Document AI client libraries

This page shows how to get started with the Cloud Client Libraries for the Document AI API. Client libraries make it easier to access Google Cloud APIs from a supported language. Although you can use Google Cloud APIs directly by making raw requests to the server, client libraries provide simplifications that significantly reduce the amount of code you need to write.

Read more about the Cloud Client Libraries and the older Google API Client Libraries in Client libraries explained.

Install the client library

C++

See Setting up a C++ development environment for details about this client library's requirements and install dependencies.

C#

Install-Package Google.Cloud.DocumentAI.V1 -Pre

For more information, see Setting Up a C# Development Environment.

Go

go get cloud.google.com/go/documentai

For more information, see Setting Up a Go Development Environment.

Java

If you are using Maven, add the following to your pom.xml file. For more information about BOMs, see The Google Cloud Platform Libraries BOM.

<dependencyManagement>
  <dependencies>
    <dependency>
      <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
      <artifactId>libraries-bom</artifactId>
      <version>26.51.0</version>
      <type>pom</type>
      <scope>import</scope>
    </dependency>
  </dependencies>
</dependencyManagement>

<dependencies>
  <dependency>
    <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
    <artifactId>google-cloud-document-ai</artifactId>
  </dependency>
</dependencies>

If you are using Gradle, add the following to your dependencies:

implementation 'com.google.cloud:google-cloud-document-ai:2.58.0'

If you are using sbt, add the following to your dependencies:

libraryDependencies += "com.google.cloud" % "google-cloud-document-ai" % "2.58.0"

If you're using Visual Studio Code, IntelliJ, or Eclipse, you can add client libraries to your project using the following IDE plugins:

• Cloud Code for VS Code
• Cloud Code for IntelliJ
• Cloud Tools for Eclipse

The plugins provide additional functionality, such as key management for service accounts. Refer to each plugin's documentation for details.

Note: Cloud Java client libraries do not currently support Android.

For more information, see Setting Up a Java Development Environment.

Node.js

npm install @google-cloud/documentai

For more information, see Setting Up a Node.js Development Environment.

PHP

composer require google/cloud-document-ai

For more information, see Using PHP on Google Cloud.

Python

pip install --upgrade google-cloud-documentai

For more information, see Setting Up a Python Development Environment.

Ruby

gem install google-cloud-document_ai

For more information, see Setting Up a Ruby Development Environment.

Set up authentication

To authenticate calls to Google Cloud APIs, client libraries support Application Default Credentials (ADC); the libraries look for credentials in a set of defined locations and use those credentials to authenticate requests to the API. With ADC, you can make credentials available to your application in a variety of environments, such as local development or production, without needing to modify your application code.

For production environments, the way you set up ADC depends on the service and context. For more information, see Set up Application Default Credentials.

For a local development environment, you can set up ADC with the credentials that are associated with your Google Account:

1. Install the Google Cloud CLI, then initialize it by running the following command:

   gcloud init

2. If you're using a local shell, then create local authentication credentials for your user account:

   gcloud auth application-default login

   You don't need to do this if you're using Cloud Shell.

   A sign-in screen appears. After you sign in, your credentials are stored in the local credential file used by ADC.

Use the client library

The following example shows how to use the client library.

C++

#include "google/cloud/documentai/v1/document_processor_client.h"
#include "google/cloud/location.h"
#include <fstream>
#include <iostream>
#include <string>

int main(int argc, char* argv[]) try {
  if (argc != 5) {
    std::cerr << "Usage: " << argv[0]
              << " project-id location-id processor-id filename (PDF only)\n";
    return 1;
  }

  std::string const location_id = argv[2];
  if (location_id != "us" && location_id != "eu") {
    std::cerr << "location-id must be either 'us' or 'eu'\n";
    return 1;
  }
  auto const location = google::cloud::Location(argv[1], location_id);

