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# Get the status or result of a job

> Retrieve a job status and its result when available. Review the result wrapper or request server-sent events to follow progress.

Retrieve a job and read its status, error, and result. Request server-sent events to follow progress while it runs.

Start with [Parse your first document](/transform/first-request).


## OpenAPI

````yaml transform/api/production-openapi.json GET /api/v2/jobs/{jobId}
openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: Unstructured Transform API
  version: 0.1.0
  description: >-
    One document in, the parsed document back. A single call takes a document
    and returns structured output; no job graph, no strategy selection, no model
    provider setup, and no polling loop. An optional schema switches the request
    from parse-only to parse-then-extract.
servers:
  - url: https://transform.unstructured.io
    description: Transform API
security:
  - ApiKeyAuth: []
  - BearerAuth: []
tags:
  - name: Parse
    description: Document parsing and structured extraction.
  - name: Extract
    description: Structured fields from a parse that already exists.
  - name: Jobs
    description: Status and results of jobs.
  - name: Upload
    description: Upload and manage scratch documents
paths:
  /api/v2/jobs/{jobId}:
    get:
      tags:
        - Jobs
      summary: Get the status or result of a parse or extraction job
      description: >-
        Returns the job's status, and its content as soon as it is available,
        for a job started by either parse or extract. An extraction job's fields
        arrive in result.extracted_data. Send Accept text/event-stream for
        progress events as the job runs, ending in one result event whose data
        is this same JobResult.
      operationId: jobsGet
      parameters:
        - name: jobId
          in: path
          required: true
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/JobId'
        - name: output
          in: query
          required: false
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/OutputFormat'
        - name: include
          in: query
          required: false
          style: form
          explode: true
          schema:
            type: array
            items:
              type: string
          description: >-
            Optional list of projection fields to include in elements output.
            Allowed values are 'coordinates' and 'table_html'. Only valid when
            output='elements'.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: >-
            The job's state, carrying parsed content as soon as it is available.
            As an event stream, progress events then one terminal result or
            error event.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/JobResult'
              example:
                id: 9eb6c914-02a5-4c5d-8490-a06476946a38
                status: completed
                file_id: invoice-9eb6c914.pdf
                source:
                  file_id: invoice-9eb6c914.pdf
                  filename: invoice.pdf
                  mimetype: application/pdf
                  expires_at: '2026-09-18T18:34:26Z'
                error: null
                result:
                  id: 9eb6c914-02a5-4c5d-8490-a06476946a38
                  status: completed
                  profile: balanced
                  warnings: []
                  markdown: null
                  format_version: '2.0'
                  metadata:
                    page_count: 1
                  extracted_data: []
                  elements:
                    - element_id: el-1
                      type: NarrativeText
                      text: 'Invoice number: INV-1001'
                      metadata:
                        page_number: 1
                        coordinates: null
                        text_as_html: null
                  source:
                    file_id: invoice-9eb6c914.pdf
                    filename: invoice.pdf
                    mimetype: application/pdf
                    expires_at: '2026-09-18T18:34:26Z'
            text/event-stream:
              schema:
                type: string
                description: >-
                  SSE progress events, terminating in one result event whose
                  data is a JobResult, or one error event whose data is an
                  Error.
        '401':
          description: The caller must provide a valid credential to read a job.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
              examples:
                authenticationRequired:
                  $ref: '#/components/examples/AuthenticationRequired'
        '404':
          description: The job does not exist or is not visible to this caller.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
              examples:
                jobNotFound:
                  $ref: '#/components/examples/JobNotFound'
        '410':
          description: The job completed, but its stored result is no longer available.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
              examples:
                resultExpired:
                  $ref: '#/components/examples/JobResultExpired'
        '502':
          description: The job service failed while retrieving the job; it may still exist.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
              examples:
                upstreamFailure:
                  $ref: '#/components/examples/JobRetrieveFailed'
components:
  schemas:
    JobId:
      type: string
      example: 9eb6c914-02a5-4c5d-8490-a06476946a38
      description: >-
        Identifies one piece of work, whichever path submitted it. The same id
        the blocking call returns.
    OutputFormat:
      type: string
      enum:
        - markdown
        - elements
      default: markdown
      description: Shape of the parsed output.
    JobResult:
      type: object
      required:
        - id
        - status
        - file_id
      description: A job's state, carrying parsed content as soon as it is available.
      properties:
        id:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/JobId'
        status:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/JobStatus'
          description: Terminal values match the blocking call's own status values.
        filename:
          type: string
          nullable: true
          description: The document's original uploaded filename.
        file_id:
          type: string
          nullable: true
          description: >-
            The authoritative source/input file ID. This is the ID accepted by
            GET /api/v2/upload/{fileId}, never a job ID, result artifact ID,
            storage key, or signed URL. Null for legacy or unassociated jobs.
        cancellation_requested:
          type: boolean
          default: false
          description: True after cancellation has been requested for this job.
        source:
          allOf:
            - $ref: '#/components/schemas/SourceFile'
          nullable: true
          description: The associated original uploaded source file, when known.
        error:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
          nullable: true
        result:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ParseResult'
          nullable: true
          description: Null until parsed content is available.
      additionalProperties: false
    Error:
      type: object
      required:
        - code
        - message
      description: A machine-readable code and an actionable message.
      properties:
        code:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorCode'
        message:
          type: string
          description: What went wrong, and what to do about it.
    JobStatus:
      type: string
      enum:
        - queued
        - processing
        - failed
        - completed
        - completed_with_warnings
        - cancelled
      description: A public job lifecycle status.
    SourceFile:
      type: object
      required:
        - file_id
        - filename
        - mimetype
        - expires_at
      description: >-
        A source file retained in the same 24-hour scratch storage used by
