# 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:

## 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.