with cursor.
        schema:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/DocumentType'
      - name: id
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Required with documentType for an initial read. Omit when continuing with cursor.
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: representation
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Initial-read representation. Omit when continuing with cursor.
        schema:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/DocumentRepresentation'
      - name: maxChars
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Maximum characters returned in this response.
        schema:
          type: integer
          default: 100000
          minimum: 1
          maximum: 100000
      - name: cursor
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Opaque continuation token from meta.nextCursor. May be combined only with maxChars.
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: pageStart
        in: query
        required: false
        description: First PDF page to read, inclusive. Omit when continuing with cursor.
        schema:
          type: integer
          minimum: 1
      - name: pageEnd
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Last PDF page to read, inclusive. Omit when continuing with cursor.
        schema:
          type: integer
          minimum: 1
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Document content, processing state, or representation availability state.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/DocumentReadEnvelope'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Error'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Error'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Error'
        '422':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Error'
        '429':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/RateLimited'
  /api/tools/v1/documents/download:
    get:
      tags:
      - Documents
      operationId: document_download
      summary: Get a temporary original-file download
      description: Returns a fresh presigned URL for the authorized original file. The URL expires at data.expiresAt. This operation is separate from document_read so reading representations never downloads the full file implicitly.
      parameters:
      - name: documentType
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/DocumentType'
      - name: id
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Temporary original-file download descriptor.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/DocumentDownloadEnvelope'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Error'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Error'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Error'
        '422':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Error'
        '429':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/RateLimited'
components:
  schemas:
    DocumentReadMeta:
      allOf:
      - $ref: '#/components/schemas/ActionMeta'
      - type: object
        required:
        - hasMore
        - nextCursor
        properties:
          totalLength:
            type: integer
          returnedLength:
            type: integer
          pageCount:
            type: integer
          contentRange:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/DocumentContentRange'
          hasMore:
            type: boolean
          nextCursor:
            type:
            - string
            - 'null'
            description: Opaque continuation token. Present only in meta and non-null when hasMore is true.
    DocumentContentRange:
      type: object
      required:
      - pageStart
      - pageEnd
      properties:
        pageStart:
          type: integer
          minimum: 1
        pageEnd:
          type: integer
          minimum: 1
    AvailableAction:
      type: object
      required:
      - name
      - description
      - arguments
      - idPaths
      properties:
        name:
          type: string
          description: MCP/tool operation name.
        description:
          type: string
        arguments:
          type: object
          description: Static arguments to pass to the action.
        idPaths:
          type: array
          description: JSON paths where IDs for this action can be found in the current response.
          items:
            type: string
    DocumentReadEnvelope:
      type: object
      required:
      - data
      - meta
      properties:
        data:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/DocumentRead'
        meta:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/DocumentReadMeta'
    DocumentDownload:
      type: object
      required:
      - id
      - documentType
      - filename
      - url
      - expiresAt
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
        documentType:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/DocumentType'
        filename:
          type: string
        contentType:
          type: string
        byteSize:
          type: integer
        url:
          type: string
          format: uri
          description: Temporary presigned URL for the original file.
        expiresAt:
          type: string
          format: date-time
    RateLimitError:
      type: object
      required:
      - error
      properties:
        error:
          type: string
    ErrorEnvelope:
      type: object
      required:
      - errors
      properties:
        errors:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            required:
            - status
            - code
            - title
            - detail
            properties:
              status:
                type: string
              code:
                type: string
              title:
                type: string
              detail:
                type: string
              source:
                type: object
                properties:
                  pointer:
                    type: string
    DocumentRepresentation:
      type: string
      enum:
      - text
      - positioned_text
      default: text
    DocumentType:
      type: string
      enum:
      - opportunity_attachment
      - workspace_attachment
      - session_attachment
      - document
    ActionMeta:
      type: object
      properties:
        availableActions:
          type: array
          description: Structured hints for useful follow-up actions. These are advisory; clients should still rely on tool schemas and authorization.
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/AvailableAction'
        sourceCoverage:
          type: object
          description: Result-local source inventory and guidance for claims that require opportunity attachment content.
          required:
          - opportunityAttachmentCount
          - guidance
          properties:
            opportunityAttachmentCount:
              type: integer
              minimum: 0
            guidance:
              type: string
    DocumentRead:
      type: object
      required:
      - id
      - documentType
      - filename
      - status
      - representation
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
        documentType:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/DocumentType'
        filename:
          type: string
        contentType:
          type: string
        byteSize:
          type: integer
        status:
          type: string
          enum:
          - ready
          - processing
          - representation_unavailable
        representation:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/DocumentRepresentation'
        content:
          type: string
          description: Bounded content for a ready representation.
        references:
          type: object
          additionalProperties: true
          description: Reference metadata emitted by positioned_text content.
        summary:
          type: string
          description: Optional orientation summary on the initial read. Read source content for precise or exhaustive work.
        availableRepresentations:
          type: array
          description: Representations available for this document, returned on the initial read.
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/DocumentRepresentation'
        usageHint:
          type: string
          description: MCP-oriented guidance based on summary, continuation, and representation availability.
        message:
          type: string
          description: Guidance when extraction is processing or a requested representation is unavailable.
    DocumentDownloadEnvelope:
      type: object
      required:
      - data
      properties:
        data:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/DocumentDownload'
  responses:
    Error:
      description: Error response
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorEnvelope'
    RateLimited:
      description: 'Too many requests. Two limiters can produce this status and they use different bodies. The per-user limit of 70 requests per minute for each resource returns the standard error envelope with `code: rate_limited` and a `Retry-After` header. Keys sent in the `X-API-KEY` header are also subject to the Enterprise API limit of 300 requests per minute per key, which returns the plain `error` form with `Retry-After` and the `X-RateLimit-*` headers. Clients should accept either body.

        '
      headers:
        Retry-After:
          description: Seconds to wait before retrying.
          schema:
            type: string
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            oneOf:
            - $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorEnvelope'
            - $ref: '#/components/schemas/RateLimitError'
  securitySchemes:
    bearerApiKey:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: API key
    headerApiKey:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: X-API-KEY
x-provenance:
  method: harvested
  publisher: Govly
  source: https://docs.govly.com/openapi/tools-v1.yaml
  note: split by refine-openapis from the provider's own published document, verified by fetch (openapi/_original/*.fetch.json);
    stamped by stamp-openapi-provenance.py (roadmap#793)