> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.runpulse.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Run Classify

> Sort a document into one of the categories you list in `config.classifications`. Send a `file` or a `file_url`, with `config` or a saved `config_id`. By default, the call waits for the job to end. With `async: true`, it returns `202` at once. Read the result at `GET /classify/{classify_id}/result`.



## OpenAPI

````yaml /api-reference/v2/openapi.yml post /classify
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Pulse API
  description: >-
    Agentic document infrastructure for the enterprise. The Pulse API turns
    complex documents into AI-ready data, such as Markdown, structured JSON and
    bounding boxes.
  version: '2'
servers:
  - url: https://api.runpulse.com
    description: Default Pulse API base URL
security: []
tags:
  - name: Parse
    description: Parse a document's text, tables and figures.
  - name: Batch parse
    description: Parse many documents with one config.
  - name: Extract
    description: Extract structured data from a parsed document.
  - name: Split
    description: Find each topic's pages in a parsed document.
  - name: Tables
    description: Merge a parsed document's tables across pages.
  - name: Charts
    description: Read the charts in a parsed document.
  - name: Classify
    description: Sort a document into the categories you define.
  - name: Pipeline
    description: Run a parse and its follow-on steps as one job.
  - name: Usage
    description: Check the pages and credits your organization has used.
  - name: Webhook
    description: Get notified when your organization's jobs change status.
  - name: Organization settings
    description: Read and change your organization's name, address and default API version.
paths:
  /classify:
    post:
      tags:
        - Classify
      summary: Run Classify
      description: >-
        Sort a document into one of the categories you list in
        `config.classifications`. Send a `file` or a `file_url`, with `config`
        or a saved `config_id`. By default, the call waits for the job to end.
        With `async: true`, it returns `202` at once. Read the result at `GET
        /classify/{classify_id}/result`.
      operationId: classifyDocument
      parameters:
        - name: Pulse-Version
          in: header
          required: false
          schema:
            type: string
            default: '2'
            title: Pulse-Version
          examples:
            default:
              value: '2'
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              description: A document to classify, and the categories to choose from.
              title: ClassifyRequest
              oneOf:
                - title: Inline config
                  additionalProperties: false
                  type: object
                  properties:
                    file_url:
                      description: >-
                        The document's URL: a public `http(s)` URL, a public
                        `s3://` or `gs://` object, or an upload URL Pulse
                        issued.
                      minLength: 1
                      title: File Url
                      type: string
                    config:
                      $ref: '#/components/schemas/ClassifyConfig'
                      description: This request's options.
                    async:
                      default: false
                      description: >-
                        Set to `true` to return `202` at once instead of
                        waiting.
                      title: Async
                      type: boolean
                  required:
                    - file_url
                    - config
                - title: Saved config
                  additionalProperties: false
                  type: object
                  properties:
                    async:
                      default: false
                      description: >-
                        Set to `true` to return `202` at once instead of
                        waiting.
                      title: Async
                      type: boolean
                    file_url:
                      description: >-
                        The document's URL: a public `http(s)` URL, a public
                        `s3://` or `gs://` object, or an upload URL Pulse
                        issued.
                      minLength: 1
                      title: File Url
                      type: string
                    config_id:
                      description: A saved config's id, sent in place of `config`.
                      title: Config Id
                      type: string
                  required:
                    - file_url
                    - config_id
          multipart/form-data:
            schema:
              oneOf:
                - title: Inline config
                  type: object
                  properties:
                    file:
                      type: string
                      format: binary
                    config:
                      $ref: '#/components/schemas/ClassifyConfig'
                      description: This request's options.
                    async:
                      default: false
                      description: >-
                        Set to `true` to return `202` at once instead of
                        waiting.
                      title: Async
                      type: boolean
                  required:
                    - file
                    - config
                - title: Saved config
                  type: object
                  properties:
                    async:
                      default: false
                      description: >-
                        Set to `true` to return `202` at once instead of
                        waiting.
