> ## Documentation Index
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# Intake vs Scan

> Choose the right endpoint for single documents or mixed packets

Ready Health has two document processing endpoints: **intake** and **scan**. Both extract fields and run the same validations. The difference is whether the uploaded file is treated as one document or first split into many.

## When to use each

Use **intake** when a file might contain more than one document — for example a packet with a license, a BLS card, and a TB test in a single PDF. Intake first checks whether the file contains distinct documents, splits them into segments, and can return many different document types from one upload.

Use **scan** when each upload is a single document. If candidates (or your app) send files individually, scan is sufficient. It classifies and extracts that one document.