Cognite Documents API

A document is a file that has been indexed by the document search engine.Every time a file is uploaded, updated or deleted in the Files API, it will alsobe scheduled for processing by the document search engine. After some processing,it will be possible to search for the file in the document search API.The document search engine is able to extract content from a variety of documenttypes, and perform classification, contextualization and other operations on thefile. This extracted and derived information is made available in the form of a`Document` object.The document structure consists of a selection of derived fields, such as the`title`, `author` and `language` of the document, plus some of the original fieldsfrom the raw file. The fields from the raw file can be found in the`sourceFile` structure. The derived fields are described in more detail below.### Derived fields#### titleSome document types (such as PDFs) contain additional metadata fields. If thedocument contains its title as part of this metadata, this field will be populatedwith that title.Note that we do not currently extract the title from the document content itself.If there is a need for this, we may consider adding such functionality in the future.#### authorSimilar to the `title` field, the author field is another field that can often beextracted from the document's metadata.#### producerThe `producer` field also exists in the document metadata. It contains informationabout the software or the system that was used to create the document.#### createdTimeThe `createdTime` we assign to the document is not exactly the same as the one foundin the Files API. We first try to extract the created time from the document metadata.If the document does not contain such a timestamp, we fall back to the time set inthe Files API.#### mimeTypeIf there is a mime type set in on the file in the Files API, this field will be setto the same mime type. If there is no mime type set on the file, we will try toauto-detect it.#### extensionThis field contains the extension of the file, derived from the file name. Forinstance, if the file name is `My Document.docx`, the `extension` field will contain`docx`.#### pageCountContains the number of pages in the document, if possible to determine.#### typeThe `type` field contains a high level file type, derived from the mime type. Mimetypes are not that pleasant to look at, and not always easy to understand. That iswhy we map the mime types into more user-friendly types. Below is the list of typescurrently returned, but be aware that this list may be extended in the future.- `Document`: Document files from Microsoft Word or similar word processing software.- `PDF`: PDF files.- `Spreadsheet`: Files from Microsoft Excel or similar spreadsheet software.- `Presentation`: Slides from Microsoft Powerpoint or similar.- `Image`: Any kind of image such as PNG or JPG files.- `Video`: Any kind of video such as MOV or MP4 files.- `Tabular data`: Csv, tsv and other kinds of tabular data files.- `Plain text`: Plain text files.- `Compressed`: ZIP files and other kinds of compressed archive files.- `Script`: Program code such as python or matlab.- `Other`: Anything that doesn't fit in any of the above types.#### geoLocationIf there is a geolocation set on the file in the Files API, then this field will containthe same geolocation. If there is no explicitly assigned geolocation, the documentprocessing system will try to detect a location using two different techniques;1. We will extract locations from files that contain embedded GPS locations. Photos and videos often have this kind of metadata.2. We will look at related assets that have locations, and assign the same location(s) to the document.### File type supportWe create a document for each uploaded file, but only derive data from certain files.The following file types are eligible for further data extraction & enrichment:- PDF files- Spreadsheets, documents, and presentations from the Microsoft, Libre Office and macOS office suites- Plain text files- Images