---
layout: document_type_layout
title: Document types on GOV.UK
---

The document type describes a page on GOV.UK.

You can [download this data as CSV too](/document-types.csv). In Google Spreadsheets, use the following formula:

```
=importData("https://docs.publishing.service.gov.uk/document-types.csv")
```

---
layout: document_type_layout
title: Document types on GOV.UK
---

The document type describes a page on GOV.UK.

You can [download this data as CSV too](/document-types.csv) which is generated automatically based on the data in the [govuk_document_types repo][].

To view the current data in Google Spreadsheets, copy the following formula into a new spreadsheet:

```
=importData("https://docs.publishing.service.gov.uk/document-types.csv")
```

Note that this is only a snapshot of the data and isn't kept up to date from the CSV.

## Using Search to find similar data

Use this [search query for document types][] (it's currently missing bits of Whitehall)


[govuk_document_types repo]: https://github.com/alphagov/govuk_document_types
[search query for document types]: https://www.gov.uk/api/search.json?count=0&facet_content_store_document_type=115,examples:1,example_scope:query,example_fields:rendering_app

Add more detail to viewing information on document types
Add more detail to viewing information on document types
