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# Get knowledge base summaries

GET https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1/convai/knowledge-base/summaries

Gets multiple knowledge base document summaries by their IDs.

Reference: https://elevenlabs.io/docs/api-reference/knowledge-base/get-summaries

## Servers

- `https://api.elevenlabs.io` (Production, default)
- `https://api.us.elevenlabs.io` (Production US)
- `https://api.eu.residency.elevenlabs.io` (Production EU)
- `https://api.in.residency.elevenlabs.io` (Production India)
- `https://api.sg.residency.elevenlabs.io` (Production Singapore)

## Request

### Query parameters

- `document_ids` (list of string, required) — The ids of knowledge base documents.

## Response

### 200

Successful Response

- `map from string to V1ConvaiKnowledgeBaseSummariesGetResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchema`

## Errors

### 422 Unprocessable Entity Error

Validation Error

- `detail` (list of ValidationError, optional)

## Types

### V1ConvaiKnowledgeBaseSummariesGetResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchema

- `status`: `success` (KnowledgeBaseSummaryBatchSuccessfulResponseModel)
  - `data` (V1ConvaiKnowledgeBaseSummariesGetResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaDiscriminatorMappingSuccessData, required)
- `status`: `failure` (BatchFailureResponseModel)
  - `error_code` (integer, required)
  - `error_message` (string, required)
  - `error_status` (string, required)

### ValidationError

- `loc` (list of ValidationErrorLocItems, required)
- `msg` (string, required)
- `type` (string, required)

### V1ConvaiKnowledgeBaseSummariesGetResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaDiscriminatorMappingSuccessData

- `type`: `file` (GetKnowledgeBaseSummaryFileResponseModel)
  - `access_info` (ResourceAccessInfo, required)
  - `id` (string, required)
  - `metadata` (KnowledgeBaseDocumentMetadataResponseModel, required)
  - `name` (string, required)
  - `supported_usages` (list of enum, required)
    - Allowed values: `prompt`, `auto`
  - `dependent_agents` (list of V1ConvaiKnowledgeBaseSummariesGetResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaDiscriminatorMappingSuccessDataDiscriminatorMappingFileDependentAgentsItems, required, deprecated) — This field is deprecated and will be removed in the future, use the separate endpoint to get dependent agents instead.
  - `auto_sync_info` (AutoSyncInfo, optional, nullable)
  - `external_sync_info` (ExternalFileSyncInfo, optional, nullable) — Tracks the link back to the original file in an external source.
  - `folder_parent_id` (string, optional, nullable) — The ID of the parent folder, or null if the document is at the root level.
  - `folder_path` (list of KnowledgeBaseFolderPathSegmentSummaryResponseModel, optional) — The folder path segments leading to this entity, from root to parent folder.
  - `is_frozen` (boolean, optional, default: false)
  - `refresh_status` (FileRefreshStatus, optional, nullable) — In-flight/last refresh state for an externally-synced KB file.
- `type`: `folder` (GetKnowledgeBaseSummaryFolderResponseModel)
  - `access_info` (ResourceAccessInfo, required)
  - `children_count` (integer, required)
  - `document_count` (integer, required) — Number of non-folder documents anywhere in this folder's subtree (recursive). Counting stops past 1000;
  - `id` (string, required)
  - `metadata` (KnowledgeBaseDocumentMetadataResponseModel, required)
  - `name` (string, required)
  - `supported_usages` (list of enum, required)
    - Allowed values: `prompt`, `auto`
  - `dependent_agents` (list of V1ConvaiKnowledgeBaseSummariesGetResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaDiscriminatorMappingSuccessDataDiscriminatorMappingFolderDependentAgentsItems, required, deprecated) — This field is deprecated and will be removed in the future, use the separate endpoint to get dependent agents instead.
  - `auto_sync_info` (AutoSyncInfo, optional, nullable)
  - `external_sync_info` (ExternalFolderSyncInfo, optional, nullable) — Metadata for a KB folder that mirrors an external source folder.
  - `folder_parent_id` (string, optional, nullable) — The ID of the parent folder, or null if the document is at the root level.
  - `folder_path` (list of KnowledgeBaseFolderPathSegmentSummaryResponseModel, optional) — The folder path segments leading to this entity, from root to parent folder.
  - `is_frozen` (boolean, optional, default: false)
- `type`: `text` (GetKnowledgeBaseSummaryTextResponseModel)
  - `access_info` (ResourceAccessInfo, required)
  - `id` (string, required)
  - `metadata` (KnowledgeBaseDocumentMetadataResponseModel, required)
  - `name` (string, required)
  - `supported_usages` (list of enum, required)
    - Allowed values: `prompt`, `auto`
  - `dependent_agents` (list of V1ConvaiKnowledgeBaseSummariesGetResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaDiscriminatorMappingSuccessDataDiscriminatorMappingTextDependentAgentsItems, required, deprecated) — This field is deprecated and will be removed in the future, use the separate endpoint to get dependent agents instead.
  - `folder_parent_id` (string, optional, nullable) — The ID of the parent folder, or null if the document is at the root level.
  - `folder_path` (list of KnowledgeBaseFolderPathSegmentSummaryResponseModel, optional) — The folder path segments leading to this entity, from root to parent folder.
- `type`: `url` (GetKnowledgeBaseSummaryURLResponseModel)
  - `access_info` (ResourceAccessInfo, required)
  - `id` (string, required)
  - `metadata` (KnowledgeBaseDocumentMetadataResponseModel, required)
  - `name` (string, required)
  - `supported_usages` (list of enum, required)
    - Allowed values: `prompt`, `auto`
  - `url` (string, required)
  - `dependent_agents` (list of V1ConvaiKnowledgeBaseSummariesGetResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaDiscriminatorMappingSuccessDataDiscriminatorMappingUrlDependentAgentsItems, required, deprecated) — This field is deprecated and will be removed in the future, use the separate endpoint to get dependent agents instead.
  - `auto_sync_info` (AutoSyncInfo, optional, nullable)
  - `folder_parent_id` (string, optional, nullable) — The ID of the parent folder, or null if the document is at the root level.
  - `folder_path` (list of KnowledgeBaseFolderPathSegmentSummaryResponseModel, optional) — The folder path segments leading to this entity, from root to parent folder.

