# List documents

Operation ID: `documents`

Group: People Management › Documents

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`GET /people/documents`

Read-only: Reads and returns; changes nothing.

Lists documents. The list contains document details, not the files. To download a file, request a link with GET people/documents/:id/download.

## Parameters

| Name | In | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `Api-Version` | header | string · v1 | yes | The API version this request targets, named by its public identifier. Required on every request; omitting it, or naming a version this company does not have, is answered with 400. This document describes version `v1`. |

## Query surface

- `id` — filter by eq, ne, gt, gte, lt, lte, in, notIn, between, like
- `employeeId` — filter by eq, ne, gt, gte, lt, lte, in, notIn, between, like
- `categoryId` — filter by eq, ne, gt, gte, lt, lte, in, notIn, between, like
- `status` — filter by eq, ne, gt, gte, lt, lte, in, notIn, between, like
- `expiryDate` — filter by eq, ne, gt, gte, lt, lte, in, notIn, between
- `lastModifiedDate` — filter by eq, ne, gt, gte, lt, lte, in, notIn, between
- Orderable: id, documentNumber, categoryId, status, expiryDate, lastModifiedDate
- Selectable: id, documentNumber, employeeId, categoryId, categoryLabel, fileName, status, expiryDate, lastModifiedDate
- `page[size]` — Page size
- `page[cursor]` — Opaque continuation cursor

## Response

`200` Success

Under `data`, an array of documentsRow:

| Field | Type | Required | Filter | Sort | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `id` | string | no | Exact (`eq`, `ne`), Range (`gt`, `gte`, `lt`, `lte`, `between`), Any of (`in`, `notIn`), Pattern (`like`) | yes | The unique identifier for the document. |
| `documentNumber` | string \| null | no | no | yes | The system-generated document number. |
| `employeeId` | string \| null | no | Exact (`eq`, `ne`), Range (`gt`, `gte`, `lt`, `lte`, `between`), Any of (`in`, `notIn`), Pattern (`like`) | no | The identifier of the employee the document belongs to. Absent when the linked employee no longer resolves. See id on GET people/person/:id. |
| `categoryId` | string \| null | no | Exact (`eq`, `ne`), Range (`gt`, `gte`, `lt`, `lte`, `between`), Any of (`in`, `notIn`), Pattern (`like`) | yes | The identifier of the document category the document is filed under. Absent when the linked category no longer resolves. See id on GET people/document-categories. |
| `categoryLabel` | string \| null | no | no | no | The display label of the document category the document is filed under. See label on GET people/document-categories. |
| `fileName` | string \| null | no | no | no | The stored file name, generated on upload from the category label and the employee's name. |
| `status` | string \| null | no | Exact (`eq`, `ne`), Range (`gt`, `gte`, `lt`, `lte`, `between`), Any of (`in`, `notIn`), Pattern (`like`) | yes | The current status of the document. Possible values: 'pending', 'approved', 'rejected', 'deprecated', 'readyToDownload', 'downloaded'. |
| `expiryDate` | date-time \| null | no | Exact (`eq`, `ne`), Range (`gt`, `gte`, `lt`, `lte`, `between`), Any of (`in`, `notIn`) | yes | The day the document expires, projected as UTC midnight of that day. Format YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ss.sssZ. Absent when the document does not expire. |
| `lastModifiedDate` | date-time | no | Exact (`eq`, `ne`), Range (`gt`, `gte`, `lt`, `lte`, `between`), Any of (`in`, `notIn`) | yes | The date and time the document record last changed, in UTC. Format YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ss.sssZ. |

```json
{
  "data": [
    {
      "id": "3fa85f64-5717-4562-b3fc-2c963f66afa6",
      "documentNumber": "<documentNumber>",
      "employeeId": "3fa85f64-5717-4562-b3fc-2c963f66afa6",
      "categoryId": "3fa85f64-5717-4562-b3fc-2c963f66afa6",
      "categoryLabel": "<categoryLabel>",
      "fileName": "<fileName>",
      "status": "<status>",
      "expiryDate": "2026-01-15T09:30:00.000Z",
      "lastModifiedDate": "2026-01-15T09:30:00.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "pagination": {
    "hasMore": true,
    "nextCursor": "<nextCursor>"
  }
}
```

## Statuses

- `400` — Invalid request or business failure
- `401` — The request carries no valid access token.
- `403` — Not authorized
- `404` — Not found
- `429` — Too many requests from this client address. The response has no body and no `Retry-After` header.
- `500` — Internal server error