Create Extract Job

POST/api/v2/extract

Create an extraction job.

Extracts structured data from a document using either a saved configuration or an inline JSON Schema.

Input

Provide exactly one of:

configuration_id — reference a saved extraction config
configuration — inline configuration with a data_schema

Document input

Set file_input to a file ID (dfl-...) or a completed parse job ID (pjb-...).

The job runs asynchronously. Poll GET /extract/{job_id} or register a webhook to monitor completion.

Query ParametersExpand Collapse

organization_id: optional string

project_id: optional string

Cookie ParametersExpand Collapse

session: optional string

Body ParametersJSONExpand Collapse

file_input: string

File ID or parse job ID to extract from

maxLength200

configuration: optional ExtractConfiguration { data_schema, cite_sources, confidence_scores, 8 more }

Extract configuration combining parse and extract settings.

data_schema: map[map[unknown] or array of unknown or string or 2 more]

JSON Schema defining the fields to extract. Validate with the /schema/validate endpoint first.

One of the following:

map[unknown]

array of unknown

string

number

boolean

cite_sources: optional boolean

Include citations in results

confidence_scores: optional boolean

Include confidence scores in results

extract_version: optional string

Extract algorithm version. Use ‘latest’ for the default pipeline, a date string (e.g. ‘2026-01-08’), or ‘continuous’ to opt into schema-guided splitting for documents with repeating entities.

extraction_target: optional "per_doc" or "per_page" or "per_table_row"

Granularity of extraction: per_doc returns one object per document, per_page returns one object per page, per_table_row returns one object per table row

One of the following:

"per_doc"

"per_page"

"per_table_row"

max_pages: optional number

Maximum number of pages to process. Omit for no limit.

minimum1

parse_config_id: optional string

Saved parse configuration ID to control how the document is parsed before extraction

parse_tier: optional string

Parse tier to use before extraction. Defaults to the extract tier if not specified.

system_prompt: optional string

Custom system prompt to guide extraction behavior

target_pages: optional string

Comma-separated page numbers or ranges to process (1-based). Omit to process all pages.

tier: optional "cost_effective" or "agentic"

Extract tier: cost_effective (5 credits/page) or agentic (15 credits/page)

One of the following:

"cost_effective"

"agentic"

configuration_id: optional string

Saved configuration ID

webhook_configurations: optional array of object { webhook_events, webhook_headers, webhook_output_format, webhook_url }

Outbound webhook endpoints to notify on job status changes

webhook_events: optional array of "extract.pending" or "extract.success" or "extract.error" or 14 more

Events to subscribe to (e.g. ‘parse.success’, ‘extract.error’). If null, all events are delivered.

One of the following:

"extract.pending"

"extract.success"

"extract.error"

"extract.partial_success"

"extract.cancelled"

"parse.pending"

"parse.running"

"parse.success"

"parse.error"

"parse.partial_success"

"parse.cancelled"

"classify.pending"

"classify.success"

"classify.error"

"classify.partial_success"

"classify.cancelled"

"unmapped_event"

webhook_headers: optional map[string]

Custom HTTP headers sent with each webhook request (e.g. auth tokens)

webhook_output_format: optional string

Response format sent to the webhook: ‘string’ (default) or ‘json’

webhook_url: optional string

URL to receive webhook POST notifications

ReturnsExpand Collapse

ExtractV2Job = object { id, created_at, file_input, 9 more }

An extraction job.

id: string

Unique job identifier (job_id)

created_at: string

Creation timestamp

formatdate-time

file_input: string

File ID or parse job ID that was extracted

project_id: string

Project this job belongs to

status: string

Current job status.

PENDING — queued, not yet started
RUNNING — actively processing
COMPLETED — finished successfully
FAILED — terminated with an error
CANCELLED — cancelled by user

updated_at: string

Last update timestamp

formatdate-time

configuration: optional ExtractConfiguration { data_schema, cite_sources, confidence_scores, 8 more }

Extract configuration combining parse and extract settings.

data_schema: map[map[unknown] or array of unknown or string or 2 more]

JSON Schema defining the fields to extract. Validate with the /schema/validate endpoint first.

