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get_document_content

Operation

get_document_content async

get_document_content(input: GetDocumentContentInput, plugins: list[Plugin] | None = None) -> GetDocumentContentOutput

Retrieves the content of a document that was ingested into Amazon Q Business. This API validates user authorization against document ACLs before returning a pre-signed URL for secure document access. You can download or view source documents referenced in chat responses through the URL.

Parameters:

Name Type Description Default
input GetDocumentContentInput

An instance of GetDocumentContentInput.

required
plugins list[Plugin] | None

A list of callables that modify the configuration dynamically. Changes made by these plugins only apply for the duration of the operation execution and will not affect any other operation invocations.

None

Returns:

Type Description
GetDocumentContentOutput

An instance of GetDocumentContentOutput.

Input

GetDocumentContentInput dataclass

Dataclass for GetDocumentContentInput structure.

Attributes

application_id class-attribute instance-attribute
application_id: str | None = None

The unique identifier of the Amazon Q Business application containing the document. This ensures the request is scoped to the correct application environment and its associated security policies.

data_source_id class-attribute instance-attribute
data_source_id: str | None = None

The identifier of the data source from which the document was ingested. This field is not present if the document is ingested by directly calling the BatchPutDocument API. If the document is from a file-upload data source, the datasource will be "uploaded-docs-file-stat-datasourceid".

document_id class-attribute instance-attribute
document_id: str | None = None

The unique identifier of the document that is indexed via BatchPutDocument API or file-upload or connector sync. It is also found in chat or chatSync response.

index_id class-attribute instance-attribute
index_id: str | None = None

The identifier of the index where documents are indexed.

output_format class-attribute instance-attribute
output_format: OutputFormat | None = None

Document outputFormat. Defaults to RAW if not selected.

Output

GetDocumentContentOutput dataclass

Dataclass for GetDocumentContentOutput structure.

Attributes

mime_type instance-attribute
mime_type: str

The MIME type of the document content. When outputFormat is RAW, this corresponds to the original document's MIME type (e.g., application/pdf, text/plain, application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document). When outputFormat is EXTRACTED, the MIME type is always application/json.

presigned_url instance-attribute
presigned_url: str

A pre-signed URL that provides temporary access to download the document content directly from Amazon Q Business. The URL expires after 5 minutes for security purposes. This URL is generated only after successful ACL validation.