Get Document Information

This REST API allows us to obtain basic information about the document and it’s pages properties. The endpoint accepts the document storage path as input payload. Here is the list of properties that can be obtained for a document:

  • Document file extension;
  • Document size in bytes;
  • Document file format.
  • Pages count
  • Password protection

Resources

HTTP POST ~/info

Swagger UI lets you call this REST API directly from the browser.

cURL example

* First get JSON Web Token
* Please get your Client Id and Client Secret from https://dashboard.groupdocs.cloud/applications. Kindly place Client Id in "client_id" and Client Secret in "client_secret" argument.
curl -v "https://api.groupdocs.cloud/connect/token" \
-X POST \
-d "grant_type=client_credentials&client_id=xxxx&client_secret=xxxx" \
-H "Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded" \
-H "Accept: application/json"

* cURL example to get document information
curl -v "https://api.groupdocs.cloud/v1.0/editor/info" \
-X POST \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer
<jwt token>"
-d "{ FilePath: 'words/four-pages.docx' }"
{
  "pageCount": 4,
  "size": 8651,
  "isEncrypted": false,
  "formatName": "Office Open XML WordProcessingML Macro-Free Document (DOCX)",
  "formatExtension": "docx"
}

SDK examples

Using an SDK (API client) is the quickest way for a developer to speed up the development. An SDK takes care of a lot of low-level details of making requests and handling responses and lets you focus on writing code specific to your particular project. Check out our GitHub repository for a complete list of GroupDocs.Editor Cloud SDKs along with working examples, to get you started in no time. Please check the article to learn how to add an SDK to your project.