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Upload Document Annotations

POST/api/{version}/objects/documents/{doc_id}/annotations
NameDescription
Content-Typemultipart/form-data
Acceptapplication/json (default) or application/xml

To upload the file, use the multi-part attachment with the file component "file={file_name}". The maximum allowed file size is 4GB. Vault truncates annotations that exceed the following character limits:

  • Anchor annotations: Name limited to 140 characters
  • Note, Link and Anchor annotations: Subject (in Header) limited to 32,000 characters
  • Note, Link, Line, and Reply annotations: Comment limited to 32,000 characters
  • External Links: URL Length limited to 32,000 characters
NameDescription
{doc_id}The document id field value.
curl -X POST -H "Authorization: {SESSION_ID}" \
-H "Content-Type: multipart/form-data" \
-F "file=document2016.pdf" \
https://myvault.veevavault.com/api/v23.2/objects/documents/548/annotations
{
    "responseStatus": "SUCCESS",
    "responseMessage": "OK",
    "replies": 0,
    "failures": 0,
    "new": 0
}

On SUCCESS, Vault uploads the file and its annotations.