Heron End User Files API

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  contact:
    email: support@herondata.io
    name: Support
  title: Heron Data End User Files API
  version: '2021-07-19'
servers:
- description: Production
  url: https://app.herondata.io
security:
- ApiKeyAuth:
  - key_XXX
tags:
- name: EndUserFiles
paths:
  /api/end_user_files:
    get:
      description: Get all files uploaded to Heron by your users, not including parsed results from files
      responses:
        '200':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/EndUserFileSchema'
                type: array
          description: OK
      security:
      - ApiKeyAuth: []
      summary: All EndUserFiles
      tags:
      - EndUserFiles
  /api/end_user_files/process_standalone:
    post:
      description: 'Process a file for classification and parsing without storing it as an EndUserFile. Results are delivered via webhook to subscribed endpoints.

        '
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/StandaloneProcessFileSchema'
        required: true
      responses:
        '200':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                properties:
                  reference_id:
                    description: The reference ID provided in the request
                    type: string
                type: object
          description: OK
      security:
      - ApiKeyAuth: []
      summary: Process file without creating EndUserFile record
      tags:
      - EndUserFiles
  /api/end_user_files/recent_by_file_class:
    get:
      description: Retrieve the most recent files for the specified file class.
      parameters:
      - description: The file class to filter by.
        in: query
        name: file_class
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - description: The maximum number of files to return, defaults to 20
        in: query
        name: limit
        required: false
        schema:
          type: integer
      responses:
        '200':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/EndUserFileSchema'
                type: array
          description: A list of recent files.
      security:
      - ApiKeyAuth: []
      summary: Get recent files by file class
      tags:
      - EndUserFiles
  /api/end_user_files/rename_rules:
    get:
      description: Retrieve all file rename rules for the current user.
      responses:
        '200':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/GetFileRenameRulesSchema'
                type: array
          description: A list of file rename rules
      security:
      - ApiKeyAuth: []
      summary: Get file rename rules
      tags:
      - EndUserFiles
    post:
      description: Add a new rename rule for files.
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/CreateFileRenameRuleSchema'
        required: true
      responses:
        '200':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/GetFileRenameRulesSchema'
          description: The created file rename rule
      security:
      - ApiKeyAuth: []
      summary: Create a file rename rule
      tags:
      - EndUserFiles
  /api/end_user_files/rename_rules/slugs:
    get:
      description: Retrieve all file rename rules slugs for the current user.
      responses:
        '200':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                items:
                  type: string
                type: array
          description: A list of file rename rule slugs
      security:
      - ApiKeyAuth: []
      summary: Get file rename rule variable slugs
      tags:
      - EndUserFiles
  /api/end_user_files/rename_rules/{heron_id}:
    patch:
      description: Update an existing rename rule identified by its `heron_id`.
      parameters:
      - description: The unique identifier of the rename rule.
        in: path
        name: heron_id
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/UpdateFileRenameRuleSchema'
        required: true
      responses:
        '200':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/GetFileRenameRulesSchema'
          description: The updated file rename rule
      security:
      - ApiKeyAuth: []
      summary: Update a file rename rule
      tags:
      - EndUserFiles
  /api/end_user_files/{heron_id}:
    delete:
      parameters:
      - description: The Heron ID of the end user file to delete
        in: path
        name: heron_id
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                properties:
                  success:
                    type: boolean
                type: object
          description: OK
        '403':
          description: Unauthorized to delete this end user file
        '404':
          description: End user file not found
      security:
      - ApiKeyAuth: []
      summary: Delete an EndUserFile
      tags:
      - EndUserFiles
    get:
      description: 'Retrieve a single end user file by its Heron ID. Returns file metadata including filename, file class, parsed results (if any), and related info. Use this endpoint when you have an end user file Heron ID and need its details without listing or filtering all files.