### ValidationErrorLocItems

### ResourceAccessInfo

- `is_creator` (boolean, required) — Whether the user making the request is the creator of the agent
- `creator_name` (string, required) — Name of the agent's creator
- `creator_email` (string, required) — Email of the agent's creator
- `role` (enum, required) — The role of the user making the request
  - Allowed values: `admin`, `editor`, `commenter`, `viewer`
- `anonymous_access_level_override` (enum, optional, nullable) — The access level for anonymous users. If None, the resource is not shared publicly.
  - Allowed values: `admin`, `editor`, `commenter`, `viewer`
- `access_source` (enum, optional, nullable) — Why the requesting user has access to this resource. 'creator' = caller is the owner. 'explicit' = caller (or one of their workspace groups) is listed in role_to_group_ids beyond the workspace-wide everyone group. 'workspace_default' = the workspace-wide everyone group is listed in role_to_group_ids (every non-anon workspace member, including admins, sees this resource). 'workspace_admin' = caller is a workspace admin and the admin seat is the *only* path to access; reserved for docs nobody else can see. Lets the UI disclose why an admin-bypass viewer sees a doc that wasn't explicitly shared with them.
  - Allowed values: `creator`, `explicit`, `workspace_admin`, `workspace_default`

### KnowledgeBaseDocumentMetadataResponseModel

- `created_at_unix_secs` (integer, required)
- `last_updated_at_unix_secs` (integer, required)
- `size_bytes` (integer, required)

### V1ConvaiKnowledgeBaseSummariesGetResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaDiscriminatorMappingSuccessDataDiscriminatorMappingFileDependentAgentsItems

- `type`: `available` (DependentAvailableAgentIdentifier)
  - `access_level` (enum, required)
    - Allowed values: `admin`, `editor`, `commenter`, `viewer`
  - `created_at_unix_secs` (integer, required)
  - `id` (string, required)
  - `name` (string, required)
  - `referenced_resource_ids` (list of string, optional) — If the agent is a transitive dependent, contains IDs of the resources that the agent depends on directly.
- `type`: `unknown` (DependentUnknownAgentIdentifier)
  - `id` (string, required)
  - `referenced_resource_ids` (list of string, optional) — If the agent is a transitive dependent, contains IDs of the resources that the agent depends on directly.

### AutoSyncInfo

- `minimum_frequency_days` (integer, optional, default: 7) — Minimum frequency (in days) at which the document is refreshed. The actual interval may be shorter, never longer.
- `auto_remove` (boolean, optional, default: false) — Whether to remove the document if the URL becomes unavailable
- `auto_discover` (boolean, optional, default: false) — Whether new pages discovered during a refresh are crawled and added. Set from the owning crawl job at creation; the crawl job remains the source of truth for the discovery logic.
- `consec_failures` (integer, optional, default: 0) — Number of consecutive sync failures
- `next_refresh_by` (integer, optional, nullable) — Unix timestamp for the next scheduled sync or None (in case of folders)

### ExternalFileSyncInfo

Tracks the link back to the original file in an external source.

- `type` (enum, required) — Provider identifier
  - Allowed values: `google_drive`
- `source_entity_id` (string, required) — Entity ID in the external system
- `integration_connection_id` (string, required) — Integration connection instance ID
- `source_parent_entity_id` (string, required) — Folder ID in the external system this file was synced from
- `source_mime_type` (string, required) — Original MIME type in the external system
- `source_modified_time` (string, required) — Last modified time from the external system
- `root_folder_id` (string, optional, nullable) — KB folder ID of the sync root, used to query all entities under a sync tree

### KnowledgeBaseFolderPathSegmentSummaryResponseModel

- `id` (string, required)

### FileRefreshStatus

In-flight/last refresh state for an externally-synced KB file.

