# /documentprocessing/pdf/metadata

> The /documentprocessing/pdf/metadata endpoint of the DS Server Web API and its POST method, which reads the XMP metadata of a PDF document.

- **Product:** DS Server
- **Section:** Documentation
- **Kind:** Endpoint
- **Path:** DS Server > API Reference > Web API > DocumentProcessing > /documentprocessing/pdf/metadata
- **Web URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/ds-server/reference/web-api/documentprocessing/pdf-metadata/
- **LLMs URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/ds-server/reference/web-api/documentprocessing/pdf-metadata/llms.txt
- **LLMs-Full URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/ds-server/reference/web-api/documentprocessing/pdf-metadata/llms-full.txt

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## In This Section

- [POST /documentprocessing/pdf/metadata](https://docs.textcontrol.com/ds-server/reference/web-api/documentprocessing/pdf-metadata/post/llms.txt): Extract the XMP metadata of a PDF: post the PDF as a Base64 string and get the metadata packet as an XML string, or 400 if the document has no metadata.

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