        '
      parameters:
      - description: The Heron ID of the end user file (e.g. euf_...)
        in: path
        name: heron_id
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/EndUserFileSchema'
          description: The end user file
        '404':
          description: End user file not found
      security:
      - ApiKeyAuth: []
      summary: Get a single end user file by Heron ID
      tags:
      - EndUserFiles
    patch:
      description: 'Use this endpoint to change the end user file''s class. The file will be reprocessed as the new type.

        '
      parameters:
      - in: path
        name: heron_id
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/EndUserFileUpdateSchema'
        required: true
      responses:
        '200':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/EndUserFileSchema'
          description: Ok
      security:
      - ApiKeyAuth: []
      summary: Update the end user file's class
      tags:
      - EndUserFiles
  /api/end_user_files/{heron_id}/file:
    get:
      description: Get the base64 string representation of an end user file
      parameters:
      - description: The heron_id of the end user file
        in: path
        name: heron_id
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/EndUserFileBase64Schema'
          description: OK
      security:
      - ApiKeyAuth: []
      summary: Get EndUserFile as a base64 string
      tags:
      - EndUserFiles
  /api/end_user_files/{heron_id}/parse_file:
    post:
      parameters:
      - description: The file's heron_id
        in: path
        name: heron_id
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/ParseFileSchema'
        required: true
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
      security:
      - ApiKeyAuth: []
      summary: Trigger async parsing of an end user file
      tags:
      - EndUserFiles
  /api/end_user_files/{heron_id}/parsed_results:
    get:
      parameters:
      - description: The file's heron_id - beginning with 'euf_'
        in: path
        name: heron_id
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - in: query
        name: parser_id
        required: false
        schema:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
      - in: query
        name: version_number
        required: false
        schema:
          type:
          - integer
          - 'null'
      responses:
        '200':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/ParsedEndUserFileSchema'
                type: array
          description: OK
      security:
      - ApiKeyAuth: []
      summary: Get parsed results from uploaded files
      tags:
      - EndUserFiles
  /api/end_user_files/{heron_id}/trigger_rename:
    post:
      parameters:
      - description: The file's heron_id - starting with euf_
        in: path
        name: heron_id
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/EndUserFileSchema'
          description: OK
      security:
      - ApiKeyAuth: []
      summary: Trigger file's rename rule
      tags:
      - EndUserFiles
  /api/end_user_files/{heron_id}/trigger_split:
    post:
      parameters:
      - description: The file's heron_id
        in: path
        name: heron_id
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/EndUserFileSchema'
                type: array
          description: OK
      security:
      - ApiKeyAuth: []
      summary: Trigger splitting a combined end user file into its child files based on its page_classes
      tags:
      - EndUserFiles
  /api/end_user_files/{parsed_end_user_file_id}/parsed_results:
    patch:
      parameters:
      - description: The ID of the parsed end user file
        in: path
        name: parsed_end_user_file_id
        required: true
        schema:
          type: integer
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              properties:
                parsed_result:
                  additionalProperties: true
                  type: object
        required: true
      responses:
        '200':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ParsedEndUserFileSchema'
          description: OK
        '404':
          description: Parsed end user file not found
      security:
      - ApiKeyAuth: []
      summary: Update Parsed Results
      tags:
      - EndUserFiles
  /api/end_users/{end_user_id_or_heron_id}/files:
    get:
      description: Get all files for an end user
      parameters:
      - in: path
        name: end_user_id_or_heron_id
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/EndUserFileSchema'
                type: array
          description: OK
      security:
      - ApiKeyAuth: []
      summary: Get EndUserFiles
      tags:
      - EndUserFiles
    post:
      deprecated: true
      description: Deprecated — use [Post EndUserFile V2](/api-reference/enduserfiles/post-enduserfile-v2) instead.