                      title: Async
                      type: boolean
                    file:
                      type: string
                      format: binary
                    config_id:
                      description: A saved config's id, sent in place of `config`.
                      title: Config Id
                      type: string
                  required:
                    - file
                    - config_id
            encoding:
              config:
                contentType: application/json
              async:
                contentType: application/json
      responses:
        '200':
          description: >-
            The classification completed. Read its result at `GET
            /classify/{classify_id}/result`.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ClassifySyncResponse'
        '202':
          description: >-
            The classification started (`async: true`). Check `GET
            /classify/{classify_id}` until it ends.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ClassifyAsyncResponse'
        '400':
          description: >-
            The request is invalid
            ([`REQUEST_INVALID`](https://docs.runpulse.com/errors/request-invalid)):
            an unknown field, a value of the wrong type, or both or neither of
            `file` and `file_url` or of `config` and `config_id`. Also a
            `page_range` past the document's last page
            ([`PAGE_RANGE_INVALID`](https://docs.runpulse.com/errors/page-range-invalid)),
            or a `file_url` this install may not read
            ([`FILE_URL_INVALID`](https://docs.runpulse.com/errors/file-url-invalid)).
            `Pulse-Version` names a version this API doesn't serve
            ([`UNSUPPORTED_VERSION`](https://docs.runpulse.com/errors/unsupported-version)).
          content:
            application/problem+json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Problem'
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Problem'
          headers:
            X-Request-Id:
              description: The request's id; the problem's `request_id`.
              schema:
                type: string
          x-pulse-errors:
            - REQUEST_INVALID
            - PAGE_RANGE_INVALID
            - FILE_URL_INVALID
            - UNSUPPORTED_VERSION
        '401':
          description: >-
            [`CREDENTIALS_INVALID`](https://docs.runpulse.com/errors/credentials-invalid):
            the API key is missing or not valid.
            [`API_KEY_INACTIVE`](https://docs.runpulse.com/errors/api-key-inactive):
            the API key is inactive; create a new one.
          content:
            application/problem+json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Problem'
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Problem'
          headers:
            X-Request-Id:
              description: The request's id; the problem's `request_id`.
              schema:
                type: string
          x-pulse-errors:
            - CREDENTIALS_INVALID
            - API_KEY_INACTIVE
        '402':
          description: >-
            Your organization's billing blocks the request
            ([`PAYMENT_REQUIRED`](https://docs.runpulse.com/errors/payment-required),
            [`PLAN_LIMIT_REACHED`](https://docs.runpulse.com/errors/plan-limit-reached),
            [`CREDIT_LIMIT_EXCEEDED`](https://docs.runpulse.com/errors/credit-limit-exceeded),
            [`TRIAL_EXPIRED`](https://docs.runpulse.com/errors/trial-expired),
            [`PAYMENT_FAILED`](https://docs.runpulse.com/errors/payment-failed),
            [`PAYMENT_AUTHENTICATION_REQUIRED`](https://docs.runpulse.com/errors/payment-authentication-required),
            [`SUBSCRIPTION_CANCELED`](https://docs.runpulse.com/errors/subscription-canceled),
            [`SUBSCRIPTION_PAST_DUE`](https://docs.runpulse.com/errors/subscription-past-due)).
          content:
            application/problem+json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Problem'
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Problem'
          headers:
            X-Request-Id:
              description: The request's id; the problem's `request_id`.
              schema:
                type: string
          x-pulse-errors:
            - PAYMENT_REQUIRED
            - PLAN_LIMIT_REACHED
            - CREDIT_LIMIT_EXCEEDED
            - TRIAL_EXPIRED
            - PAYMENT_FAILED
            - PAYMENT_AUTHENTICATION_REQUIRED
            - SUBSCRIPTION_CANCELED
            - SUBSCRIPTION_PAST_DUE
        '403':
          description: >-
            Your account is suspended
            ([`ACCOUNT_SUSPENDED`](https://docs.runpulse.com/errors/account-suspended)),
            or an `s3://` or `gs://` `file_url` is outside your organization's
            files
            ([`PERMISSION_DENIED`](https://docs.runpulse.com/errors/permission-denied)).