  namespace documentai = ::google::cloud::documentai_v1;
  auto client = documentai::DocumentProcessorServiceClient(
      documentai::MakeDocumentProcessorServiceConnection(
          location.location_id()));

  google::cloud::documentai::v1::ProcessRequest req;
  req.set_name(location.FullName() + "/processors/" + argv[3]);
  req.set_skip_human_review(true);
  auto& doc = *req.mutable_raw_document();
  doc.set_mime_type("application/pdf");
  std::ifstream is(argv[4]);
  doc.set_content(std::string{std::istreambuf_iterator<char>(is), {}});

  auto resp = client.ProcessDocument(std::move(req));
  if (!resp) throw std::move(resp).status();
  std::cout << resp->document().text() << "\n";

  return 0;
} catch (google::cloud::Status const& status) {
  std::cerr << "google::cloud::Status thrown: " << status << "\n";
  return 1;
}

C#

using Google.Cloud.DocumentAI.V1;
using Google.Protobuf;
using System;
using System.IO;

public class QuickstartSample
{
    public Document Quickstart(
        string projectId = "your-project-id",
        string locationId = "your-processor-location",
        string processorId = "your-processor-id",
        string localPath = "my-local-path/my-file-name",
        string mimeType = "application/pdf"
    )
    {
        // Create client
        var client = new DocumentProcessorServiceClientBuilder
        {
            Endpoint = $"{locationId}-documentai.googleapis.com"
        }.Build();

        // Read in local file
        using var fileStream = File.OpenRead(localPath);
        var rawDocument = new RawDocument
        {
            Content = ByteString.FromStream(fileStream),
            MimeType = mimeType
        };

        // Initialize request argument(s)
        var request = new ProcessRequest
        {
            Name = ProcessorName.FromProjectLocationProcessor(projectId, locationId, processorId).ToString(),
            RawDocument = rawDocument
        };

        // Make the request
        var response = client.ProcessDocument(request);

        var document = response.Document;
        Console.WriteLine(document.Text);
        return document;
    }
}

Go

import (
	"context"
	"flag"
	"fmt"
	"os"

	documentai "cloud.google.com/go/documentai/apiv1"
	"cloud.google.com/go/documentai/apiv1/documentaipb"
	"google.golang.org/api/option"
)

func main() {
	projectID := flag.String("project_id", "PROJECT_ID", "Cloud Project ID")
	location := flag.String("location", "us", "The Processor location")
	// Create a Processor before running sample
	processorID := flag.String("processor_id", "aaaaaaaa", "The Processor ID")
	filePath := flag.String("file_path", "invoice.pdf", "The path to the file to parse")
	mimeType := flag.String("mime_type", "application/pdf", "The mimeType of the file")
	flag.Parse()

	ctx := context.Background()

	endpoint := fmt.Sprintf("%s-documentai.googleapis.com:443", *location)
	client, err := documentai.NewDocumentProcessorClient(ctx, option.WithEndpoint(endpoint))
	if err != nil {
		fmt.Println(fmt.Errorf("error creating Document AI client: %w", err))
	}
	defer client.Close()

	// Open local file.
	data, err := os.ReadFile(*filePath)
	if err != nil {
		fmt.Println(fmt.Errorf("os.ReadFile: %w", err))
	}

	req := &documentaipb.ProcessRequest{
		Name: fmt.Sprintf("projects/%s/locations/%s/processors/%s", *projectID, *location, *processorID),
		Source: &documentaipb.ProcessRequest_RawDocument{
			RawDocument: &documentaipb.RawDocument{
				Content:  data,
				MimeType: *mimeType,
			},
		},
	}
	resp, err := client.ProcessDocument(ctx, req)
	if err != nil {
		fmt.Println(fmt.Errorf("processDocument: %w", err))
	}

	// Handle the results.
	document := resp.GetDocument()
	fmt.Printf("Document Text: %s", document.GetText())
}

