Get file status
curl --request GET \
--url https://app.gc.ai/api/external/v1/files/{id} \
--header 'Authorization: <api-key>'import requests
url = "https://app.gc.ai/api/external/v1/files/{id}"
headers = {"Authorization": "<api-key>"}
response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {Authorization: '<api-key>'}};
fetch('https://app.gc.ai/api/external/v1/files/{id}', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://app.gc.ai/api/external/v1/files/{id}",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: <api-key>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://app.gc.ai/api/external/v1/files/{id}"
req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)
req.Header.Add("Authorization", "<api-key>")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://app.gc.ai/api/external/v1/files/{id}")
.header("Authorization", "<api-key>")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://app.gc.ai/api/external/v1/files/{id}")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = '<api-key>'
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
"name": "<string>",
"size": 123,
"content_type": "application/pdf",
"status": "extracting",
"created_at": "<string>",
"folder_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
"extraction_error": "<string>",
"project_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
"warning": "<string>"
}{
"error": "<string>",
"code": "<string>",
"message": "<string>",
"details": {}
}{
"error": "<string>",
"code": "<string>",
"message": "<string>",
"details": {}
}{
"error": "<string>",
"code": "<string>",
"message": "<string>",
"details": {}
}{
"error": "<string>",
"code": "<string>",
"message": "<string>",
"details": {}
}{
"error": "<string>",
"code": "<string>",
"message": "<string>",
"details": {}
}{
"error": "<string>",
"code": "<string>",
"message": "<string>",
"details": {}
}Files
Get File Status
Retrieve the current status and metadata of an uploaded file. Use this to poll for extraction completion after uploading a file.
GET
/
files
/
{id}
Get file status
curl --request GET \
--url https://app.gc.ai/api/external/v1/files/{id} \
--header 'Authorization: <api-key>'import requests
url = "https://app.gc.ai/api/external/v1/files/{id}"
headers = {"Authorization": "<api-key>"}
response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {Authorization: '<api-key>'}};
fetch('https://app.gc.ai/api/external/v1/files/{id}', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://app.gc.ai/api/external/v1/files/{id}",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: <api-key>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://app.gc.ai/api/external/v1/files/{id}"
req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)
req.Header.Add("Authorization", "<api-key>")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://app.gc.ai/api/external/v1/files/{id}")
.header("Authorization", "<api-key>")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://app.gc.ai/api/external/v1/files/{id}")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = '<api-key>'
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
"name": "<string>",
"size": 123,
"content_type": "application/pdf",
"status": "extracting",
"created_at": "<string>",
"folder_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
"extraction_error": "<string>",
"project_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
"warning": "<string>"
}{
"error": "<string>",
"code": "<string>",
"message": "<string>",
"details": {}
}{
"error": "<string>",
"code": "<string>",
"message": "<string>",
"details": {}
}{
"error": "<string>",
"code": "<string>",
"message": "<string>",
"details": {}
}{
"error": "<string>",
"code": "<string>",
"message": "<string>",
"details": {}
}{
"error": "<string>",
"code": "<string>",
"message": "<string>",
"details": {}
}{
"error": "<string>",
"code": "<string>",
"message": "<string>",
"details": {}
}Authorizations
API key for authentication. Format: gcai_xxxxxxxxx
Create API keys in the GC AI app under Settings → API.
Path Parameters
The file ID
Response
File metadata and status
Unique file identifier
Original filename
File size in bytes
MIME type of the file
Example:
"application/pdf"
Current processing status of the file
Available options:
extracting, embedding, ready, failed ISO 8601 creation timestamp
Folder the file belongs to
Error message if extraction failed
Project the file is linked to, if uploaded with project_id
Present when the file was uploaded successfully but a secondary operation (e.g. project linking) failed
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