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        • WSSAgent WebSockets
            • GETList knowledge base documents
            • DELDelete knowledge base document
            • GETGet knowledge base document
            • PATCHUpdate knowledge base document
            • POSTCreate knowledge base document from URL
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            • POSTCreate knowledge base document from file
            • GETGet document content
            • GETGet document chunk
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            • GETGet RAG chunks for a document
            • PATCHUpdate document file
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API referenceKnowledge BaseDocuments

Update document file

PATCH
/v1/convai/knowledge-base/:documentation_id/update-file
PATCH
/v1/convai/knowledge-base/:documentation_id/update-file
$curl -X PATCH https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1/convai/knowledge-base/documentation_id/update-file \
>     -H "Content-Type: multipart/form-data" \
>     -F file=@string
1{
2  "id": "string",
3  "name": "string",
4  "metadata": {
5    "created_at_unix_secs": 1,
6    "last_updated_at_unix_secs": 1,
7    "size_bytes": 1
8  },
9  "supported_usages": [
10    "auto"
11  ],
12  "access_info": {
13    "is_creator": true,
14    "creator_name": "John Doe",
15    "creator_email": "john.doe@example.com",
16    "role": "admin",
17    "access_source": "creator"
18  },
19  "folder_parent_id": "string",
20  "folder_path": [
21    {
22      "id": "string",
23      "name": "string"
24    }
25  ],
26  "type": "string",
27  "url": "string",
28  "extracted_inner_html": "string",
29  "auto_sync_info": {
30    "minimum_frequency_days": 7,
31    "auto_remove": false,
32    "consec_failures": 0,
33    "next_refresh_by": 1
34  }
35}
Update the source file of a file document. The document name, content, and metadata are updated to reflect the new file. Any manual content edits will be overwritten.
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Path parameters

documentation_idstringRequired
The id of a document from the knowledge base. This is returned on document addition.

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.

Response

Successful Response
urlobject
OR
fileobject
OR
textobject
OR
folderobject

Errors

422
Unprocessable Entity Error