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# Get document

> Polls a document OCR job for status, event_log_id, and OCR metadata.

<CodeGroup>
  ```python Python theme={null}
  olira.get_document(document_id: str) -> DocumentResource
  ```

  ```csharp C# theme={null}
  client.GetDocument(string documentId)  // -> DocumentResource
  ```
</CodeGroup>

**Requires scope:** `sdk:event-log`

Terminal statuses: log\_emitted, ocr\_failed.

## Parameters

<ParamField body="document_id" type="str" required>
  Document id from upload\_document / the upload-url response.
</ParamField>

## Returns

`DocumentResource`

<ResponseField name="document_id" type="str">
  Document identifier.
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="status" type="DocumentStatus">
  Current document status.
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="filename" type="str">
  Original filename.
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="patient_id" type="str">
  Owning patient id.
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="log_type" type="str">
  unstructured\_report or clinical\_note.
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="document_type" type="str | None">
  Set for unstructured\_report.
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="note_type" type="str | None">
  Set for clinical\_note.
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="event_log_id" type="str | None">
  Emitted log id when complete.
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="ocr_page_count" type="int | None">
  Pages processed.
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="ocr_confidence" type="float | None">
  OCR confidence when available.
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="error" type="str | None">
  Failure detail when ocr\_failed.
</ResponseField>

## Raises

| Exception         | When                                                                                                                  |
| ----------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `AuthError`       | HTTP 401 or 403 — invalid API key or insufficient OAuth scope for this endpoint.                                      |
| `ValidationError` | HTTP 400, 404, or 422 — malformed JSON, unknown patient, or validation failure (message includes response excerpt).   |
| `ServerError`     | HTTP 409 (e.g. conflicting external identifier) or repeated 5xx after retries; includes status\_code when applicable. |
| `RateLimitError`  | HTTP 429 — rate limited; check retry\_after (seconds).                                                                |
| `NetworkError`    | Connection timeout, DNS failure, or read error after retries.                                                         |

<RequestExample>
  ```python Python theme={null}
  from olira import OliraClient

  client = OliraClient(api_key="YOUR_API_KEY")
  doc = client.get_document("doc-001")
  ```

  ```csharp C# theme={null}
  using Olira;

  using var client = new OliraClient(apiKey: "YOUR_API_KEY");
  var doc = client.GetDocument("doc-001");
  ```

  ```http HTTP theme={null}
  GET /v1/documents/doc-001
  Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY
  ```
</RequestExample>

<ResponseExample>
  ```python 200 theme={null}
  DocumentResource(
      document_id="doc-001",
      status="ocr_running",
      filename="progress-note.pdf",
      event_log_id=None,
  )
  ```

  ```json 401 theme={null}
  {
    "error": true,
    "status_code": 401,
    "error_type": "authentication_error",
    "message": "Could not validate credentials",
    "details": [
      {
        "type": "authentication_error",
        "message": "Could not validate credentials"
      }
    ],
    "timestamp": "2026-05-06T12:00:00+00:00"
  }
  ```

  ```json 403 theme={null}
  {
    "error": true,
    "status_code": 403,
    "error_type": "authorization_error",
    "message": "Insufficient OAuth scope for this endpoint",
    "details": [
      {
        "type": "authorization_error",
        "message": "Insufficient OAuth scope for this endpoint"
      }
    ],
    "timestamp": "2026-05-06T12:00:00+00:00"
  }
  ```

  ```json 404 theme={null}
  {
    "error": true,
    "status_code": 404,
    "error_type": "not_found_error",
    "message": "Patient not found",
    "details": [
      {
        "type": "not_found_error",
        "message": "Patient not found"
      }
    ],
    "timestamp": "2026-05-06T12:00:00+00:00"
  }
  ```

  ```json 422 theme={null}
  {
    "error": true,
    "status_code": 422,
    "error_type": "validation_error",
    "message": "Request validation failed (1 error)",
    "details": [
      {
        "type": "missing",
        "message": "Field required",
        "field": "patient_id",
        "location": ["body", "patient_id"],
        "input_value": null
      }
    ],
    "timestamp": "2026-05-06T12:00:00+00:00"
  }
  ```

  ```json 429 theme={null}
  {
    "error": true,
    "status_code": 429,
    "error_type": "server_error",
    "message": "Rate limit exceeded",
    "details": [
      {
        "type": "rate_limit",
        "message": "Too many requests; retry after backoff"
      }
    ],
    "timestamp": "2026-05-06T12:00:00+00:00"
  }
  ```

  ```json 500 theme={null}
  {
    "error": true,
    "status_code": 500,
    "error_type": "internal_server_error",
    "message": "An internal server error occurred",
    "details": [
      {
        "type": "internal_server_error",
        "message": "An unexpected error occurred while processing your request"
      }
    ],
    "timestamp": "2026-05-06T12:00:00+00:00"
  }
  ```
</ResponseExample>