          content:
            application/problem+json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Problem'
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Problem'
          headers:
            X-Request-Id:
              description: The request's id; the problem's `request_id`.
              schema:
                type: string
          x-pulse-errors:
            - ACCOUNT_SUSPENDED
            - PERMISSION_DENIED
        '404':
          description: >-
            `config_id` names no `/classify` config your organization saved
            ([`RESOURCE_NOT_FOUND`](https://docs.runpulse.com/errors/resource-not-found);
            `errors` names the field). No endpoint answers this path
            ([`ROUTE_NOT_FOUND`](https://docs.runpulse.com/errors/route-not-found)).
          content:
            application/problem+json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Problem'
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Problem'
          headers:
            X-Request-Id:
              description: The request's id; the problem's `request_id`.
              schema:
                type: string
          x-pulse-errors:
            - RESOURCE_NOT_FOUND
            - ROUTE_NOT_FOUND
        '409':
          description: >-
            Without `async`, the classification was canceled (`DELETE
            /classify/{classify_id}`) before it ended
            ([`JOB_ALREADY_ENDED`](https://docs.runpulse.com/errors/job-already-ended)).
          content:
            application/problem+json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Problem'
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Problem'
          headers:
            X-Request-Id:
              description: The request's id; the problem's `request_id`.
              schema:
                type: string
          x-pulse-errors:
            - JOB_ALREADY_ENDED
        '413':
          description: >-
            The document is too large
            ([`FILE_TOO_LARGE`](https://docs.runpulse.com/errors/file-too-large)),
            or a multipart text part is over 10 MB
            ([`FIELD_TOO_LARGE`](https://docs.runpulse.com/errors/field-too-large)).
          content:
            application/problem+json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Problem'
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Problem'
          headers:
            X-Request-Id:
              description: The request's id; the problem's `request_id`.
              schema:
                type: string
          x-pulse-errors:
            - FILE_TOO_LARGE
            - FIELD_TOO_LARGE
        '415':
          description: >-
            An unsupported file type
            ([`FILE_TYPE_UNSUPPORTED`](https://docs.runpulse.com/errors/file-type-unsupported)).
          content:
            application/problem+json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Problem'
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Problem'
          headers:
            X-Request-Id:
              description: The request's id; the problem's `request_id`.
              schema:
                type: string
          x-pulse-errors:
            - FILE_TYPE_UNSUPPORTED
        '422':
          description: >-
            The file can't be read
            ([`FILE_CORRUPT`](https://docs.runpulse.com/errors/file-corrupt)),
            has no pages
            ([`FILE_EMPTY`](https://docs.runpulse.com/errors/file-empty)),
            couldn't be downloaded
            ([`FILE_DOWNLOAD_FAILED`](https://docs.runpulse.com/errors/file-download-failed)),
            or is a PDF with active content that can't be removed
            ([`FILE_UNSAFE`](https://docs.runpulse.com/errors/file-unsafe)), or
            a workbook whose contents can't be read
            ([`DOCUMENT_UNPROCESSABLE`](https://docs.runpulse.com/errors/document-unprocessable)).
          content:
            application/problem+json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Problem'
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Problem'
          headers:
            X-Request-Id:
              description: The request's id; the problem's `request_id`.
              schema:
                type: string
          x-pulse-errors:
            - FILE_CORRUPT
            - FILE_EMPTY
            - FILE_DOWNLOAD_FAILED
            - FILE_UNSAFE
            - DOCUMENT_UNPROCESSABLE
        '500':
          description: >-
            The document couldn't be classified
            ([`PROCESSING_FAILED`](https://docs.runpulse.com/errors/processing-failed));
            or an unexpected error
            ([`SERVER_ERROR`](https://docs.runpulse.com/errors/server-error)).
