The authentication and invocation methods for the Knowledge Base API are consistent with the Application Service API. However, a single Knowledge Base API token generated has the authority to operate on all visible knowledge bases under the same account. Please pay attention to data security.
Leveraging the API for knowledge base maintenance significantly enhances data processing efficiency. It enables seamless data synchronization via command-line interfaces, facilitating automated operations instead of manipulating the user interface.
Key advantages include:
- Automated Synchronization: Enables seamless integration between data systems and the Dify knowledge base, fostering efficient workflow construction.
- Comprehensive Management: Offers functionalities such as knowledge base listing, document enumeration, and detailed querying, facilitating the development of custom data management interfaces.
- Flexible Content Ingestion: Accommodates both plain text and file upload methodologies, supporting batch operations for addition and modification of content chunks.
- Enhanced Productivity: Minimizes manual data handling requirements, thereby optimizing the overall user experience on the Dify platform.
Navigate to the knowledge base page, and you can switch to the API ACCESS page from the left navigation. On this page, you can view the dataset API documentation provided by Dify and manage the credentials for accessing the dataset API in API Keys.
Knowledge API Document
This api is based on an existing Knowledge and creates a new document through text based on this Knowledge.
Request example:
curl --location --request POST 'https://api.dify.ai/v1/datasets/{dataset_id}/document/create_by_text' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer {api_key}' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data-raw '{"name": "text","text": "text","indexing_technique": "high_quality","process_rule": {"mode": "automatic"}}'
Response example:
{
"document": {
"id": "",
"position": 1,
"data_source_type": "upload_file",
"data_source_info": {
"upload_file_id": ""
},
"dataset_process_rule_id": "",
"name": "text.txt",
"created_from": "api",
"created_by": "",
"created_at": 1695690280,
"tokens": 0,
"indexing_status": "waiting",
"error": null,
"enabled": true,
"disabled_at": null,
"disabled_by": null,
"archived": false,
"display_status": "queuing",
"word_count": 0,
"hit_count": 0,
"doc_form": "text_model"
},
"batch": ""
}
This API is based on an existing knowledge and creates a new document through a file based on this knowledge.
curl --location --request POST 'https://api.dify.ai/v1/datasets/{dataset_id}/document/create-by-file' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer {api_key}' \
--form 'data="{"indexing_technique":"high_quality","process_rule":{"rules":{"pre_processing_rules":[{"id":"remove_extra_spaces","enabled":true},{"id":"remove_urls_emails","enabled":true}],"segmentation":{"separator":"###","max_tokens":500}},"mode":"custom"}}";type=text/plain' \
--form 'file=@"/path/to/file"'
{
"document": {
"id": "",
"position": 1,
"data_source_type": "upload_file",
"data_source_info": {
"upload_file_id": ""
},
"dataset_process_rule_id": "",
"name": "Dify.txt",
"created_from": "api",
"created_by": "",
"created_at": 1695308667,
"tokens": 0,
"indexing_status": "waiting",
"error": null,
"enabled": true,
"disabled_at": null,
"disabled_by": null,
"archived": false,
"display_status": "queuing",
"word_count": 0,
"hit_count": 0,
"doc_form": "text_model"
},
"batch": ""
}
This api is based on an existing Knowledge and creates a new document through a file based on this Knowledge.
Request example:
curl --location --request POST 'https://api.dify.ai/v1/datasets/{dataset_id}/document/create-by-file' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer {api_key}' \
--form 'data="{"indexing_technique":"high_quality","process_rule":{"rules":{"pre_processing_rules":[{"id":"remove_extra_spaces","enabled":true},{"id":"remove_urls_emails","enabled":true}],"segmentation":{"separator":"###","max_tokens":500}},"mode":"custom"}}";type=text/plain' \
--form 'file=@"/path/to/file"'
Response example:
{
"document": {
"id": "",
"position": 1,
"data_source_type": "upload_file",
"data_source_info": {
"upload_file_id": ""
},
"dataset_process_rule_id": "",
"name": "Dify.txt",
"created_from": "api",
"created_by": "",
"created_at": 1695308667,
"tokens": 0,
"indexing_status": "waiting",
"error": null,
"enabled": true,
"disabled_at": null,
"disabled_by": null,
"archived": false,
"display_status": "queuing",
"word_count": 0,
"hit_count": 0,
"doc_form": "text_model"
},
"batch": ""
}
{% hint style="warning" %} Only used to create an empty knowledge base. {% endhint %}
Request example:
curl --location --request POST 'https://api.dify.ai/v1/datasets' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer {api_key}' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data-raw '{"name": "name", "permission": "only_me"}'
Response example:
{
"id": "",
"name": "name",
"description": null,
"provider": "vendor",
"permission": "only_me",
"data_source_type": null,
"indexing_technique": null,
"app_count": 0,
"document_count": 0,
"word_count": 0,
"created_by": "",
"created_at": 1695636173,
"updated_by": "",
"updated_at": 1695636173,
"embedding_model": null,
"embedding_model_provider": null,
"embedding_available": null
}
Request example:
curl --location --request GET 'https://api.dify.ai/v1/datasets?page=1&limit=20' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer {api_key}'
Response example:
{
"data": [
{
"id": "",
"name": "name",
"description": "desc",
"permission": "only_me",
"data_source_type": "upload_file",
"indexing_technique": "",
"app_count": 2,
"document_count": 10,
"word_count": 1200,
"created_by": "",
"created_at": "",
"updated_by": "",
"updated_at": ""
},
...
