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version: "2026.1.0"
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# Document Information

The **Get Document Information** block extracts document metadata such as author, page count, and creation or modification dates. This is useful for automated validation scenarios where a flow needs to confirm that a document meets specific criteria before continuing. This feature is available **from 2025.1 onward**.

**Example:** A PDF file containing a contract can be analyzed to extract the author, page count, and creation date for validation in an approval workflow.

**Note:**

* To use this block, **cloud blocks must be activated for your tenant in the** [++**add-ons**++](https://portal.leapwork.com/app/addons)**section of Customer Portal**. Make sure this is enabled before adding the block to your flows.

* The screenshot on this page uses the **Elegance Design** , introduced in **2025.3**. If you are using an earlier version, your layout may look different.

When fully expanded, the **Get Document Information** block displays the following properties:  
![image-20260127-124129.png](https://docs.leapwork.com/__attachments/a_9eff4d7233dd39344b1e3c7fc0400b247bd819bf8b5011b1d74e21f0ac8748b9/image-20260127-124129.png?cb=e0bded9579928a7ac863e0f7e1884bd7)

## Quick-start

1. Drag **Get Document Information** onto the canvas.

2. Connect the block in the flow and optionally specify the basic parameters required for this block to operate, such as **File type** , **Source type** , and **Select file to upload**.

3. Run the flow when it's ready.

## Building block parameters

Parameters  
* **Block header:** Shows the current title of the **Get Document Information** block. You can rename it by double-clicking the header and typing a new title.

  The green input connector triggers the block when the flow reaches it, and the green output connector triggers when the document metadata has been retrieved successfully.

* **File type:** Selects which document type the block should interpret and extract metadata from (for example, **PDF** or **Word Document** ).

* **File Input:** Groups the file-selection settings used to provide the document to analyze.

* **Source type:** Defines how the document is provided to the block.

  * **Data file**: The file is stored inside Leapwork after you upload it.

  * **Local path** : The file is referenced from a path on the machine where the automation runs.

* **Select file to upload:** Lets you choose the document that the block should analyze.

  This parameter is **mandatory** , because metadata can only be extracted once a document has been provided.

* **Author:** Outputs the document author if it exists in the document's metadata.

* **Pages Count:** Outputs the total number of pages detected in the document.

* **Date Created:** Outputs the date/time when the document was originally created, based on available metadata.

* **Date Modified:** Outputs the date/time when the document was last modified, based on available metadata.

## Resources

|                                                **Topic**                                                |                                                  **Description**                                                  |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| [Flows FAQ](https://docs.leapwork.com/faq/latest/leapwork-flow-faq/flows-faq.md)                                                 | Common questions about creating, running, and managing flows in Leapwork.                                         |
| [Flows Troubleshooting](https://docs.leapwork.com/troubleshooting/latest/leapwork-flow-troubleshooting/flows-troubleshooting.md) | Guidelines and solutions for identifying and fixing issues that occur when building or running flows in Leapwork. |
| [Customer Portal Add-ons](https://docs.leapwork.com/leapwork-flow/latest/customer-portal/add-ons.md)                             | Customer portal section to activate your cloud blocks.                                                            |