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            • GETList knowledge base documents
            • DELDelete knowledge base document
            • GETGet knowledge base document
            • PATCHUpdate knowledge base document
            • POSTCreate knowledge base document from URL
            • POSTCreate knowledge base document from text
            • POSTCreate knowledge base document from file
            • GETGet document content
            • GETGet document chunk
            • GETGet source file URL
            • POSTRefresh knowledge base document
            • GETGet RAG chunks for a document
            • PATCHUpdate document file
          • GETSearch knowledge base
          • GETGet dependent agents
          • GETGet knowledge base size
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API referenceKnowledge BaseDocuments

Create knowledge base document from file

POST
/v1/convai/knowledge-base/file
POST
/v1/convai/knowledge-base/file
$curl -X POST https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1/convai/knowledge-base/file \
> -H "Content-Type: multipart/form-data" \
> -F file=@string
1{
2 "id": "string",
3 "name": "string",
4 "folder_path": [
5 {
6 "id": "string"
7 }
8 ]
9}
Create a knowledge base document generated form the uploaded file.
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Headers

xi-api-keystringOptional

Request

This endpoint expects a multipart form containing a file.
filefileRequired
Documentation that the agent will have access to in order to interact with users.
namestring or nullOptional>=1 character

A custom, human-readable name for the document.

parent_folder_idstring or nullOptional
If set, the created document or folder will be placed inside the given folder.

Response

Successful Response
idstring
namestring
folder_pathlist of objects
The folder path segments leading to this entity, from root to parent folder.

Errors

422
Unprocessable Entity Error