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GET
/
api
/
v3
/
extract
/
{job_id}
Get the status and result of an async extract job
curl --request GET \
  --url https://api.lighton.ai/api/v3/extract/{job_id} \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'
{
  "id": "ext_0196e4b2a3c14d5e8f7a9b2c1d0e3f4a",
  "status": "completed",
  "created_at": "2026-03-31T10:00:00+00:00",
  "completed_at": "2026-03-31T10:00:04+00:00",
  "processing_time_ms": 3200,
  "document": {
    "filename": "invoice.pdf",
    "page_count": 3,
    "file_size_bytes": 245120,
    "mime_type": "application/pdf"
  },
  "result": {
    "data": [
      {
        "invoice_number": "INV-2026-001",
        "total": null
      },
      {
        "invoice_number": null,
        "total": 1250
      },
      {
        "invoice_number": null,
        "total": null
      }
    ],
    "pagination": {
      "page": 1,
      "page_size": 15,
      "total_items": 3,
      "total_pages": 1,
      "has_next": false,
      "has_prev": false
    }
  },
  "usage": {
    "pages_processed": 3
  },
  "progress": {
    "percentage": 100,
    "pages_processed": 3
  }
}

Authorizations

​
Authorization
string
header
required

Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer <token>, where <token> is your auth token.

Path Parameters

​
job_id
string
required

Query Parameters

​
page
integer
default:1

1-based page index for navigating result.data. Fixed page size of 15 items. Returns 400 if the page is out of range.

Response

Extract job status (pending, processing, completed, or failed).

​
id
string
required
​
status
string
required
​
created_at
string<date-time> | null
​
completed_at
string<date-time> | null
​
processing_time_ms
integer | null
​
document
ExtractDocument · object | null
​
result
ExtractResult · object | null
​
usage
ExtractUsage · object | null
​
progress
JobProgress · object | null

Live progress of a long-running async job while it is in flight.

Shared by the parse (GET /api/v3/parse/<id>) and extract (GET /api/v3/extract/<id>) polling envelopes: pages_processed is the count of pages done so far and percentage is the completion percentage [0, 100] derived from it.