Java

import com.google.cloud.documentai.v1.Document;
import com.google.cloud.documentai.v1.DocumentProcessorServiceClient;
import com.google.cloud.documentai.v1.DocumentProcessorServiceSettings;
import com.google.cloud.documentai.v1.ProcessRequest;
import com.google.cloud.documentai.v1.ProcessResponse;
import com.google.cloud.documentai.v1.RawDocument;
import com.google.protobuf.ByteString;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.nio.file.Files;
import java.nio.file.Paths;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
import java.util.concurrent.TimeoutException;

public class QuickStart {
  public static void main(String[] args)
      throws IOException, InterruptedException, ExecutionException, TimeoutException {
    // TODO(developer): Replace these variables before running the sample.
    String projectId = "your-project-id";
    String location = "your-project-location"; // Format is "us" or "eu".
    String processorId = "your-processor-id";
    String filePath = "path/to/input/file.pdf";
    quickStart(projectId, location, processorId, filePath);
  }

  public static void quickStart(
      String projectId, String location, String processorId, String filePath)
      throws IOException, InterruptedException, ExecutionException, TimeoutException {
    // Initialize client that will be used to send requests. This client only needs
    // to be created
    // once, and can be reused for multiple requests. After completing all of your
    // requests, call
    // the "close" method on the client to safely clean up any remaining background
    // resources.
    String endpoint = String.format("%s-documentai.googleapis.com:443", location);
    DocumentProcessorServiceSettings settings =
        DocumentProcessorServiceSettings.newBuilder().setEndpoint(endpoint).build();
    try (DocumentProcessorServiceClient client = DocumentProcessorServiceClient.create(settings)) {
      // The full resource name of the processor, e.g.:
      // projects/project-id/locations/location/processor/processor-id
      // You must create new processors in the Cloud Console first
      String name =
          String.format("projects/%s/locations/%s/processors/%s", projectId, location, processorId);

      // Read the file.
      byte[] imageFileData = Files.readAllBytes(Paths.get(filePath));

      // Convert the image data to a Buffer and base64 encode it.
      ByteString content = ByteString.copyFrom(imageFileData);

      RawDocument document =
          RawDocument.newBuilder().setContent(content).setMimeType("application/pdf").build();

      // Configure the process request.
      ProcessRequest request =
          ProcessRequest.newBuilder().setName(name).setRawDocument(document).build();

      // Recognizes text entities in the PDF document
      ProcessResponse result = client.processDocument(request);
      Document documentResponse = result.getDocument();

      // Get all of the document text as one big string
      String text = documentResponse.getText();

      // Read the text recognition output from the processor
      System.out.println("The document contains the following paragraphs:");
      Document.Page firstPage = documentResponse.getPages(0);
      List<Document.Page.Paragraph> paragraphs = firstPage.getParagraphsList();

      for (Document.Page.Paragraph paragraph : paragraphs) {
        String paragraphText = getText(paragraph.getLayout().getTextAnchor(), text);
        System.out.printf("Paragraph text:\n%s\n", paragraphText);
      }
    }
  }

  // Extract shards from the text field
  private static String getText(Document.TextAnchor textAnchor, String text) {
    if (textAnchor.getTextSegmentsList().size() > 0) {
      int startIdx = (int) textAnchor.getTextSegments(0).getStartIndex();
      int endIdx = (int) textAnchor.getTextSegments(0).getEndIndex();
      return text.substring(startIdx, endIdx);
    }
    return "[NO TEXT]";
  }
}

Node.js

/**
 * TODO(developer): Uncomment these variables before running the sample.
 */
// const projectId = 'YOUR_PROJECT_ID';
// const location = 'YOUR_PROJECT_LOCATION'; // Format is 'us' or 'eu'
// const processorId = 'YOUR_PROCESSOR_ID'; // Create processor in Cloud Console
// const filePath = '/path/to/local/pdf';

const {DocumentProcessorServiceClient} =
  require('@google-cloud/documentai').v1;