- `status` (enum, optional, default: queued)
  - Allowed values: `queued`, `processing`, `succeeded`, `failed`, `skipped`, `cancelled`
- `enqueued_at` (integer, optional, nullable)
- `started_at` (integer, optional, nullable)
- `completed_at` (integer, optional, nullable)
- `last_synced_at` (integer, optional, nullable)
- `error_message` (string, optional, nullable)

### V1ConvaiKnowledgeBaseSummariesGetResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaDiscriminatorMappingSuccessDataDiscriminatorMappingFolderDependentAgentsItems

- `type`: `available` (DependentAvailableAgentIdentifier)
  - `access_level` (enum, required)
    - Allowed values: `admin`, `editor`, `commenter`, `viewer`
  - `created_at_unix_secs` (integer, required)
  - `id` (string, required)
  - `name` (string, required)
  - `referenced_resource_ids` (list of string, optional) — If the agent is a transitive dependent, contains IDs of the resources that the agent depends on directly.
- `type`: `unknown` (DependentUnknownAgentIdentifier)
  - `id` (string, required)
  - `referenced_resource_ids` (list of string, optional) — If the agent is a transitive dependent, contains IDs of the resources that the agent depends on directly.

### ExternalFolderSyncInfo

Metadata for a KB folder that mirrors an external source folder.

- `type` (enum, required) — Provider identifier
  - Allowed values: `google_drive`
- `source_entity_id` (string, required) — Entity ID in the external system
- `integration_connection_id` (string, required) — Integration connection instance ID
- `root_folder_id` (string, optional, nullable) — KB folder ID of the sync root. None means this folder is the root.
- `sync_cursor` (string, optional, nullable) — Opaque cursor for incremental sync, interpreted by the provider
- `last_sync_at` (integer, optional, nullable) — Unix timestamp of last completed sync

### V1ConvaiKnowledgeBaseSummariesGetResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaDiscriminatorMappingSuccessDataDiscriminatorMappingTextDependentAgentsItems

- `type`: `available` (DependentAvailableAgentIdentifier)
  - `access_level` (enum, required)
    - Allowed values: `admin`, `editor`, `commenter`, `viewer`
  - `created_at_unix_secs` (integer, required)
  - `id` (string, required)
  - `name` (string, required)
  - `referenced_resource_ids` (list of string, optional) — If the agent is a transitive dependent, contains IDs of the resources that the agent depends on directly.
- `type`: `unknown` (DependentUnknownAgentIdentifier)
  - `id` (string, required)
  - `referenced_resource_ids` (list of string, optional) — If the agent is a transitive dependent, contains IDs of the resources that the agent depends on directly.

### V1ConvaiKnowledgeBaseSummariesGetResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaDiscriminatorMappingSuccessDataDiscriminatorMappingUrlDependentAgentsItems

- `type`: `available` (DependentAvailableAgentIdentifier)
  - `access_level` (enum, required)
    - Allowed values: `admin`, `editor`, `commenter`, `viewer`
  - `created_at_unix_secs` (integer, required)
  - `id` (string, required)
  - `name` (string, required)
  - `referenced_resource_ids` (list of string, optional) — If the agent is a transitive dependent, contains IDs of the resources that the agent depends on directly.
- `type`: `unknown` (DependentUnknownAgentIdentifier)
  - `id` (string, required)
  - `referenced_resource_ids` (list of string, optional) — If the agent is a transitive dependent, contains IDs of the resources that the agent depends on directly.

## Examples

**Response**

```json
{}
```

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1/convai/knowledge-base/summaries"

querystring = {"document_ids":"[\"21m00Tcm4TlvDq8ikWAM\",\"31n11Udm5UmwEr9jkXBN\"]"}

response = requests.get(url, params=querystring)

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1/convai/knowledge-base/summaries?document_ids=%5B%2221m00Tcm4TlvDq8ikWAM%22%2C%2231n11Udm5UmwEr9jkXBN%22%5D';
const options = {method: 'GET'};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1/convai/knowledge-base/summaries?document_ids=%5B%2221m00Tcm4TlvDq8ikWAM%22%2C%2231n11Udm5UmwEr9jkXBN%22%5D"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1/convai/knowledge-base/summaries?document_ids=%5B%2221m00Tcm4TlvDq8ikWAM%22%2C%2231n11Udm5UmwEr9jkXBN%22%5D")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1/convai/knowledge-base/summaries?document_ids=%5B%2221m00Tcm4TlvDq8ikWAM%22%2C%2231n11Udm5UmwEr9jkXBN%22%5D")
  .asString();
```

```php
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('GET', 'https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1/convai/knowledge-base/summaries?document_ids=%5B%2221m00Tcm4TlvDq8ikWAM%22%2C%2231n11Udm5UmwEr9jkXBN%22%5D');

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1/convai/knowledge-base/summaries?document_ids=%5B%2221m00Tcm4TlvDq8ikWAM%22%2C%2231n11Udm5UmwEr9jkXBN%22%5D");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.GET);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1/convai/knowledge-base/summaries?document_ids=%5B%2221m00Tcm4TlvDq8ikWAM%22%2C%2231n11Udm5UmwEr9jkXBN%22%5D")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "GET"

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```

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