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Middesk APIBusiness VerificationObject reference

Document object

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This page describes the document object, which provides downloadable business filing documents (like Articles of Incorporation and Certificates of Good Standing) retrieved directly from government sources, eliminating the need for manual document collection.

In retrieving filings directly from the source, Middesk also provides the ability to download documents related to these filings. Often, retrieving these documents can supersede the process of reaching out to an individual and requesting upload through a document capture flow.

Example JSON response
1{
2  "object": "document",
3  "id": "1538c2f9-ff0f-489e-0099-a5f116a4af07",
4  "document_type": "Initial_Filing",
5  "filename": "3868812_Articles_Of_Incorporation_2009-03-16",
6  "content_type": "application/pdf",
7  "size": 82034,
8  "download_url": "https://storage.middesk.com/middesk/z6q1p5209ipr0vgof1900l1s580n",
9  "created_at": "2020-04-30T23:50:51.222Z",
10  "source": {
11    "type": "registration",
12    "id": "2b16130a-0351-49fc-9f73-4a8a1ccc95c8",
13    "metadata": {
14      "state": "PA",
15      "status": "active"
16    }
17  },
18  "filing_date": "2009-03-16T00:00:00.000Z"
19}

Document attributes

AttributeTypeDescription
objectstringThe object type. Always document.
idstring (uuid)The unique identifier for the document record.
document_typestringThe type of document. For SOS documents, Articles of Incorporation are Initial_Filing and Certificates of Good Standing are Certificate of Good Standing. UCC1 documents are Initial Filing.
filenamestringThe filename for the document.
content_typestringThe media type for the document, like application/pdf.
sizeintegerThe size in bytes of the document.
download_urlstringURL for downloading the document contents.
created_attimestampThe time the document was retrieved for the Business.
sourceobjectThe source for the document. In many cases, these are a link to a Registration record.
source.typestringThe source type (for example, registration).
source.idstring (uuid)The ID of the source record.
source.metadataobjectAdditional source metadata.
filing_datetimestamp | nullThe date the document was filed.
metadataobjectAdditional document metadata.
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