          content:
            application/problem+json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Problem'
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Problem'
          headers:
            X-Request-Id:
              description: The request's id; the problem's `request_id`.
              schema:
                type: string
          x-pulse-errors:
            - PROCESSING_FAILED
            - SERVER_ERROR
        '503':
          description: >-
            A service the request needs is unavailable, an `async` job couldn't
            be started, or the job's final state couldn't be confirmed
            ([`SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE`](https://docs.runpulse.com/errors/service-unavailable)):
            when the problem carries `classify_id`, the result may be saved:
            poll `GET /classify/{classify_id}` instead of submitting the request
            again. Or Pulse is at capacity
            ([`CAPACITY_EXCEEDED`](https://docs.runpulse.com/errors/capacity-exceeded));
            retry after the seconds in `Retry-After`. On a self-hosted install,
            its licence is invalid or expired
            ([`LICENSE_INVALID`](https://docs.runpulse.com/errors/license-invalid))
            or not yet activated
            ([`LICENSE_NOT_ACTIVATED`](https://docs.runpulse.com/errors/license-not-activated)).
          content:
            application/problem+json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Problem'
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Problem'
          headers:
            X-Request-Id:
              description: The request's id; the problem's `request_id`.
              schema:
                type: string
            Retry-After:
              description: Seconds to wait before retrying.
              schema:
                type: string
          x-pulse-errors:
            - SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE
            - CAPACITY_EXCEEDED
            - LICENSE_INVALID
            - LICENSE_NOT_ACTIVATED
        '504':
          description: >-
            Downloading `file_url` timed out
            ([`FILE_DOWNLOAD_TIMEOUT`](https://docs.runpulse.com/errors/file-download-timeout)).
          content:
            application/problem+json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Problem'
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Problem'
          headers:
            X-Request-Id:
              description: The request's id; the problem's `request_id`.
              schema:
                type: string
          x-pulse-errors:
            - FILE_DOWNLOAD_TIMEOUT
      security:
        - ApiKey: []
components:
  schemas:
    ClassifyConfig:
      additionalProperties: false
      properties:
        page_range:
          pattern: ^ *[0-9]+ *(- *([0-9]+|end) *)?(, *[0-9]+ *(- *([0-9]+|end) *)?)*$
          title: Page Range
          type: string
        classifications:
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Classification'
          title: Classifications
          type: array
      required:
        - classifications
      title: ClassifyConfig { page_range, classifications }
      type: object
    ClassifySyncResponse:
      properties:
        classify_id:
          type: string
          title: Classify Id
        created_at:
          type: string
          title: Created At
          description: When the job was created.
        completed_at:
          type: string
          title: Completed At
          description: When the job ended.
        expires_at:
          type: string
          title: Expires At
          description: >-
            When the result will be deleted. Absent when the result is kept with
            no expiry.
      additionalProperties: false
      type: object
      required:
        - classify_id
        - created_at
        - completed_at
      title: ClassifySyncResponse
      description: >-
        A completed classification. Read its result at `GET
        /classify/{classify_id}/result`.
    ClassifyAsyncResponse:
      properties:
        classify_id:
          type: string
          title: Classify Id
        created_at:
          type: string
          title: Created At
          description: When the job was created.
      additionalProperties: false
      type: object
      required:
        - classify_id
        - created_at
      title: ClassifyAsyncResponse
      description: >-
        A classification that has started. Check `GET /classify/{classify_id}`
        until it ends.