        explicit uploads. Polling jobs or downloading results does not extend
        this expiry. Callers may retrieve it with GET /api/v2/upload/{file_id}
        while it exists, and may delete it with DELETE /api/v2/upload/{file_id}
        without deleting the job or its result.
      properties:
        file_id:
          type: string
          nullable: true
          description: The ID of the uploaded source file.
        filename:
          type: string
          nullable: true
          description: The filename supplied with the source document, when available.
        mimetype:
          type: string
          nullable: true
          description: The detected MIME type of the source file.
        expires_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          nullable: true
          description: When the source file will be automatically deleted.
      additionalProperties: false
    ParseResult:
      type: object
      required:
        - id
        - status
        - profile
        - markdown
        - format_version
        - metadata
        - extracted_data
        - elements
        - source
      description: >-
        Parse operation metadata plus the canonical document, possibly before
        extraction has finished.
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          description: Underlying job id, for support and tracing.
        status:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/TransformStatus'
        profile:
          type: string
          nullable: true
          enum:
            - balanced
            - best
          x-enum-descriptions:
            - >-
              Recommended for most documents. Balances extraction quality and
              processing time for routine and mixed document collections.
            - >-
              For challenging documents. Prioritizes extraction quality for
              complex layouts, dense tables, and difficult scans, and may take
              longer.
          description: The effective profile used for raw-document partitioning.
        markdown:
          type: string
          nullable: true
          description: >-
            Rendered Markdown projection when requested; null when elements are
            requested.
        format_version:
          type: string
          enum:
            - '2.0'
          description: The document envelope version.
        metadata:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/DocumentMetadata'
        extracted_data:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ExtractedData'
        warnings:
          type: array
          default: []
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/TransformWarning'
          description: Notes about a result that still succeeded.
        elements:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Element'
          description: Public document elements.
        source:
          allOf:
            - $ref: '#/components/schemas/SourceFile'
          nullable: true
          description: The associated original uploaded source file, when known.
      additionalProperties: false
    ErrorCode:
      type: string
      enum:
        - invalid_input
        - missing_input
        - invalid_output_format
        - output_option_unavailable
        - malformed_schema_json
        - schema_too_large
        - invalid_schema
        - unauthorized
        - quota_exceeded
        - file_too_large
        - unsupported_file_type
        - could_not_parse
        - rate_limited
        - parse_job_failed
        - profile_unavailable
        - result_expired
        - parse_not_complete
        - parse_expired
        - internal_error
        - not_found
        - method_not_allowed
        - job_not_terminal
        - forbidden
    TransformStatus:
      type: string
      enum:
        - processing
        - completed
        - completed_with_warnings
      description: Document processing or terminal status.
    DocumentMetadata:
      type: object
      required:
        - page_count
      description: Public document-level metadata.
      properties:
        page_count:
          type: integer
          nullable: true
          description: Page count, when known.
      additionalProperties: false
    ExtractedData:
      type: array
      nullable: true
      items:
        $ref: '#/components/schemas/ExtractionResult'
      description: >-
        Completed extraction results are available only after extraction has
        finished.
    TransformWarning:
      type: object
      required:
        - code
        - message
      properties:
        code:
          type: string
          description: Stable identifier, safe to branch on.
          example: extraction_failed
        message:
          type: string
          description: Human-readable detail.
    Element:
      type: object
      required:
        - element_id
        - type
        - text
        - metadata
      description: A public document element.
      properties:
        element_id:
          type: string
          description: Stable element identifier for this parse result.
        type:
          type: string
          description: Public element type.
        text:
          type: string
          nullable: true
          description: Element text when present.
        metadata:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ElementMetadata'
      additionalProperties: false
    ExtractionResult:
      type: object
      required:
        - data
      properties:
        data:
          nullable: true
          description: Extracted value conforming to the caller's schema.
        field_metadata:
          type: object
          nullable: false
          additionalProperties:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/FieldMetadata'
          description: Per-field evidence keyed by RFC 6901 JSON Pointer.
      additionalProperties: false
    ElementMetadata:
      type: object
      required:
        - page_number
        - coordinates
        - text_as_html
      description: Public per-element metadata.
      properties:
        page_number:
          type: integer
          nullable: true
          description: One-based source page number.
        coordinates:
          type: object
          nullable: true
          additionalProperties: true
          description: Coordinate projection when requested.
        text_as_html:
          type: string
          nullable: true
          description: Table HTML projection when requested.
      additionalProperties: false
    FieldMetadata:
      type: object
      properties:
        citation:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Citation'
      additionalProperties: false
    Citation:
      type: object
      required:
        - locators
      properties:
        locators:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Locator'
      additionalProperties: false
    Locator:
      type: object
      required:
        - type
        - element_id
      properties:
        type:
          type: string
          enum:
            - element
        element_id:
          type: string
        element_index:
          type: integer
          description: Supplementary context. Not an identity or join key.
      additionalProperties: false
  examples:
    AuthenticationRequired:
      summary: Credential is missing or invalid
      value:
        code: unauthorized
        message: >-
          Authentication required: send either an 'unstructured-api-key' header
          or 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'.
    JobNotFound:
      summary: Job is absent or not visible
      value:
        code: not_found
        message: No such job.
    JobResultExpired:
      summary: Job result is no longer available
      value:
        code: result_expired
        message: >-
          The result for job 9eb6c914-02a5-4c5d-8490-a06476946a38 is no longer
          available.
    JobRetrieveFailed:
      summary: Job retrieval dependency failed
      value:
        code: parse_job_failed
        message: The upstream service could not retrieve the job. Try again.
  securitySchemes:
    ApiKeyAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: unstructured-api-key
    BearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: JWT

````