VA Benefits Intake API

openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: VA Benefits Intake API
  description: >-
    The Benefits Intake API allows authorized partners to digitally submit PDF
    documents for VA benefit applications. The workflow uses an upload-location
    model: request a presigned upload URL, PUT the document and metadata, and
    poll the resulting GUID for processing status.
  version: '1'
  contact:
    name: VA API Platform
    url: https://developer.va.gov/support/contact-us
externalDocs:
  description: Benefits Intake API documentation
  url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/benefits-intake
servers:
  - url: https://sandbox-api.va.gov/services/vba_documents/v1
    description: Sandbox
  - url: https://api.va.gov/services/vba_documents/v1
    description: Production
tags:
  - name: UploadLocation
    description: Request upload locations
  - name: UploadStatus
    description: Submission status retrieval
security:
  - ApiKeyAuth: []
paths:
  /uploads:
    post:
      tags: [UploadLocation]
      summary: Request an upload location
      operationId: createUpload
      responses:
        '202':
          description: Upload location issued
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/UploadLocationResponse'
  /uploads/{id}:
    get:
      tags: [UploadStatus]
      summary: Get the status of an upload
      operationId: getUploadStatus
      parameters:
        - name: id
          in: path
          required: true
          schema:
            type: string
            format: uuid
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Upload status
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/UploadStatus'
  /uploads/report:
    post:
      tags: [UploadStatus]
      summary: Bulk status report for multiple GUIDs
      operationId: bulkStatusReport
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                ids:
                  type: array
                  items:
                    type: string
                    format: uuid
      responses:
        '200':
          description: List of statuses
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  data:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      $ref: '#/components/schemas/UploadStatus'
components:
  securitySchemes:
    ApiKeyAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: apikey
  schemas:
    UploadLocationResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        data:
          type: object
          properties:
            id:
              type: string
              format: uuid
            type:
              type: string
              const: document_upload
            attributes:
              type: object
              properties:
                guid:
                  type: string
                  format: uuid
                location:
                  type: string
                  format: uri
                status:
                  type: string
    UploadStatus:
      type: object
      properties:
        data:
          type: object
          properties:
            id:
              type: string
              format: uuid
            type:
              type: string
              const: document_upload
            attributes:
              type: object
              properties:
                guid:
                  type: string
                  format: uuid
                status:
                  type: string
                  enum: [pending, uploaded, received, processing, success, vbms, error, expired]
                code:
                  type: string
                detail:
                  type: string
                location:
                  type: string
                updated_at:
                  type: string
                  format: date-time