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veeva Documents API

Document lifecycle management

veeva Documents API is one of 9 APIs that veeva publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 15 JSON Schema definitions.

Tagged areas include Documents. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, an API reference, authentication docs, a changelog, a getting-started guide, and 15 JSON Schemas.

This API exposes 7 operations across 4 paths, and defines 6 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 25.3.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://{vaultDomain}/api/v25.3.

7 operations 4 paths 6 schemas 1 DELETE3 GET2 POST1 PUT

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
25.3
Base URL
https://myvault.veevavault.com/api/v25.3
Authentication
API Key
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

veeva Documents API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the header as Authorization (VaultSession). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • VaultSession — Vault Session ID from /auth endpoint

Paths & Operations 7

Across 4 paths, the API surfaces 7 operations — 1 DELETE, 3 GET, 2 POST, 1 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Documents 7

Document lifecycle management

GET
/objects/documents
Veeva List All Documents
listDocuments 3 params → 200401
POST
/objects/documents
Veeva Create a Document
createDocument body → 200400
GET
/objects/documents/{documentId}
Veeva Retrieve a Document
getDocument 1 param → 200404
PUT
/objects/documents/{documentId}
Veeva Update Document Metadata
updateDocument 1 param body → 200
DELETE
/objects/documents/{documentId}
Veeva Delete a Document
deleteDocument 1 param → 200
GET
/objects/documents/{documentId}/file
Veeva Download Document Source File
downloadDocumentFile 1 param → 200
POST
/objects/documents/{documentId}/actions/{actionName}
Veeva Perform a Document Lifecycle Action
performDocumentAction 2 params → 200

Schemas 6

The contract defines 6 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are DocumentFields (17 properties), DocumentCreateResponse (5 properties), DocumentListResponse (4 properties), DocumentUpdateResponse (4 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

DocumentUpdateResponse
object
4 properties
VaultResponse
object
3 properties
DocumentListResponse
object
4 properties
DocumentFields
object
Document field values (field names end in v for standard, c for custom)
17 properties
DocumentResponse
object
3 properties
DocumentCreateResponse
object
5 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

veeva-documents-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs veeva publishes across the network.

Veeva Vault Java SDK
Veeva Vault Direct Data API
veeva Authentication API
veeva Objects API
veeva Query API
veeva Users API
veeva Workflows API
Veeva Vault MCP
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