PDF Monkey Document Cards API

Lightweight document representations for status polling and listing.

Operations 2

GET /document_cards List document cards #
GET /document_cards/{id} Fetch a document card #

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OpenAPI Specification

pdf-monkey-document-cards-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: PDFMonkey Document Cards API
  description: PDFMonkey generates PDF (and image) documents from HTML + Liquid templates and a JSON data payload. The REST API lets you create, retrieve, update, and delete documents (asynchronously or synchronously), poll lightweight document cards for status and download URLs, and manage document templates.
  termsOfService: https://www.pdfmonkey.io/terms
  contact:
    name: PDFMonkey Support
    url: https://www.pdfmonkey.io
  version: '1.0'
servers:
- url: https://api.pdfmonkey.io/api/v1
  description: PDFMonkey API v1
security:
- bearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: Document Cards
  description: Lightweight document representations for status polling and listing.
paths:
  /document_cards:
    get:
      operationId: listDocumentCards
      tags:
      - Document Cards
      summary: List document cards
      description: List documents as lightweight document cards (no payload), with pagination and filtering. The endpoint returns up to 24 items per page.
      parameters:
      - name: page[number]
        in: query
        description: Number of the page to show (default 1).
        schema:
          type: integer
          default: 1
      - name: q[document_template_id]
        in: query
        description: Filter on one or more template IDs.
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: q[status]
        in: query
        description: Filter on document status.
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - draft
          - pending
          - generating
          - success
          - failure
      - name: q[workspace_id]
        in: query
        description: ID of a workspace to filter on.
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: q[updated_since]
        in: query
        description: Filter documents updated after a given point in time.
        schema:
          type: string
          format: date-time
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/DocumentCardListResponse'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
  /document_cards/{id}:
    get:
      operationId: getDocumentCard
      tags:
      - Document Cards
      summary: Fetch a document card
      description: Retrieve a lightweight document card for a document. This is the recommended way to poll generation status and obtain the download URL, since it omits the heavy payload attribute.
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/DocumentId'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/DocumentCardResponse'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
        '404':
          description: Not found
components:
  schemas:
    DocumentCardResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        document_card:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/DocumentCard'
    PaginationMeta:
      type: object
      properties:
        current_page:
          type: integer
        next_page:
          type:
          - integer
          - 'null'
        prev_page:
          type:
          - integer
          - 'null'
        total_pages:
          type: integer
        total_count:
          type: integer
    DocumentCard:
      type: object
      description: Lightweight document representation. Same as a Document but without the payload attribute.
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          format: uuid
        app_id:
          type: string
          format: uuid
        document_template_id:
          type: string
          format: uuid
        document_template_identifier:
          type: string
        status:
          type: string
          enum:
          - draft
          - pending
          - generating
          - success
          - failure
        meta:
          type:
          - object
          - 'null'
          additionalProperties: true
        filename:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        download_url:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          format: uri
        preview_url:
          type: string
          format: uri
        public_share_link:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          format: uri
        output_type:
          type: string
        failure_cause:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        created_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        updated_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
    DocumentCardListResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        document_cards:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/DocumentCard'
        meta:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/PaginationMeta'
  parameters:
    DocumentId:
      name: id
      in: path
      required: true
      description: The UUID of the document.
      schema:
        type: string
        format: uuid
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: Pass your secret API key from the dashboard as a Bearer token in the Authorization header.