// Instantiates a client
// apiEndpoint regions available: eu-documentai.googleapis.com, us-documentai.googleapis.com (Required if using eu based processor)
// const client = new DocumentProcessorServiceClient({apiEndpoint: 'eu-documentai.googleapis.com'});
const client = new DocumentProcessorServiceClient();

async function quickstart() {
  // The full resource name of the processor, e.g.:
  // projects/project-id/locations/location/processor/processor-id
  // You must create new processors in the Cloud Console first
  const name = `projects/${projectId}/locations/${location}/processors/${processorId}`;

  // Read the file into memory.
  const fs = require('fs').promises;
  const imageFile = await fs.readFile(filePath);

  // Convert the image data to a Buffer and base64 encode it.
  const encodedImage = Buffer.from(imageFile).toString('base64');

  const request = {
    name,
    rawDocument: {
      content: encodedImage,
      mimeType: 'application/pdf',
    },
  };

  // Recognizes text entities in the PDF document
  const [result] = await client.processDocument(request);
  const {document} = result;

  // Get all of the document text as one big string
  const {text} = document;

  // Extract shards from the text field
  const getText = textAnchor => {
    if (!textAnchor.textSegments || textAnchor.textSegments.length === 0) {
      return '';
    }

    // First shard in document doesn't have startIndex property
    const startIndex = textAnchor.textSegments[0].startIndex || 0;
    const endIndex = textAnchor.textSegments[0].endIndex;

    return text.substring(startIndex, endIndex);
  };

  // Read the text recognition output from the processor
  console.log('The document contains the following paragraphs:');
  const [page1] = document.pages;
  const {paragraphs} = page1;

  for (const paragraph of paragraphs) {
    const paragraphText = getText(paragraph.layout.textAnchor);
    console.log(`Paragraph text:\n${paragraphText}`);
  }
}

PHP

# Includes the autoloader for libraries installed with composer
require __DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php';

# Imports the Google Cloud client library
use Google\Cloud\DocumentAI\V1\DocumentProcessorServiceClient;
use Google\Cloud\DocumentAI\V1\RawDocument;

$projectId = 'YOUR_PROJECT_ID'; # Your Google Cloud Platform project ID
$location = 'us'; # Your Processor Location
$processor = 'YOUR_PROCESSOR_ID'; # Your Processor ID

# Create Client
$client = new DocumentProcessorServiceClient();

# Local File Path
$documentPath = 'resources/invoice.pdf';

# Read in File Contents
$handle = fopen($documentPath, 'rb');
$contents = fread($handle, filesize($documentPath));
fclose($handle);

# Load File Contents into RawDocument
$rawDocument = new RawDocument([
    'content' => $contents,
    'mime_type' => 'application/pdf'
]);

# Fully-qualified Processor Name
$name = $client->processorName($projectId, $location, $processor);

# Make Processing Request
$response = $client->processDocument($name, [
    'rawDocument' => $rawDocument
]);

# Print Document Text
printf('Document Text: %s', $response->getDocument()->getText());

Python

from google.api_core.client_options import ClientOptions
from google.cloud import documentai  # type: ignore

# TODO(developer): Uncomment these variables before running the sample.
# project_id = "YOUR_PROJECT_ID"
# location = "YOUR_PROCESSOR_LOCATION"  # Format is "us" or "eu"
# file_path = "/path/to/local/pdf"
# processor_display_name = "YOUR_PROCESSOR_DISPLAY_NAME" # Must be unique per project, e.g.: "My Processor"


def quickstart(
    project_id: str,
    location: str,
    file_path: str,
    processor_display_name: str = "My Processor",
):
    # You must set the `api_endpoint`if you use a location other than "us".
    opts = ClientOptions(api_endpoint=f"{location}-documentai.googleapis.com")

    client = documentai.DocumentProcessorServiceClient(client_options=opts)

    # The full resource name of the location, e.g.:
    # `projects/{project_id}/locations/{location}`
    parent = client.common_location_path(project_id, location)