One of the following:

map[unknown]

array of unknown

string

number

boolean

cite_sources: optional boolean

Include citations in results

confidence_scores: optional boolean

Include confidence scores in results

extract_version: optional string

extraction_target: optional "per_doc" or "per_page" or "per_table_row"

Granularity of extraction: per_doc returns one object per document, per_page returns one object per page, per_table_row returns one object per table row

One of the following:

"per_doc"

"per_page"

"per_table_row"

max_pages: optional number

Maximum number of pages to process. Omit for no limit.

minimum1

parse_config_id: optional string

Saved parse configuration ID to control how the document is parsed before extraction

parse_tier: optional string

Parse tier to use before extraction. Defaults to the extract tier if not specified.

system_prompt: optional string

Custom system prompt to guide extraction behavior

target_pages: optional string

Comma-separated page numbers or ranges to process (1-based). Omit to process all pages.

tier: optional "cost_effective" or "agentic"

Extract tier: cost_effective (5 credits/page) or agentic (15 credits/page)

One of the following:

"cost_effective"

"agentic"

configuration_id: optional string

Saved extract configuration ID used for this job, if any

error_message: optional string

Error details when status is FAILED

extract_metadata: optional ExtractJobMetadata { field_metadata, parse_job_id, parse_tier }

Extraction metadata.

field_metadata: optional ExtractedFieldMetadata { document_metadata, page_metadata, row_metadata }

Metadata for extracted fields including document, page, and row level info.

document_metadata: optional map[map[unknown] or array of unknown or string or 2 more]

Per-field metadata keyed by field name from your schema. Scalar fields (e.g. vendor) map to a FieldMetadataEntry with citation and confidence. Array fields (e.g. items) map to a list where each element contains per-sub-field FieldMetadataEntry objects, indexed by array position. Nested objects contain sub-field entries recursively.

One of the following:

map[unknown]

array of unknown

string

number

boolean

page_metadata: optional array of map[map[unknown] or array of unknown or string or 2 more]

Per-page metadata when extraction_target is per_page

One of the following:

map[unknown]

array of unknown

string

number

boolean

row_metadata: optional array of map[map[unknown] or array of unknown or string or 2 more]

Per-row metadata when extraction_target is per_table_row

One of the following:

map[unknown]

array of unknown

string

number

boolean

parse_job_id: optional string

Reference to the ParseJob ID used for parsing

parse_tier: optional string

Parse tier used for parsing the document

extract_result: optional map[map[unknown] or array of unknown or string or 2 more] or array of map[map[unknown] or array of unknown or string or 2 more]

Extracted data conforming to the data_schema. Returns a single object for per_doc, or an array for per_page / per_table_row.

One of the following:

map[map[unknown] or array of unknown or string or 2 more]

One of the following:

map[unknown]

array of unknown

string

number

boolean

array of map[map[unknown] or array of unknown or string or 2 more]

One of the following:

map[unknown]

array of unknown

string

number

boolean

metadata: optional object { usage }

Job-level metadata.

usage: optional ExtractJobUsage { num_document_tokens, num_output_tokens, num_pages_extracted }

Extraction usage metrics.

num_document_tokens: optional number

Number of document tokens

num_output_tokens: optional number

Number of output tokens

num_pages_extracted: optional number

Number of pages extracted

Create Extract Job

curl https://api.cloud.llamaindex.ai/api/v2/extract \
    -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $LLAMA_CLOUD_API_KEY" \
    -d '{
          "file_input": "dfl-aaaaaaaa-bbbb-cccc-dddd-eeeeeeeeeeee"
        }'

{
  "id": "ext-aaaaaaaa-bbbb-cccc-dddd-eeeeeeeeeeee",
  "created_at": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
  "file_input": "dfl-aaaaaaaa-bbbb-cccc-dddd-eeeeeeeeeeee",
  "project_id": "prj-aaaaaaaa-bbbb-cccc-dddd-eeeeeeeeeeee",
  "status": "COMPLETED",
  "updated_at": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
  "configuration": {
    "data_schema": {
      "foo": {
        "foo": "bar"
      }
    },
    "cite_sources": true,
    "confidence_scores": true,
    "extract_version": "latest",
    "extraction_target": "per_doc",
    "max_pages": 10,
    "parse_config_id": "cfg-11111111-2222-3333-4444-555555555555",
    "parse_tier": "fast",
    "system_prompt": "Extract all monetary values in USD. If a currency is not specified, assume USD.",
    "target_pages": "1,3,5-7",
    "tier": "cost_effective"
  },
  "configuration_id": "cfg-11111111-2222-3333-4444-555555555555",
  "error_message": "error_message",
  "extract_metadata": {
    "field_metadata": {
      "document_metadata": {
        "items": [
          {
            "amount": {
              "citation": [
                {
                  "matching_text": "$10.00",
                  "page": 1
                }
              ],
              "confidence": 1
            },
            "description": {
              "citation": [
                {
                  "matching_text": "$10/month",
                  "page": 1
                }
              ],
              "confidence": 0.998
            }
          }
        ],
        "total": {
          "citation": "bar",
          "confidence": "bar"
        },
        "vendor": {
          "citation": "bar",
          "confidence": "bar",
          "extraction_confidence": "bar",
          "parsing_confidence": "bar"
        }
      },
      "page_metadata": [
        {
          "foo": {
            "foo": "bar"
          }
        }
      ],
      "row_metadata": [
        {
          "foo": {
            "foo": "bar"
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "parse_job_id": "parse_job_id",
    "parse_tier": "parse_tier"
  },
  "extract_result": {
    "foo": {
      "foo": "bar"
    }
  },
  "metadata": {
    "usage": {
      "num_document_tokens": 0,
      "num_output_tokens": 0,
      "num_pages_extracted": 0
    }
  }
}

Returns Examples

{
  "id": "ext-aaaaaaaa-bbbb-cccc-dddd-eeeeeeeeeeee",
  "created_at": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
  "file_input": "dfl-aaaaaaaa-bbbb-cccc-dddd-eeeeeeeeeeee",
  "project_id": "prj-aaaaaaaa-bbbb-cccc-dddd-eeeeeeeeeeee",
  "status": "COMPLETED",
  "updated_at": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
  "configuration": {
    "data_schema": {
      "foo": {
        "foo": "bar"
      }
    },
    "cite_sources": true,
    "confidence_scores": true,
    "extract_version": "latest",
    "extraction_target": "per_doc",
    "max_pages": 10,
    "parse_config_id": "cfg-11111111-2222-3333-4444-555555555555",
    "parse_tier": "fast",
    "system_prompt": "Extract all monetary values in USD. If a currency is not specified, assume USD.",
    "target_pages": "1,3,5-7",
    "tier": "cost_effective"
  },
  "configuration_id": "cfg-11111111-2222-3333-4444-555555555555",
  "error_message": "error_message",
  "extract_metadata": {
    "field_metadata": {
      "document_metadata": {
        "items": [
          {
            "amount": {
              "citation": [
                {
                  "matching_text": "$10.00",
                  "page": 1
                }
              ],
              "confidence": 1
            },
            "description": {
              "citation": [
                {
                  "matching_text": "$10/month",
                  "page": 1
                }
              ],
              "confidence": 0.998
            }
          }
        ],
        "total": {
          "citation": "bar",
          "confidence": "bar"
        },
        "vendor": {
          "citation": "bar",
          "confidence": "bar",
          "extraction_confidence": "bar",
          "parsing_confidence": "bar"
        }
      },
      "page_metadata": [
        {
          "foo": {
            "foo": "bar"
          }
        }
      ],
      "row_metadata": [
        {
          "foo": {
            "foo": "bar"
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "parse_job_id": "parse_job_id",
    "parse_tier": "parse_tier"
  },
  "extract_result": {
    "foo": {
      "foo": "bar"
    }
  },
  "metadata": {
    "usage": {
      "num_document_tokens": 0,
      "num_output_tokens": 0,
      "num_pages_extracted": 0
    }
  }
}