Docling - Using Docling-Serve API

Basic usage with docling-serve

Java
YAML

from("file:///data/documents?include=.*\\.pdf")
    .to("docling:CONVERT_TO_MARKDOWN?useDoclingServe=true&doclingServeUrl=http://localhost:5001&contentInBody=true")
    .process(exchange -> {
        String markdown = exchange.getIn().getBody(String.class);
        log.info("Converted content: {}", markdown);
    });

- route:
    from:
      uri: file:///data/documents
      parameters:
        include: ".*\\.pdf"
    steps:
      - to:
          uri: docling:CONVERT_TO_MARKDOWN
          parameters:
            useDoclingServe: true
            doclingServeUrl: "http://localhost:5001"
            contentInBody: true
      - process:
          ref: "markdownProcessor"

Converting documents from URLs using docling-serve

When using docling-serve API mode, you can also process documents from URLs:

Java
YAML

from("timer:convert?repeatCount=1")
    .setBody(constant("https://arxiv.org/pdf/2501.17887"))
    .to("docling:CONVERT_TO_MARKDOWN?useDoclingServe=true&contentInBody=true")
    .to("file:///data/output");

- route:
    from:
      uri: timer:convert
      parameters:
        repeatCount: 1
    steps:
      - setBody:
          constant: "https://arxiv.org/pdf/2501.17887"
      - to:
          uri: docling:CONVERT_TO_MARKDOWN
          parameters:
            useDoclingServe: true
            contentInBody: true
      - to:
          uri: file:///data/output

Batch processing with docling-serve

Java
YAML

from("file:///data/documents?include=.*\\.(pdf|docx)")
    .to("docling:CONVERT_TO_HTML?useDoclingServe=true&doclingServeUrl=http://localhost:5001&contentInBody=true")
    .to("file:///data/converted?fileName=${file:name.noext}.html");

- route:
    from:
      uri: file:///data/documents
      parameters:
        include: ".*\\.(pdf|docx)"
    steps:
      - to:
          uri: docling:CONVERT_TO_HTML
          parameters:
            useDoclingServe: true
            doclingServeUrl: "http://localhost:5001"
            contentInBody: true
      - to:
          uri: file:///data/converted
          parameters:
            fileName: "${file:name.noext}.html"

Authentication with docling-serve

The component supports multiple authentication mechanisms for secured docling-serve instances.

Bearer Token Authentication

Java
YAML

from("file:///data/documents?include=.*\\.pdf")
    .to("docling:CONVERT_TO_MARKDOWN?" +
        "useDoclingServe=true&" +
        "doclingServeUrl=http://localhost:5001&" +
        "authenticationScheme=BEARER&" +
        "authenticationToken=your-bearer-token-here&" +
        "contentInBody=true")
    .to("file:///data/output");

- route:
    from:
      uri: file:///data/documents
      parameters:
        include: ".*\\.pdf"
    steps:
      - to:
          uri: docling:CONVERT_TO_MARKDOWN
          parameters:
            useDoclingServe: true
            doclingServeUrl: "http://localhost:5001"
            authenticationScheme: "BEARER"
            authenticationToken: "your-bearer-token-here"
            contentInBody: true
      - to:
          uri: file:///data/output

API Key Authentication

Java
YAML

from("file:///data/documents?include=.*\\.pdf")
    .to("docling:CONVERT_TO_MARKDOWN?" +
        "useDoclingServe=true&" +
        "doclingServeUrl=http://localhost:5001&" +
        "authenticationScheme=API_KEY&" +
        "authenticationToken=your-api-key-here&" +
        "apiKeyHeader=X-API-Key&" +
        "contentInBody=true")
    .to("file:///data/output");

- route:
    from:
      uri: file:///data/documents
      parameters:
        include: ".*\\.pdf"
    steps:
      - to:
          uri: docling:CONVERT_TO_MARKDOWN
          parameters:
            useDoclingServe: true
            doclingServeUrl: "http://localhost:5001"
            authenticationScheme: "API_KEY"
            authenticationToken: "your-api-key-here"
            apiKeyHeader: "X-API-Key"
            contentInBody: true
      - to:
          uri: file:///data/output

Using Custom API Key Header

If your docling-serve instance uses a custom header name for API keys:

Java
YAML

from("file:///data/documents?include=.*\\.pdf")
    .to("docling:CONVERT_TO_MARKDOWN?" +
        "useDoclingServe=true&" +
        "doclingServeUrl=http://localhost:5001&" +
        "authenticationScheme=API_KEY&" +
        "authenticationToken=your-api-key-here&" +
        "apiKeyHeader=X-Custom-API-Key&" +
        "contentInBody=true")
    .to("file:///data/output");

- route:
    from:
      uri: file:///data/documents
      parameters:
        include: ".*\\.pdf"
    steps:
      - to:
          uri: docling:CONVERT_TO_MARKDOWN
          parameters:
            useDoclingServe: true
            doclingServeUrl: "http://localhost:5001"
            authenticationScheme: "API_KEY"
            authenticationToken: "your-api-key-here"
            apiKeyHeader: "X-Custom-API-Key"
            contentInBody: true
      - to:
          uri: file:///data/output

Using Authentication Token from Properties

For better security, store authentication tokens in properties or environment variables:

Java
YAML

from("file:///data/documents?include=.*\\.pdf")
    .to("docling:CONVERT_TO_MARKDOWN?" +
        "useDoclingServe=true&" +
        "doclingServeUrl={{docling.serve.url}}&" +
        "authenticationScheme=BEARER&" +
        "authenticationToken={{docling.serve.token}}&" +
        "contentInBody=true")
    .to("file:///data/output");

- route:
    from:
      uri: file:///data/documents
      parameters:
        include: ".*\\.pdf"
    steps:
      - to:
          uri: docling:CONVERT_TO_MARKDOWN
          parameters:
            useDoclingServe: true
            doclingServeUrl: "{{docling.serve.url}}"
            authenticationScheme: "BEARER"
            authenticationToken: "{{docling.serve.token}}"
            contentInBody: true
      - to:
          uri: file:///data/output

Then define in application.properties :

docling.serve.url=http://localhost:5001
docling.serve.token=your-bearer-token-here

OAuth Authentication

When the docling-serve instance is protected by an OAuth identity provider, set the oauthProfile parameter to acquire an access token via the OAuth 2.0 Client Credentials grant. The token is used as the authenticationToken and the authenticationScheme is automatically set to BEARER . This requires camel-oauth on the classpath.

camel.oauth.docling.client-id=my-client
camel.oauth.docling.client-secret=my-secret
camel.oauth.docling.token-endpoint=https://idp.example.com/token

Java
XML
YAML

from("file:///data/input")
    .to("docling:CONVERT_TO_MARKDOWN?useDoclingServe=true&doclingServeUrl=http://localhost:5001&oauthProfile=docling&contentInBody=true")
    .log("${body}");

<route>
  <from uri="file:///data/input"/>
  <to uri="docling:CONVERT_TO_MARKDOWN?useDoclingServe=true&amp;doclingServeUrl=http://localhost:5001&amp;oauthProfile=docling&amp;contentInBody=true"/>
  <log message="${body}"/>
</route>

- route:
    from:
      uri: file:///data/input
      steps:
        - to:
            uri: docling:CONVERT_TO_MARKDOWN
            parameters:
              useDoclingServe: true
              doclingServeUrl: "http://localhost:5001"
              oauthProfile: docling
              contentInBody: true
        - log:
            message: "${body}"