# DocumentContent
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The contents of a document.

**Note**  
Documents have size limitations. The maximum file size for a document is 50 MB. The maximum amount of text that can be extracted from a single document is 5 MB. For more information, see [Supported document formats in Amazon Q Business](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonq/latest/qbusiness-ug/doc-types.html).

## Contents
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**Important**  
This data type is a UNION, so only one of the following members can be specified when used or returned.

 ** blob **   <a name="qbusiness-Type-DocumentContent-blob"></a>
The contents of the document. Documents passed to the `blob` parameter must be base64 encoded. Your code might not need to encode the document file bytes if you're using an AWS SDK to call Amazon Q Business APIs. If you are calling the Amazon Q Business endpoint directly using REST, you must base64 encode the contents before sending.  
Type: Base64-encoded binary data object  
Required: No

 ** s3 **   <a name="qbusiness-Type-DocumentContent-s3"></a>
The path to the document in an Amazon S3 bucket.  
Type: [S3](API_S3.md) object  
Required: No

## See Also
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For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/qbusiness-2023-11-27/DocumentContent) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/qbusiness-2023-11-27/DocumentContent) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/qbusiness-2023-11-27/DocumentContent)