--- schema_version: "1" id: 38ad073f7ca2ed4a7f2f9de2ac8202754af466ae66c1e47df0144c26318619c1 title: Document collection: legacydeveloper version: current locale: en-us portal_url: https://docs.salesforce.com/legacydeveloper/current/en-us/object_reference/sforce_api_objects_document.md canonical_url: https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.object_reference.meta/object_reference/sforce_api_objects_document.htm source_site: developer.salesforce.com content_type: documentation content_hash: 778c0c041e8244b07b8508fe4b9a6a071678292f61a4ee869f6d99da6bc2046c description: Represents a file that a user has uploaded. Unlike Attachment records, documents are not attached to a parent object. --- # Document Represents a file that a user has uploaded. Unlike Attachment records, documents are not attached to a parent object. ## Supported Calls create(), delete(), describeSObjects(), getDeleted(), getUpdated(), query(), retrieve(), search(), undelete(), update(), upsert() ## Special Access Rules You must have the “Edit” permission on documents and the appropriate access to the Folder that contains a document in order to create or update a document in that Folder. ## Fields | Field | Details | | --- | --- | | AuthorId | Type reference Properties Create, Defaulted on create, Filter, Group, Sort, Update Description ID of the User who is responsible for the Document. This is a relationship field. Relationship Name Author Relationship Type Lookup Refers To User | | Body | Type base64 Properties Create, Nillable, Update Description Required. Encoded file data. If specified, then do not specify a URL. | | BodyLength | Type int Properties Filter, Group, Sort Description Size of the file (in bytes). | | ContentType | Type string Properties Create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort, Update Description Type of content. Label is **Mime Type**. Limit: 120 characters. If the Don't allow HTML uploads as attachments or document records security setting is enabled for your organization, you cannot upload files with the following file extensions: .htm, .html, .htt, .htx, .mhtm, .mhtml, .shtm, .shtml, .acgi, .svg. | | Description | Type textarea Properties Create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort, Update Description Text description of the Document. Limit: 255 characters. | | DeveloperName | Type string Properties Create, Defaulted on create, Filter, Group, Sort, Update Description The unique name of the object in the API. This name can contain only underscores and alphanumeric characters, and must be unique in your org. It must begin with a letter, not include spaces, not end with an underscore, and not contain two consecutive underscores. In managed packages, this field prevents naming conflicts on package installations. With this field, a developer can change the object’s name in a managed package and the changes are reflected in a subscriber’s organization. Label is **Document Unique Name**. ![Note](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.object_reference.meta/object_reference/images/icon_note.png) #### Note When creating large sets of data, always specify a unique DeveloperName for each record. If no DeveloperName is specified, performance may slow while Salesforce generates one for each record. | | FolderId | Type reference Properties Create, Filter, Group, Sort, Update Description Required. ID of the Folder that contains the document. This is a relationship field. Relationship Name Folder Relationship Type Lookup Refers To Folder, User | | IsBodySearchable | Type boolean Properties Defaulted on create, Filter, Group, Sort Description Indicates whether the contents of the object can be searched using a SOSL FIND call. The ALL FIELDS search group includes the content as a searchable field. | | IsDeleted | Type boolean Properties Defaulted on create, Filter Description Indicates whether the object has been moved to the Recycle Bin (true) or not (false). Label is **Deleted**. | | IsInternalUseOnly | Type boolean Properties Create, Defaulted on create, Filter, Group, Sort, Update Description Indicates whether the object is only available for internal use (true) or not (false). Label is **Internal Use Only**. | | IsPublic | Type boolean Properties Create, Defaulted on create, Filter, Group, Sort, Update Description Indicates whether the object is available for external use (true) or not (false). Label is **Externally Available**. | | Keywords | Type string Properties Create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort, Update Description Keywords. Limit: 255 characters. | | LastReferencedDate | Type datetime Properties Filter, Nillable, Sort Description The timestamp for when the current user last viewed a record related to this record. | | LastViewedDate | Type datetime Properties Filter, Nillable, Sort Description The timestamp for when the current user last viewed this record. If this value is null, this record might only have been referenced (LastReferencedDate) and not viewed. | | Name | Type string Properties Create, Filter, Group, idLookup, Sort, Update Description Required. Name of the document. Label is **Document Name**. | | NamespacePrefix | Type string Properties Filter, Group, Sort, Nillable Description The namespace prefix that is associated with this object. Each Developer Edition org that creates a managed package has a unique namespace prefix. Limit: 15 characters. You can refer to a component in a managed package by using the namespacePrefix\_\_componentName notation. The namespace prefix can have one of the following values. - In Developer Edition orgs, NamespacePrefix is set to the namespace prefix of the org for all objects that support it, unless an object is in an installed managed package. In that case, the object has the namespace prefix of the installed managed package. This field’s value is the namespace prefix of the Developer Edition org of the package developer. - In orgs that are not Developer Edition orgs, NamespacePrefix is set only for objects that are part of an installed managed package. All other objects have no namespace prefix. | | Type | Type string Properties Create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort, Update Description File type of the Document. In general, the values match the file extension for the type of Document (such as pdf or jpg). Label is **File Extension**. | | Url | Type string Properties Create, Filter, Nillable, Group, Sort, Update Description URL reference to the file (instead of storing it in the database). If specified, do not specify the Body or BodyLength. | ## Usage When creating or updating a document, you can specify a value in either the Body or Url fields, but not both. ## Encoded Data The API sends and receives the binary file data encoded as a base64 data type. Prior to creating a record, clients must encode the binary file data as base64. Upon receiving an API response, clients must decode the base64 data to binary (this conversion is usually handled for you by the SOAP client). ## Maximum Document Size You can only create or update documents to a maximum size of 5 MB. #### See Also - [Overview of Salesforce Objects and Fields](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.object_reference.meta/object_reference/sforce_api_objects_concepts.htm "Salesforce objects and fields are analogous to database tables and the table columns. Objects and fields structure data. For example, the central object in the Salesforce data model represents accounts—companies and organizations involved with your business, such as customers, partners, and competitors.")