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# Extract Document Data (POST)

Synchronously extracts unstructured file data using an intelligent ingestion template.

## Resource

/connect/document-ai-automation/actions/extract

## Available Version

68.0

## HTTP Methods

POST

## JSON example

{
  "templateIdentifier": "InvoiceTemplate",
  "file":{
          "contentDocumentId":"068xx00000xxbc",
          "data":"base64...",
          "mimeType":"application/pdf"
         }
  "pageRange": "1-5",
  "uploadMethod":"Manual"}

## Properties

<table class="featureTable sort_table" summary="">




          <thead class="thead sorted" align="left">
            <tr>
              <th class="featureTableHeader vertical-align-top " id="d616078e86">Property Name</th>

              <th class="featureTableHeader vertical-align-top " id="d616078e89">Type</th>

              <th class="featureTableHeader vertical-align-top " id="d616078e92">Description</th>

              <th class="featureTableHeader vertical-align-top " id="d616078e95">Required</th>

            </tr>

          </thead>

          <tbody class="tbody">
            <tr>
              <td class="entry" headers="d616078e86" data-title="Property Name"><samp class="codeph nolang">templateIdentifier</samp></td>

              <td class="entry" headers="d616078e89" data-title="Type">String</td>

              <td class="entry" headers="d616078e92" data-title="Description">The template identifier (ID or developer name) of the target extraction template.</td>

              <td class="entry" headers="d616078e95" data-title="Required">Required</td>

            </tr>

            <tr>
              <td class="entry" headers="d616078e86" data-title="Property Name"><samp class="codeph nolang">contentDocumentId</samp></td>

              <td class="entry" headers="d616078e89" data-title="Type">String</td>

              <td class="entry" headers="d616078e92" data-title="Description">The Salesforce ID of the ContentDocument record. </td>

              <td class="entry" headers="d616078e95" data-title="Required">Required if data is empty.</td>

            </tr>

            <tr>
              <td class="entry" headers="d616078e86" data-title="Property Name"><samp class="codeph nolang">data</samp></td>

              <td class="entry" headers="d616078e89" data-title="Type">String</td>

              <td class="entry" headers="d616078e92" data-title="Description">Base64 encoded binary file string. </td>

              <td class="entry" headers="d616078e95" data-title="Required">Required if contentDocumentId is empty.</td>

            </tr>

            <tr>
              <td class="entry" headers="d616078e86" data-title="Property Name"><samp class="codeph nolang">mimeType</samp></td>

              <td class="entry" headers="d616078e89" data-title="Type">String</td>

              <td class="entry" headers="d616078e92" data-title="Description">The file format identifier (for example, application/pdf). </td>

              <td class="entry" headers="d616078e95" data-title="Required">Required if data is used.</td>

            </tr>

            <tr>
              <td class="entry" headers="d616078e86" data-title="Property Name"><samp class="codeph nolang">pageRange</samp></td>

              <td class="entry" headers="d616078e89" data-title="Type">String</td>

              <td class="entry" headers="d616078e92" data-title="Description">The targeted boundary range of pages to parse (for example, 1-5).</td>

              <td class="entry" headers="d616078e95" data-title="Required">Required when <samp class="codeph nolang">contentDocumentId</samp> is provided.</td>

            </tr>

            <tr>
              <td class="entry" headers="d616078e86" data-title="Property Name"><samp class="codeph nolang">uploadMethod</samp></td>

              <td class="entry" headers="d616078e89" data-title="Type">String</td>

              <td class="entry" headers="d616078e92" data-title="Description">Specifies the processing tracking method. <div class="p">Available values
                  are:<a name="d639e58-d653e171"><!-- --></a>
                  <ul class="ul bulletList" id="d639e58-d653e171">
                    <li class="li"><samp class="codeph nolang">Manual</samp></li>

                    <li class="li"><samp class="codeph nolang">Automatic</samp></li>

                  </ul>
                </div>
              </td>

              <td class="entry" headers="d616078e95" data-title="Required">Optional</td>

            </tr>

          </tbody>

        </table>

## Response Body for POST

[Extract Document Data](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.health_cloud_object_reference.meta/health_cloud_object_reference/connect_responses_extract_document_data_output.htm "The response representation containing stringified extraction payload details.")