---
title: "Document Operations"
sidebarTitle: "Documents"
description: "List, get, update, and delete your ingested documents"
icon: "files"
---

Manage documents after ingestion using the SDK.

## List Documents

Retrieve paginated documents with filtering.

<Tabs>
  <Tab title="TypeScript">
    ```typescript
    const documents = await client.documents.list({
      limit: 10,
      containerTags: ["user_123"]
    });

    documents.memories.forEach(d => {
      console.log(d.id, d.title, d.status);
    });
    ```
  </Tab>
  <Tab title="Python">
    ```python
    documents = client.documents.list(
        limit=10,
        container_tags=["user_123"]
    )

    for doc in documents.memories:
        print(doc.id, doc.title, doc.status)
    ```
  </Tab>
  <Tab title="cURL">
    ```bash
    curl -X POST "https://api.supermemory.ai/v3/documents/list" \
      -H "Authorization: Bearer $SUPERMEMORY_API_KEY" \
      -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
      -d '{"limit": 10, "containerTags": ["user_123"]}'
    ```
  </Tab>
</Tabs>

**Response:**
```json
{
  "memories": [
    {
      "id": "doc_abc123",
      "title": "Meeting notes",
      "status": "done",
      "type": "text",
      "createdAt": "2024-01-15T10:30:00Z",
      "containerTags": ["user_123"],
      "metadata": { "source": "slack" }
    }
  ],
  "pagination": {
    "currentPage": 1,
    "totalPages": 3,
    "totalItems": 25
  }
}
```

### Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Default | Description |
|-----------|------|---------|-------------|
| `limit` | number | 50 | Items per page (max 200) |
| `page` | number | 1 | Page number |
| `containerTags` | string[] | — | Filter by tags |
| `sort` | string | `createdAt` | Sort by `createdAt` or `updatedAt` |
| `order` | string | `desc` | `desc` (newest) or `asc` (oldest) |

<Accordion title="Pagination Example">
  ```typescript
  async function getAllDocuments(containerTag: string) {
    const all = [];
    let page = 1;

    while (true) {
      const { memories, pagination } = await client.documents.list({
        containerTags: [containerTag],
        limit: 100,
        page
      });

      all.push(...memories);
      if (page >= pagination.totalPages) break;
      page++;
    }

    return all;
  }
  ```
</Accordion>

<Accordion title="Filter by Metadata">
  ```typescript
  const documents = await client.documents.list({
    containerTags: ["user_123"],
    filters: {
      AND: [
        { key: "status", value: "reviewed", negate: false },
        { key: "priority", value: "high", negate: false }
      ]
    }
  });
  ```
</Accordion>

---

## Get Document

Get a specific document with its processing status.

<Tabs>
  <Tab title="TypeScript">
    ```typescript
    const doc = await client.documents.get("doc_abc123");

    console.log(doc.status);  // "queued" | "processing" | "done" | "failed"
    console.log(doc.content);
    ```
  </Tab>
  <Tab title="Python">
    ```python
    doc = client.documents.get("doc_abc123")

    print(doc.status)
    print(doc.content)
    ```
  </Tab>
  <Tab title="cURL">
    ```bash
    curl "https://api.supermemory.ai/v3/documents/doc_abc123" \
      -H "Authorization: Bearer $SUPERMEMORY_API_KEY"
    ```
  </Tab>
</Tabs>

### Processing Status

| Status | Description |
|--------|-------------|
| `queued` | Waiting to process |
| `extracting` | Extracting content (OCR, transcription) |
| `chunking` | Breaking into searchable pieces |
| `embedding` | Creating vector representations |
| `done` | Ready for search |
| `failed` | Processing failed |

<Accordion title="Poll for Completion">
  ```typescript
  async function waitForProcessing(docId: string) {
    while (true) {
      const doc = await client.documents.get(docId);

      if (doc.status === "done") return doc;
      if (doc.status === "failed") throw new Error("Processing failed");

      await new Promise(r => setTimeout(r, 2000));
    }
  }
  ```
</Accordion>

---

## Update Document

Update a document's content or metadata. **Content changes** trigger full reprocessing; **metadata-only changes** (e.g. updating `accepted`, `version`) do not reindex.

<Tabs>
  <Tab title="TypeScript">
    ```typescript
    await client.documents.update("doc_abc123", {
      content: "Updated content here",
      metadata: { version: 2, reviewed: true }
    });
    ```
  </Tab>
  <Tab title="Python">
    ```python
    client.documents.update(
        "doc_abc123",
        content="Updated content here",
        metadata={"version": 2, "reviewed": True}
    )
    ```
  </Tab>
  <Tab title="cURL">
    ```bash
    curl -X PATCH "https://api.supermemory.ai/v3/documents/doc_abc123" \
      -H "Authorization: Bearer $SUPERMEMORY_API_KEY" \
      -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
      -d '{"content": "Updated content here", "metadata": {"version": 2}}'
    ```
  </Tab>
</Tabs>

---

## Delete Documents

Permanently remove documents.

<Tabs>
  <Tab title="TypeScript">
    ```typescript
    // Single delete
    await client.documents.delete("doc_abc123");

    // Bulk delete by IDs
    await client.documents.deleteBulk({
      ids: ["doc_1", "doc_2", "doc_3"]
    });

    // Bulk delete by container tag (delete all for a user)
    await client.documents.deleteBulk({
      containerTags: ["user_123"]
    });
    ```
  </Tab>
  <Tab title="Python">
    ```python
    # Single delete
    client.documents.delete("doc_abc123")

    # Bulk delete by IDs
    client.documents.delete_bulk(ids=["doc_1", "doc_2", "doc_3"])

    # Bulk delete by container tag
    client.documents.delete_bulk(container_tags=["user_123"])
    ```
  </Tab>
  <Tab title="cURL">
    ```bash
    # Single delete
    curl -X DELETE "https://api.supermemory.ai/v3/documents/doc_abc123" \
      -H "Authorization: Bearer $SUPERMEMORY_API_KEY"

    # Bulk delete by IDs
    curl -X DELETE "https://api.supermemory.ai/v3/documents/bulk" \
      -H "Authorization: Bearer $SUPERMEMORY_API_KEY" \
      -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
      -d '{"ids": ["doc_1", "doc_2", "doc_3"]}'
    ```
  </Tab>
</Tabs>

<Warning>
Deletes are permanent — no recovery.
</Warning>

---

## Processing Queue

Check documents currently being processed.

<Tabs>
  <Tab title="TypeScript">
    ```typescript
    const response = await client.documents.listProcessing();
    console.log(`${response.documents.length} documents processing`);
    ```
  </Tab>
  <Tab title="Python">
    ```python
    response = client.documents.list_processing()
    print(f"{len(response.documents)} documents processing")
    ```
  </Tab>
  <Tab title="cURL">
    ```bash
    curl "https://api.supermemory.ai/v3/documents/processing" \
      -H "Authorization: Bearer $SUPERMEMORY_API_KEY"
    ```
  </Tab>
</Tabs>

---

## Next Steps

- [Memory Operations](/memory-operations) — Advanced v4 memory operations
- [Search](/search) — Query your memories
- [Ingesting Content](/add-memories) — Add new content
