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Get general information about a Word document.
Get general information about a Word document REST API
| Server | Method | Endpoint |
|---|---|---|
https://api.aspose.cloud/v4.0 |
GET | /words/{documentName} |
, where:
documentName(required) — the filename of the input document.
You can use the following parameters in a REST request:
| Parameter Name | Data Type | Required/Optional | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
folder |
string | Optional | Original document folder. |
storage |
string | Optional | Original document storage. |
loadEncoding |
string | Optional | Encoding that will be used to load an HTML (or TXT) document if the encoding is not specified in HTML. |
password |
string | Optional | Password of protected Word document. Use the parameter to pass a password via SDK. SDK encrypts it automatically. We don’t recommend to use the parameter to pass a plain password for direct call of API. |
encryptedPassword |
string | Optional | Password of protected Word document. Use the parameter to pass an encrypted password for direct calls of API. See SDK code for encyption details. |
Note: to access this REST API, you need to register and get personal credentials. Use the ‘Quick Start’ guide to go through the procedure in a couple of minutes.
Get general information about a Word document usage examples
Let’s look at practical examples of using the web service. You can do this both with cURL and Postman utilities, and from your code in various programming languages: Python, Java, JavaScript, C#, PHP, C++, Go, Ruby, Swift, Dart.
How to get general information about a Word document with cURL or Postman
One of the easiest and fastest ways to call a REST API is to use cURL or Postman:
How to get general information about a Word document in Python, Java, C#, C++, JavaScript and other programming languages
Using SDK is the quickest way to speed up the development. Please take a look at the provided code examples to quickly call this web service from your favourite programming language:
See Also
- GitHub repository — explore Aspose.Words Cloud SDK Family. These software libraries take care of all low-level document-processing details.