Method: documents.get
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Gets the latest version of the specified document.
HTTP request
GET https://docs.googleapis.com/v1/documents/{documentId}
The URL uses gRPC Transcoding syntax.
Path parameters
| Parameters |
documentId |
string
The ID of the document to retrieve.
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Query parameters
| Parameters |
suggestionsViewMode |
enum (SuggestionsViewMode)
The suggestions view mode to apply to the document. This allows viewing the document with all suggestions inline, accepted or rejected. If one is not specified, DEFAULT_FOR_CURRENT_ACCESS is used.
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includeTabsContent |
boolean
Whether to populate the Document.tabs field instead of the text content fields like body and documentStyle on Document.
When True: Document content populates in the Document.tabs field instead of the text content fields in Document. When False: The content of the document's first tab populates the content fields in Document excluding Document.tabs. If a document has only one tab, then that tab is used to populate the document content. Document.tabs will be empty.
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Request body
The request body must be empty.
Response body
If successful, the response body contains an instance of Document.
Authorization scopes
Requires one of the following OAuth scopes:
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documentshttps://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.readonlyhttps://www.googleapis.com/auth/drivehttps://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.readonlyhttps://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.file
For more information, see the Authorization guide.
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Last updated 2025-03-21 UTC.
[null,null,["Last updated 2025-03-21 UTC."],[],[],null,["# Method: documents.get\n\n- [HTTP request](#body.HTTP_TEMPLATE)\n- [Path parameters](#body.PATH_PARAMETERS)\n- [Query parameters](#body.QUERY_PARAMETERS)\n- [Request body](#body.request_body)\n- [Response body](#body.response_body)\n- [Authorization scopes](#body.aspect)\n- [Try it!](#try-it)\n\nGets the latest version of the specified document.\n\n### HTTP request\n\n`GET https://docs.googleapis.com/v1/documents/{documentId}`\n\nThe URL uses [gRPC Transcoding](https://google.aip.dev/127) syntax.\n\n### Path parameters\n\n| Parameters ||\n|--------------|----------------------------------------------|\n| `documentId` | `string` The ID of the document to retrieve. |\n\n### Query parameters\n\n| Parameters ||\n|-----------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n| `suggestionsViewMode` | `enum (`[SuggestionsViewMode](/workspace/docs/api/reference/rest/v1/documents#SuggestionsViewMode)`)` The suggestions view mode to apply to the document. This allows viewing the document with all suggestions inline, accepted or rejected. If one is not specified, [DEFAULT_FOR_CURRENT_ACCESS](/workspace/docs/api/reference/rest/v1/documents#SuggestionsViewMode) is used. |\n| `includeTabsContent` | `boolean` Whether to populate the [Document.tabs](/workspace/docs/api/reference/rest/v1/documents#Document.FIELDS.tabs) field instead of the text content fields like `body` and `documentStyle` on [Document](/workspace/docs/api/reference/rest/v1/documents#Document). - When `True`: Document content populates in the [Document.tabs](/workspace/docs/api/reference/rest/v1/documents#Document.FIELDS.tabs) field instead of the text content fields in [Document](/workspace/docs/api/reference/rest/v1/documents#Document). - When `False`: The content of the document's first tab populates the content fields in [Document](/workspace/docs/api/reference/rest/v1/documents#Document) excluding [Document.tabs](/workspace/docs/api/reference/rest/v1/documents#Document.FIELDS.tabs). If a document has only one tab, then that tab is used to populate the document content. [Document.tabs](/workspace/docs/api/reference/rest/v1/documents#Document.FIELDS.tabs) will be empty. |\n\n### Request body\n\nThe request body must be empty.\n\n### Response body\n\nIf successful, the response body contains an instance of [Document](/workspace/docs/api/reference/rest/v1/documents#Document).\n\n### Authorization scopes\n\nRequires one of the following OAuth scopes:\n\n- `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents`\n- `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.readonly`\n- `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive`\n- `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.readonly`\n- `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.file`\n\nFor more information, see the [Authorization guide](/workspace/guides/configure-oauth-consent)."]]