      parameters:
      - in: path
        name: end_user_id_or_heron_id
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/EndUserFileUploadSchema'
        required: true
      responses:
        '201':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/EndUserFileSchema'
          description: OK
      security:
      - ApiKeyAuth: []
      summary: Post EndUserFile
      tags:
      - EndUserFiles
  /api/end_users/{end_user_id_or_heron_id}/files/download:
    get:
      description: Download all files for an end user as a zip
      parameters:
      - in: path
        name: end_user_id_or_heron_id
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          content:
            application/zip:
              schema:
                format: binary
                type: string
          description: OK
      security:
      - ApiKeyAuth: []
      summary: Download EndUserFiles
      tags:
      - EndUserFiles
  /api/end_users/{end_user_id_or_heron_id}/files/parsed_results/xlsx:
    get:
      parameters:
      - in: path
        name: end_user_id_or_heron_id
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          content:
            application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet:
              schema:
                format: binary
                type: string
          description: OK
      security:
      - ApiKeyAuth: []
      summary: Download xlsx of parsed results from uploaded files
      tags:
      - EndUserFiles
  /api/end_users/{end_user_id_or_heron_id}/files/v2:
    post:
      description: 'Upload file to an end user & asynchronously classify its type. After uploading, call the `/start_workflow` endpoint to trigger downstream processing (parsing, bank statement extraction, etc.).

        '
      parameters:
      - in: path
        name: end_user_id_or_heron_id
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      requestBody:
        content:
          multipart/form-data:
            schema:
              properties:
                file:
                  description: The file to upload
                  format: binary
                  type: string
                file_class:
                  description: '(Optional) - The type of file. Common values: bank_statement, iso_application_form, debt_summary, void_check, invoice, pnl_statement, balance_sheet, tax_return, money_market_statement. Contact Heron support for the full list of file classes available for your account.'
                  type: string
                reference_id:
                  description: Your reference id for the file
                  type: string
              required:
              - file
              type: object
        required: true
      responses:
        '201':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/EndUserFileSchema'
          description: OK
      security:
      - ApiKeyAuth: []
      summary: Post EndUserFile V2
      tags:
      - EndUserFiles
  /api/end_users/{end_user_id_or_heron_id}/start_workflow:
    post:
      description: Starts your configured Heron workflow for an end user
      parameters:
      - description: The end user's ID or heron_id
        in: path
        name: end_user_id_or_heron_id
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                properties:
                  success:
                    type: boolean
                type: object
          description: Heron workflow triggered successfully
        '404':
          description: End user not found
      security:
      - ApiKeyAuth: []
      summary: Start Workflow
      tags:
      - EndUserFiles
components:
  schemas:
    DataSourceNested:
      properties:
        heron_id:
          description: Heron ID of the data source
          type: string
        is_enabled:
          description: Whether this data source is enabled
          type: boolean
      type: object
    CreateFileRenameRuleSchema:
      properties:
        end_user_file_class:
          type: string
        file_name_template:
          type: string
        is_enabled:
          type: boolean
        variables:
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/VariableDefinition'
          type: array
      required:
      - end_user_file_class
      - file_name_template
      - is_enabled
      type: object
    EndUserFileSchema:
      properties:
        bank_statement:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/PdfGet'
          example: null
          readOnly: true
        created:
          format: date-time
          type: string
        email:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/EndUserEmailSchema'
          example: null
          readOnly: true
        file_class:
          type: string
        file_source_metadata:
          additionalProperties: {}
          readOnly: true
          type:
          - object
          - 'null'
        filename:
          type: string
        heron_id:
          type: string
        iso_application:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/GetIsoApplication'
          readOnly: true
        num_pages:
          type: integer
        page_classes:
          additionalProperties:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/EndUserFilePageClasses'
          type:
          - object
          - 'null'
        parent_heron_id:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        parsed_results:
          default: []
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ParsedEndUserFile'
          readOnly: true
          type: array
        processing_error:
          readOnly: true
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        reference_id:
          type: string
        renamed_filename:
          type: string
      type: object
    GetFileRenameRulesSchema:
      properties:
        end_user_file_class:
          type: string
        file_name_template:
          type: string
        heron_id:
