# How to GET Pdf

Fetch the information of an already created PDF. Typically this is useful to poll until `pdf.read_status == 'SUCCESS'` (and not `pdf.read_status == 'FAILED'`) before asking questions against the PDF.

{% openapi src="<https://360245911-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FZ8S8wUTipLV0NvvKYznS%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-4d955061fc20039380df41606f6cb4a77719b086%2Fopen-api.yaml?alt=media>" path="/v1/pdf/{pdf-id}" method="get" %}
[open-api.yaml](https://360245911-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FZ8S8wUTipLV0NvvKYznS%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-4d955061fc20039380df41606f6cb4a77719b086%2Fopen-api.yaml?alt=media)
{% endopenapi %}

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