# Polling for Results

## Overview

The polling flow is simpler to set up, and allows a quick integration.

It's perfect for testing Mindee on a local machine, and is suitable for lightweight production use.

This flow can also be integrated with various 3rd party tooling such as MS Power Automate.

If you're not sure on what to use, choose this flow.

### Sequence Diagram

```mermaid
sequenceDiagram
    participant client as Client
    participant enqueue as /inferences/enqueue
    participant job as /jobs
    participant inference as /inferences
    client->>enqueue: POST file
    enqueue->>client: HTTP 202
    client->>client: wait 3 seconds
    client->>job: GET job.id
    job->>client: Processing - HTTP 200
    loop Loop until job.result_url is filled or HTTP 302 returned
      client->>client: wait 1 second
      client->>job: GET job.id
      job->>client: Processed - HTTP 302
    end
    client->>inference: GET inference.id
    inference->>client: HTTP 200
    client->>client: process JSON result
```

## Specify on File Upload

This is the default behavior as described in the [Extraction Quick Start](/extraction-models/sdk-integration/quick-start.md) section.

Detailed instructions for your language of choice are detailed in the [Send a File or URL](/integrations/client-libraries-sdk/send-a-file-or-url.md#send-with-polling) section.


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# Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation

If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question.

Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter:

```
GET https://docs.mindee.com/integrations/polling-for-results.md?ask=<question>
```

The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language.
The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation.

Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.