          type: string
        is_enabled:
          type: boolean
        variables:
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/VariableDefinition'
          type: array
      required:
      - end_user_file_class
      - file_name_template
      - is_enabled
      type: object
    ParsedEndUserFile:
      properties:
        attribute_values:
          items:
            additionalProperties: {}
            type: object
          type: array
        bounding_boxes:
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ParsedEndUserFileBoundingBox'
          type:
          - array
          - 'null'
        created:
          format: date-time
          type: string
        field_validations:
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/FieldValidation'
          type: array
        heron_id:
          description: Unique identifier of the end user file
          type: string
        id:
          description: '[DEPRECATED] Unique identifier for the parsed file'
          type: integer
        layout_bounding_boxes:
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ParsedEndUserFileBoundingBox'
          type:
          - array
          - 'null'
        parser_display_name:
          type: string
        parser_id:
          type: string
        parsing_status:
          enum:
          - succeeded
          - failed
          - processing
          type: string
        patches:
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ParsedEndUserFilePatch'
          type: array
        result:
          additionalProperties: {}
          description: Final output result after applying patches
          type:
          - object
          - 'null'
        result_schema:
          additionalProperties: {}
          description: The output JSON schema the results conform to
          type: object
        validation_summary:
          description: Summary of validation results
          type: string
      required:
      - created
      - heron_id
      - parser_id
      - parsing_status
      type: object
    EndUserFilePageClasses:
      properties:
        confidence:
          default: 1.0
          type: number
        file_class:
          type: string
      type: object
    VariableDefinition:
      properties:
        description:
          type: string
        examples:
          items:
            type: string
          type: array
        key:
          type: string
        name:
          type: string
      required:
      - description
      - examples
      - key
      - name
      type: object
    EndUserFileUpdateSchema:
      properties:
        file_class:
          type: string
        page_classes:
          additionalProperties:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/EndUserFilePageClasses'
          type:
          - object
          - 'null'
        parent_heron_id:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        reference_id:
          type: string
      type: object
    StandaloneProcessFileSchema:
      properties:
        expected_file_class:
          description: Expected file classification (e.g., 'bank_statement')
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        file_content_base64:
          description: Base64 encoded file content
          type: string
        filename:
          description: Original filename (helps with MIME type detection)
          type: string
        reference_id:
          description: Reference ID for tracking
          type: string
      required:
      - file_content_base64
      - filename
      - reference_id
      type: object
    PdfGet:
      properties:
        data_source:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/DataSourceNested'
          description: The data source for this PDF. Only available after parsing and enrichment has completed, otherwise null.
        heron_id:
          description: ID generated by Heron Data
          example: pdf_TdpNDuBWbCK82yDs4CqSAT
          type: string
        status:
          description: Status of PDF
          enum:
          - new
          - parsing
          - parsed
          - processed
          - human_reviewing
          - approved
          - rejected
          - failed
          - transactions_loaded
          - transactions_unloaded
          example: processed
          type: string
      type: object
    UpdateFileRenameRuleSchema:
      properties:
        file_name_template:
          type: string
        is_enabled:
          type: boolean
        variables:
          default: []
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/VariableDefinition'
          type: array
      required:
      - file_name_template
      - is_enabled
      type: object
    EndUserFileUploadSchema:
      properties:
        file_base64:
          description: Base64 encoded file bytes
          type: string
        file_class:
          description: The type of file, e.g., bank_statement
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        filename:
          description: Name of file
          type: string
        parent_file_heron_id:
          description: The Heron ID of the parent file, if this file is a part of another file
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        reference_id:
          description: Your reference id for file
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        trigger_downstream_processing:
          default: true
          description: Whether to trigger downstream processing (file classification, parsing, etc.) upon upload
          type: boolean
      required:
      - file_base64
      - filename
      type: object
    GetIsoApplication:
      properties:
        heron_id:
          description: The ISO application's heron_id
          example: iso_6hBjQT9k6KP2rLCXwjUJff
          type: string
        processing_status:
          description: The processing status of the file.
