Get the status and result of an async parse job

curl --request GET \
  --url https://api.lighton.ai/api/v3/parse/{id} \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'

import requests

url = "https://api.lighton.ai/api/v3/parse/{id}"

headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer <token>"}

response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'}};

fetch('https://api.lighton.ai/api/v3/parse/{id}', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.lighton.ai/api/v3/parse/{id}",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: Bearer <token>"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.lighton.ai/api/v3/parse/{id}"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://api.lighton.ai/api/v3/parse/{id}")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.lighton.ai/api/v3/parse/{id}")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

{
  "id": "parse_Kg",
  "status": "pending",
  "created_at": "2026-03-31T10:00:00+00:00",
  "completed_at": null,
  "processing_time_ms": null,
  "document": {
    "filename": "report.pdf",
    "page_count": null,
    "file_size_bytes": 245120,
    "mime_type": "application/pdf"
  },
  "result": null,
  "usage": null,
  "progress": null,
  "error": null
}

Parse

Get the status and result of an async parse job

Poll for the status and result of an async parse job submitted via POST /api/v3/parse with options.async=true. Returns the same envelope shape as the synchronous parse endpoint once status is completed.

curl https://api.lighton.ai/api/v3/parse/parse_Kg \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN'

Recommended polling cadence: 1s for the first 10s, then 5s, capped at 30s. Stop polling once status is in {completed, failed}.

GET

api

parse

{id}

Get the status and result of an async parse job

curl --request GET \
  --url https://api.lighton.ai/api/v3/parse/{id} \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'

import requests

url = "https://api.lighton.ai/api/v3/parse/{id}"

headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer <token>"}

response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'}};

fetch('https://api.lighton.ai/api/v3/parse/{id}', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.lighton.ai/api/v3/parse/{id}",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: Bearer <token>"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.lighton.ai/api/v3/parse/{id}"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://api.lighton.ai/api/v3/parse/{id}")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.lighton.ai/api/v3/parse/{id}")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

{
  "id": "parse_Kg",
  "status": "pending",
  "created_at": "2026-03-31T10:00:00+00:00",
  "completed_at": null,
  "processing_time_ms": null,
  "document": {
    "filename": "report.pdf",
    "page_count": null,
    "file_size_bytes": 245120,
    "mime_type": "application/pdf"
  },
  "result": null,
  "usage": null,
  "progress": null,
  "error": null
}

Authorizations

Authorization

string

header

required

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

Path Parameters

string

required

Public parse job id (e.g. parse_Kg) returned by POST /api/v3/parse with options.async=true. Malformed or unknown tokens return 404.

Response

Async parse job status and (once terminal) result. status is pending/processing while in flight, completed on success, failed on failure. The result and usage blocks are populated only on success; the error block is populated only on failure.

Returned by GET /api/v3/parse/<id> — async parse job status + (once terminal) result.

Same shape as the sync ParseResponseSerializer but with completion fields (result, usage, completed_at, processing_time_ms, document.page_count) allowed to be null while the job is still in flight, plus an error block populated only on terminal failure.

string

required

status

string

required

created_at

string<date-time>

required

completed_at

string<date-time> | null

required

processing_time_ms

integer | null

required

document

object | null

required

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result

object | null

required

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usage

object | null

required

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progress

object | null

required

Live progress while a polled async job is in flight.

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error

object | null

required

Failure details surfaced on terminal-failed async parse jobs.

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