Document object

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

Attribute	Type	Description
`document_type`	string	The 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`.
`filename`	string	The filename for the document.
`content_type`	string	The media type for the document, like `application/pdf`.
`size`	number	The size in bytes of the document.
`download_url`	string	URL for downloading the document contents.
`created_at`	timestamp	The time the document was retrieved for the Business.
`source`	object	The source for the document. In many cases, these are a link to a Registration record.
`filing_date`	timestamp	The date the document was filed.

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