    # Create a Processor
    processor = client.create_processor(
        parent=parent,
        processor=documentai.Processor(
            type_="OCR_PROCESSOR",  # Refer to https://cloud.google.com/document-ai/docs/create-processor for how to get available processor types
            display_name=processor_display_name,
        ),
    )

    # Print the processor information
    print(f"Processor Name: {processor.name}")

    # Read the file into memory
    with open(file_path, "rb") as image:
        image_content = image.read()

    # Load binary data
    raw_document = documentai.RawDocument(
        content=image_content,
        mime_type="application/pdf",  # Refer to https://cloud.google.com/document-ai/docs/file-types for supported file types
    )

    # Configure the process request
    # `processor.name` is the full resource name of the processor, e.g.:
    # `projects/{project_id}/locations/{location}/processors/{processor_id}`
    request = documentai.ProcessRequest(name=processor.name, raw_document=raw_document)

    result = client.process_document(request=request)

    # For a full list of `Document` object attributes, reference this page:
    # https://cloud.google.com/document-ai/docs/reference/rest/v1/Document
    document = result.document

    # Read the text recognition output from the processor
    print("The document contains the following text:")
    print(document.text)

Ruby

require "google/cloud/document_ai/v1"

##
# Document AI quickstart
#
# @param project_id [String] Your Google Cloud project (e.g. "my-project")
# @param location_id [String] Your Processor Location (e.g. "us")
# @param processor_id [String] Your Processor ID (e.g. "a14dae8f043b60bd")
# @param file_path [String] Path to Local File (e.g. "invoice.pdf")
# @param mime_type [String] Refer to https://cloud.google.com/document-ai/docs/file-types (e.g. "application/pdf")
#
def quickstart project_id:, location_id:, processor_id:, file_path:, mime_type:
  # Create the Document AI client.
  client = ::Google::Cloud::DocumentAI::V1::DocumentProcessorService::Client.new do |config|
    config.endpoint = "#{location_id}-documentai.googleapis.com"
  end

  # Build the resource name from the project.
  name = client.processor_path(
    project: project_id,
    location: location_id,
    processor: processor_id
  )

  # Read the bytes into memory
  content = File.binread file_path

  # Create request
  request = Google::Cloud::DocumentAI::V1::ProcessRequest.new(
    skip_human_review: true,
    name: name,
    raw_document: {
      content: content,
      mime_type: mime_type
    }
  )

  # Process document
  response = client.process_document request

  # Handle response
  puts response.document.text
end

Additional resources

C++

The following list contains links to more resources related to the client library for C++:

• API reference
• Client libraries best practices
• Issue tracker
• cloud-document-ai on Stack Overflow
• Source code

C#

The following list contains links to more resources related to the client library for C#:

• API reference
• Client libraries best practices
• Issue tracker
• cloud-document-ai on Stack Overflow
• Source code

Go

The following list contains links to more resources related to the client library for Go:

• API reference
• Client libraries best practices
• Issue tracker
• cloud-document-ai on Stack Overflow
• Source code

Java

The following list contains links to more resources related to the client library for Java:

• API reference
• Client libraries best practices
• Issue tracker
• cloud-document-ai on Stack Overflow
• Source code

Node.js

The following list contains links to more resources related to the client library for Node.js:

• API reference
• Client libraries best practices
• Issue tracker
• cloud-document-ai on Stack Overflow
• Source code

PHP

The following list contains links to more resources related to the client library for PHP:

• API reference
• Client libraries best practices
• Issue tracker
• cloud-document-ai on Stack Overflow
• Source code

Python

The following list contains links to more resources related to the client library for Python:

• API reference
• Client libraries best practices
• Issue tracker
• cloud-document-ai on Stack Overflow
• Source code

Ruby

The following list contains links to more resources related to the client library for Ruby:

• API reference
• Client libraries best practices
• Issue tracker
• cloud-document-ai on Stack Overflow
• Source code