HM Land Registry Download a document API
The Download a document API API from HM Land Registry — 2 operation(s) for download a document api.
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OpenAPI Specification
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
description: V1.0 of the set of APIs for the new 'Submit an application to change the Land Register API' Schema
title: V1.0 'Submit an application to change the Land Register…
version: 1.0.5
servers:
- url: https://businessgateway.landregistry.gov.uk/bg2/api
description: Production
- url: https://bgtest.landregistry.gov.uk/bg2test/api
description: Stub
security:
- basicAuth: []
tags:
- name: Download a document API
paths:
/v1/documents/{document_id}:
get:
summary: Obtain download link for an HMLR document
description: Request the download link for a document. Currently only supports the download of documents HMLR despatches, i.e correspondence, cancellation and completion documents.
operationId: download_a_document_v1
parameters:
- name: document_id
in: path
required: true
schema:
type: string
description: May also be referred to as the `download_id` by some services
responses:
'302':
description: Resource was successfully found.
headers:
location:
description: URL to the document resource for download
schema:
type: string
'400':
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
application/problem+json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
description: Bad Request
'401':
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
application/problem+json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
description: Unauthorized
'403':
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
application/problem+json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
description: Forbidden
'404':
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
application/problem+json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
description: Not Found
'429':
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
application/problem+json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
description: Too Many Requests
'500':
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
application/problem+json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
description: Internal Server Error
tags:
- Download a document API
Download a document:
servers:
- url: documentcapture.landregistry.gov.uk
description: An example domain for document downloads
get:
operationId: DownloadADocument
description: 'Download the document contents.
**Note**: This URL, including hostname and path parameters is returned from the GET `/documents/{document_id}` URL endpoint via the `location` header and **should be used unmodified**.'
security: []
parameters: []
responses:
'200':
description: OK
content:
application/octet-stream: {}
'404':
description: Not Found.
tags:
- Download a document API
summary: Download a document
x-summary-source: derived
x-operation-id-source: normalized
x-operation-id-original: Download a document
components:
schemas:
ErrorResponse:
type: object
description: Wrapper for any error responses
properties:
type:
type: string
format: uri
example: https://landregistry.github.io/bgtechdoc/problems/global#bad-request
title:
type: string
example: Bad Request
status:
type: integer
format: int32
example: 400
detail:
type: string
example: The request is invalid or malformed.
instance:
type: string
format: uri
code:
type: string
example: ignore me
errors:
type: array
description: A list of all errors generated
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ProblemDetails'
ProblemDetails:
required:
- detail
- type
description: Detailed information about an error
type: object
properties:
type:
type: string
description: The type of error received
example: L2_MDREF_ERROR
detail:
type: string
description: A longer description about the type of error received
example: The MDref included in the request does not exist
pointer:
type: string
description: A JSON pointer to the location in the JSON payload that caused the error (optional)
example: /data/transaction/t1/mdref
securitySchemes:
basicAuth:
scheme: basic
type: http