          enum:
          - new
          - processing
          - processed
          - failed
          example: processed
          type: string
      required:
      - heron_id
      - processing_status
      type: object
    EndUserFileBase64Schema:
      properties:
        file_b64:
          type: string
        mime_type:
          type: string
      type: object
    ParseFileSchema:
      properties:
        parser_id:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
      type: object
    ParsedEndUserFilePatch:
      properties:
        correction_reason:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        enabled:
          type:
          - boolean
          - 'null'
        op:
          type: string
        original_value: {}
        path:
          type: string
        source:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        value: {}
      required:
      - op
      - path
      type: object
    EndUserEmailSchema:
      properties:
        cc_addresses:
          items:
            type: string
          type: array
        created:
          format: date-time
          type: string
        date_sent:
          format: date-time
          type: string
        date_sent_string:
          type: string
        from_address:
          type: string
        from_address_domain:
          type: string
        from_name:
          type: string
        heron_id:
          type: string
        html_body:
          type: string
        html_or_text_body:
          type: string
        is_reply:
          type: boolean
        processing_status:
          enum:
          - new
          - processing
          - processed
          - failed
          type: string
        reply_to:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        subject:
          type: string
        subject_cleaned:
          type: string
        text_body:
          type: string
        to_addresses:
          items:
            type: string
          type: array
        viewer_url:
          description: a temporary, secure URL for viewing the email contents
          type: string
      type: object
    ParsedEndUserFileSchema:
      properties:
        attribute_values:
          items:
            additionalProperties: {}
            type: object
          type: array
        bounding_boxes:
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ParsedEndUserFileBoundingBox'
          type:
          - array
          - 'null'
        created:
          format: date-time
          type: string
        field_validations:
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/FieldValidation'
          type: array
        heron_id:
          description: Unique identifier of the end user file
          type: string
        id:
          description: '[DEPRECATED] Unique identifier for the parsed file'
          type: integer
        layout_bounding_boxes:
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ParsedEndUserFileBoundingBox'
          type:
          - array
          - 'null'
        parser_display_name:
          type: string
        parser_id:
          type: string
        parsing_status:
          enum:
          - succeeded
          - failed
          - processing
          type: string
        patches:
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ParsedEndUserFilePatch'
          type: array
        result:
          additionalProperties: {}
          description: Final output result after applying patches
          type:
          - object
          - 'null'
        result_schema:
          additionalProperties: {}
          description: The output JSON schema the results conform to
          type: object
        validation_summary:
          description: Summary of validation results
          type: string
      required:
      - created
      - heron_id
      - parser_id
      - parsing_status
      type: object
    FieldValidation:
      properties:
        failure_reason:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        field_name:
          type: string
        result:
          enum:
          - pass
          - fail
          - not_applicable
          example: pass
          type: string
        validation_type:
          type: string
      required:
      - failure_reason
      - field_name
      - result
      - validation_type
      type: object
    ParsedEndUserFileBoundingBox:
      properties:
        bounding_box:
          description: Bounding box coordinates in the format 'y1,x1,y2,x2'
          items:
            type: number
          type: array
        json_pointer:
          description: JSON pointer to the field in the parsed result
          type: string
        page_num:
          description: Page number where the bounding box is located
          type: integer
        value:
          description: The actual value of the field within the bounding box
          type: string
      required:
      - bounding_box
      - json_pointer
      - page_num
      - value
      type: object
  securitySchemes:
    ApiKeyAuth:
      in: header
      name: x-api-key
      type: apiKey
externalDocs:
  description: Read Tutorial
  url: https://docs.herondata.io/