    Problem:
      additionalProperties: false
      description: >-
        Why the request or the job failed. Branch on `code`; quote `request_id`
        to support.
      properties:
        type:
          description: 'This code''s page: what it means and what to do.'
          title: Type
          type: string
        title:
          description: A short summary of the code, the same for every occurrence.
          title: Title
          type: string
        status:
          description: The HTTP status the code answers with.
          title: Status
          type: integer
        detail:
          description: What happened this time.
          title: Detail
          type: string
        instance:
          description: 'This occurrence: the request''s URN, `urn:pulse:request:<id>`.'
          title: Instance
          type: string
        code:
          description: The stable error code, e.g. `REQUEST_INVALID`. Branch on it.
          title: Code
          type: string
        request_id:
          description: >-
            The request that failed, as `X-Request-Id` named it; for a failed
            job, the request that created it. Quote it to support.
          title: Request Id
          type: string
        retryable:
          description: Whether the same request may succeed if sent again.
          title: Retryable
          type: boolean
        retry_after:
          description: Seconds to wait before retrying, as `Retry-After` says.
          title: Retry After
          type: integer
        errors:
          description: Each refused part of the request.
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/FieldIssue'
          title: Errors
          type: array
        resource:
          description: 'What wasn''t found: `job`, `batch`, `webhook`, `config`, …'
          title: Resource
          type: string
        reason:
          description: The cause within the code.
          title: Reason
          type: string
        parse_id:
          description: The parse the request recorded.
          title: Parse Id
          type: string
        extract_id:
          description: The extraction it recorded.
          title: Extract Id
          type: string
        split_id:
          description: The split it recorded.
          title: Split Id
          type: string
        classify_id:
          description: The classification it recorded.
          title: Classify Id
          type: string
        tables_id:
          description: The tables job it recorded.
          title: Tables Id
          type: string
        charts_id:
          description: The charts job it recorded.
          title: Charts Id
          type: string
        pipeline_id:
          description: The pipeline it recorded.
          title: Pipeline Id
          type: string
        batch_id:
          description: The batch it recorded.
          title: Batch Id
          type: string
        filename:
          description: The file refused.
          title: Filename
          type: string
        declared_type:
          description: The type its name declared.
          title: Declared Type
          type: string
        detected:
          description: The type its contents are.
          title: Detected
          type: string
        supported_types:
          description: The types accepted.
          items:
            type: string
          title: Supported Types
          type: array
        supported:
          description: The values accepted.
          items:
            type: string
          title: Supported
          type: array
        max_size_mb:
          anyOf:
            - type: integer
            - type: number
          description: The largest size accepted.
          title: Max Size Mb
        file_size_mb:
          anyOf:
            - type: integer
            - type: number
          description: The file's size.
          title: File Size Mb
        plan_name:
          description: Your organization's plan.
          title: Plan Name
          type: string
        pages_used:
          anyOf:
            - type: integer
            - type: number
          description: Pages used this period.
          title: Pages Used
        page_allowance:
          anyOf:
            - type: integer
            - type: number
          description: Pages the plan allows.
          title: Page Allowance
        upgrade_url:
          description: Where to change your plan.
          title: Upgrade Url
          type: string
        action_required:
          description: What to do to continue.
          title: Action Required
          type: string
        billing_info:
          additionalProperties:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/JsonValue'
          description: Your organization's billing state, as the gate read it.
          title: Billing Info
          type: object
      required:
        - type
        - title
        - status
        - code
        - retryable
      title: Problem
      type: object
    Classification:
      additionalProperties: false
      properties:
        name:
          minLength: 1
          title: Name
          type: string
        description:
          minLength: 1
          title: Description
          type: string
      required:
        - name
      title: Classification { name, description }
      type: object
    FieldIssue:
      additionalProperties: false
      description: One refused part of the request.
      properties:
        field:
          description: >-
            The part as sent: a body field's path
            (`config.enhancements.detect[1]`), or `query.<name>` /
            `header.<name>`.
          title: Field
          type: string
        pointer:
          description: >-
            A body field as a JSON Pointer (RFC 6901), e.g.
            `#/config/enhancements/detect/1`. Absent for a query parameter or
            header.
          title: Pointer
          type: string
        issue:
          description: What is wrong with it.
          title: Issue
          type: string
      required:
        - field
        - issue
      title: FieldIssue
      type: object
    JsonValue: {}
  securitySchemes:
    ApiKey:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: x-api-key

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