Vanta

Vanta Documents API

Compliance evidence document management

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Operations 2

GET /v1/documents List Documents #
POST /v1/documents Upload Document #

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Documentation
https://developer.vanta.com/docs/vanta-api-overview
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https://developer.vanta.com/docs/api-access-setup

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/vanta/refs/heads/main/openapi/vanta-documents-api-openapi.yml

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OpenAPI Specification

vanta-documents-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Conduct an audit Auditors Documents API
  version: 1.0.0
  description: The Auditor API lets audit firms conduct audits from a tool outside of Vanta. Unlock data syncing with Vanta through this API.
  termsOfService: https://www.vanta.com/terms
  license:
    name: UNLICENSED
  contact:
    name: API Support
    url: https://help.vanta.com/
    email: support@vanta.com
servers:
- url: https://api.vanta.com/v1
tags:
- name: Documents
  description: Compliance evidence document management
paths:
  /v1/documents:
    get:
      operationId: listDocuments
      summary: List Documents
      description: Retrieve compliance evidence documents uploaded to Vanta.
      tags:
      - Documents
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/pageSize'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/pageCursor'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Paginated list of documents
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/DocumentListResponse'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '429':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/RateLimited'
    post:
      operationId: uploadDocument
      summary: Upload Document
      description: Upload a compliance evidence document to Vanta.
      tags:
      - Documents
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          multipart/form-data:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                file:
                  type: string
                  format: binary
                  description: The document file to upload
                name:
                  type: string
                  description: Name of the document
                description:
                  type: string
                  description: Description of the document
              required:
              - file
              - name
      responses:
        '201':
          description: Document uploaded successfully
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Document'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '429':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/RateLimited'
components:
  responses:
    RateLimited:
      description: Rate limit exceeded
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
    BadRequest:
      description: Bad request — invalid parameters or request body
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
    Unauthorized:
      description: Unauthorized — missing or invalid access token
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
  schemas:
    Document:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          description: Unique document identifier
        name:
          type: string
          description: Document name
        description:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          description: Document description
        mimeType:
          type: string
          description: Document MIME type
        sizeBytes:
          type: integer
          description: Document size in bytes
        uploadedAt:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: When the document was uploaded
        uploadedBy:
          type: string
          description: User ID who uploaded the document
        downloadUrl:
          type: string
          format: uri
          description: Temporary URL to download the document
    PageInfo:
      type: object
      properties:
        pageSize:
          type: integer
          description: Number of items returned
        nextPageCursor:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          description: Cursor for the next page of results
        hasNextPage:
          type: boolean
          description: Whether there are more items after this page
    Error:
      type: object
      properties:
        error:
          type: string
          description: Error code
        message:
          type: string
          description: Human-readable error description
        details:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
          description: Additional error details
    DocumentListResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        data:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Document'
        pageInfo:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/PageInfo'
  parameters:
    pageSize:
      name: pageSize
      in: query
      schema:
        type: integer
        minimum: 1
        maximum: 100
        default: 10
      description: Number of items to return per page (1-100)
    pageCursor:
      name: pageCursor
      in: query
      schema:
        type: string
      description: Cursor for pagination — start from the item following this cursor
  securitySchemes:
    oauth:
      type: oauth2
      description: Get an oauth token from the token url and use it as a bearer token to access the Vanta API.
      flows:
        clientCredentials:
          scopes:
            auditor-api.audit:read: Grant read-only access to your audits
            auditor-api.audit:write: Grant read-write access to your audits
            auditor-api.auditor:read: Grant read-only access to your auditors
            auditor-api.auditor:write: Grant read-write access to your auditors
          tokenUrl: https://api.vanta.com/oauth/token
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer