curl --request POST \
--url https://api.arcuserp.com/v1/documents \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '
{
"file_name": "<string>",
"category": "<string>",
"mime_type": "<string>",
"source_type": "<string>",
"source_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
"source_label": "<string>",
"description": "<string>",
"tags": [
"<string>"
],
"backfill_source_key": "<string>"
}
'import requests
url = "https://api.arcuserp.com/v1/documents"
payload = {
"file_name": "<string>",
"category": "<string>",
"mime_type": "<string>",
"source_type": "<string>",
"source_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
"source_label": "<string>",
"description": "<string>",
"tags": ["<string>"],
"backfill_source_key": "<string>"
}
headers = {
"Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({
file_name: '<string>',
category: '<string>',
mime_type: '<string>',
source_type: '<string>',
source_id: '3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a',
source_label: '<string>',
description: '<string>',
tags: ['<string>'],
backfill_source_key: '<string>'
})
};
fetch('https://api.arcuserp.com/v1/documents', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.arcuserp.com/v1/documents",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'file_name' => '<string>',
'category' => '<string>',
'mime_type' => '<string>',
'source_type' => '<string>',
'source_id' => '3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a',
'source_label' => '<string>',
'description' => '<string>',
'tags' => [
'<string>'
],
'backfill_source_key' => '<string>'
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type: application/json"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.arcuserp.com/v1/documents"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"file_name\": \"<string>\",\n \"category\": \"<string>\",\n \"mime_type\": \"<string>\",\n \"source_type\": \"<string>\",\n \"source_id\": \"3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a\",\n \"source_label\": \"<string>\",\n \"description\": \"<string>\",\n \"tags\": [\n \"<string>\"\n ],\n \"backfill_source_key\": \"<string>\"\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.arcuserp.com/v1/documents")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"file_name\": \"<string>\",\n \"category\": \"<string>\",\n \"mime_type\": \"<string>\",\n \"source_type\": \"<string>\",\n \"source_id\": \"3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a\",\n \"source_label\": \"<string>\",\n \"description\": \"<string>\",\n \"tags\": [\n \"<string>\"\n ],\n \"backfill_source_key\": \"<string>\"\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.arcuserp.com/v1/documents")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"file_name\": \"<string>\",\n \"category\": \"<string>\",\n \"mime_type\": \"<string>\",\n \"source_type\": \"<string>\",\n \"source_id\": \"3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a\",\n \"source_label\": \"<string>\",\n \"description\": \"<string>\",\n \"tags\": [\n \"<string>\"\n ],\n \"backfill_source_key\": \"<string>\"\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"data": {},
"upload_url": "<string>",
"idempotent": true
}{
"data": {},
"upload_url": "<string>"
}{
"error": "not_found",
"code": "not_found",
"type": "not_found",
"hint": "The requested order does not exist or does not belong to this entity.",
"param": "expand[0]",
"required": "accounts:read",
"request_id": "req_abc123"
}{
"error": "not_found",
"code": "not_found",
"type": "not_found",
"hint": "The requested order does not exist or does not belong to this entity.",
"param": "expand[0]",
"required": "accounts:read",
"request_id": "req_abc123"
}{
"error": "not_found",
"code": "not_found",
"type": "not_found",
"hint": "The requested order does not exist or does not belong to this entity.",
"param": "expand[0]",
"required": "accounts:read",
"request_id": "req_abc123"
}Create a document (file) and get a presigned upload URL
Creates a document row in File Management and returns a presigned S3 PUT URL for uploading the bytes. Only file_name is required; the entity is always derived from the API key (never the body). After PUTting the bytes to upload_url, call POST /documents/confirm to finalize the file size. Set backfill_source_key (for example “versa:bill:134871”) for durable idempotency: a repeat create with the same key returns the existing row with idempotent: true and upload_url: null. Requires attachments:write scope.
curl --request POST \
--url https://api.arcuserp.com/v1/documents \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '
{
"file_name": "<string>",
"category": "<string>",
"mime_type": "<string>",
"source_type": "<string>",
"source_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
"source_label": "<string>",
"description": "<string>",
"tags": [
"<string>"
],
"backfill_source_key": "<string>"
}
'import requests
url = "https://api.arcuserp.com/v1/documents"
payload = {
"file_name": "<string>",
"category": "<string>",
"mime_type": "<string>",
"source_type": "<string>",
"source_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
"source_label": "<string>",
"description": "<string>",
"tags": ["<string>"],
"backfill_source_key": "<string>"
}
headers = {
"Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({
file_name: '<string>',
category: '<string>',
mime_type: '<string>',
source_type: '<string>',
source_id: '3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a',
source_label: '<string>',
description: '<string>',
tags: ['<string>'],
backfill_source_key: '<string>'
})
};
fetch('https://api.arcuserp.com/v1/documents', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.arcuserp.com/v1/documents",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'file_name' => '<string>',
'category' => '<string>',
'mime_type' => '<string>',
'source_type' => '<string>',
'source_id' => '3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a',
'source_label' => '<string>',
'description' => '<string>',
'tags' => [
'<string>'
],
'backfill_source_key' => '<string>'
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type: application/json"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.arcuserp.com/v1/documents"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"file_name\": \"<string>\",\n \"category\": \"<string>\",\n \"mime_type\": \"<string>\",\n \"source_type\": \"<string>\",\n \"source_id\": \"3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a\",\n \"source_label\": \"<string>\",\n \"description\": \"<string>\",\n \"tags\": [\n \"<string>\"\n ],\n \"backfill_source_key\": \"<string>\"\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.arcuserp.com/v1/documents")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"file_name\": \"<string>\",\n \"category\": \"<string>\",\n \"mime_type\": \"<string>\",\n \"source_type\": \"<string>\",\n \"source_id\": \"3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a\",\n \"source_label\": \"<string>\",\n \"description\": \"<string>\",\n \"tags\": [\n \"<string>\"\n ],\n \"backfill_source_key\": \"<string>\"\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.arcuserp.com/v1/documents")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"file_name\": \"<string>\",\n \"category\": \"<string>\",\n \"mime_type\": \"<string>\",\n \"source_type\": \"<string>\",\n \"source_id\": \"3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a\",\n \"source_label\": \"<string>\",\n \"description\": \"<string>\",\n \"tags\": [\n \"<string>\"\n ],\n \"backfill_source_key\": \"<string>\"\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"data": {},
"upload_url": "<string>",
"idempotent": true
}{
"data": {},
"upload_url": "<string>"
}{
"error": "not_found",
"code": "not_found",
"type": "not_found",
"hint": "The requested order does not exist or does not belong to this entity.",
"param": "expand[0]",
"required": "accounts:read",
"request_id": "req_abc123"
}{
"error": "not_found",
"code": "not_found",
"type": "not_found",
"hint": "The requested order does not exist or does not belong to this entity.",
"param": "expand[0]",
"required": "accounts:read",
"request_id": "req_abc123"
}{
"error": "not_found",
"code": "not_found",
"type": "not_found",
"hint": "The requested order does not exist or does not belong to this entity.",
"param": "expand[0]",
"required": "accounts:read",
"request_id": "req_abc123"
}Authorizations
API key issued per entity via Settings > Developers > API Keys.
Each key carries scopes (e.g. orders:read, products:write).
Bearer token format: Authorization: Bearer ark_live_ent_Test keys use ark_test_ent_. Both are issued per entity
via Settings > Developers > API Keys.
Body
Folder category (default 'general').
Optional; inferred from file_name when omitted.
Linked resource type (e.g. order, vendor_bill).
Linked resource id.
Durable idempotency provenance key for migration loaders.
Was this page helpful?

