---
title: "Contact document object"
url: "https://help.internetx.com/en/api/core-contact-document-object/"
lang: "en"
section: "API reference — API reference (XML/JSON)"
breadcrumb: "API documentation (JSON/XML) > Objects"
updated: "2023-09-27"
---

# Contact document object

## Description

The _ContactDocument_ object represents the list of all documents associated with a contact.

## Structure

| Keyword JSON | Keyword XML | Occurs | Type | Format | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  | id | 1 | integer | int64 | Unique ID for the document. |
| document | document | 1 | object | [Document](/en/api/core-document-object/) | Object with the respective file content. |
| contact | contact | 1 | object | [Contact](/en/api/core-contact-object/) | Contact associated with the document. |
| type | type | 1 | enum | [ContactDocumentType Enum](/en/api/core-contact-document-type-enum/) | Type of the document. Only one document can be assigned to a document type per contact. |
| verification | verification | 1 | enum | [GenericStatus Enum](/en/api/core-generic-status-enum/) | The current verification status of the document. |
| created | created | 1 | string | date-time | Date when the document was created. |
| updated | updated | 1 | string | date-time | Date when the document was last updated. |
| expire | expire | 1 | string | date-time | Date when the document expires and is deleted. This is usually after 2 years. |
| \- | content\_name | 1 | string |  | Document name |
| \- | content\_type | 1 | string |  | The MIME type of the document. |
| \- | content | 1 | byte | Base64 | The content as a base64 encoded string. |
| \- | override | 0 - 1 | boolean |  | Specifies whether an existing document should be overwritten. A document is considered to be the same if the contact ID and document type are identical.<br>• 1 = Will be overwritten<br>• 2 = Will not be overwritten |