],
"has_more": true,
"limit": 20,
"total": 50,
"page": 1
}
Request example:
curl --location --request DELETE 'https://api.dify.ai/v1/datasets/{dataset_id}' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer {api_key}'
Response example:
204 No Content
This api is based on an existing Knowledge and updates the document through text based on this Knowledge
Request example:
curl --location --request POST 'https://api.dify.ai/v1/datasets/{dataset_id}/documents/{document_id}/update_by_text' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer {api_key}' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data-raw '{"name": "name","text": "text"}'
Response example:
{
"document": {
"id": "",
"position": 1,
"data_source_type": "upload_file",
"data_source_info": {
"upload_file_id": ""
},
"dataset_process_rule_id": "",
"name": "name.txt",
"created_from": "api",
"created_by": "",
"created_at": 1695308667,
"tokens": 0,
"indexing_status": "waiting",
"error": null,
"enabled": true,
"disabled_at": null,
"disabled_by": null,
"archived": false,
"display_status": "queuing",
"word_count": 0,
"hit_count": 0,
"doc_form": "text_model"
},
"batch": ""
}
This api is based on an existing Knowledge, and updates documents through files based on this Knowledge.
Request example:
curl --location --request POST 'https://api.dify.ai/v1/datasets/{dataset_id}/documents/{document_id}/update-by-file' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer {api_key}' \
--form 'data="{"name":"Dify","indexing_technique":"high_quality","process_rule":{"rules":{"pre_processing_rules":[{"id":"remove_extra_spaces","enabled":true},{"id":"remove_urls_emails","enabled":true}],"segmentation":{"separator":"###","max_tokens":500}},"mode":"custom"}}";type=text/plain' \
--form 'file=@"/path/to/file"'
Response example:
{
"document": {
"id": "",
"position": 1,
"data_source_type": "upload_file",
"data_source_info": {
"upload_file_id": ""
},
"dataset_process_rule_id": "",
"name": "Dify.txt",
"created_from": "api",
"created_by": "",
"created_at": 1695308667,
"tokens": 0,
"indexing_status": "waiting",
"error": null,
"enabled": true,
"disabled_at": null,
"disabled_by": null,
"archived": false,
"display_status": "queuing",
"word_count": 0,
"hit_count": 0,
"doc_form": "text_model"
},
"batch": "20230921150427533684"
}
Request example:
curl --location --request GET 'https://api.dify.ai/v1/datasets/{dataset_id}/documents/{batch}/indexing-status' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer {api_key}'
Response example:
{
"data":[{
"id": "",
"indexing_status": "indexing",
"processing_started_at": 1681623462.0,
"parsing_completed_at": 1681623462.0,
"cleaning_completed_at": 1681623462.0,
"splitting_completed_at": 1681623462.0,
"completed_at": null,
"paused_at": null,
"error": null,
"stopped_at": null,
"completed_segments": 24,
"total_segments": 100
}]
}
Request example:
curl --location --request DELETE 'https://api.dify.ai/v1/datasets/{dataset_id}/documents/{document_id}' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer {api_key}'
Response example:
{
"result": "success"
}
Request example:
curl --location --request GET 'https://api.dify.ai/v1/datasets/{dataset_id}/documents' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer {api_key}'
Response example:
{
"data": [
{
"id": "",
"position": 1,
"data_source_type": "file_upload",
"data_source_info": null,
"dataset_process_rule_id": null,
"name": "dify",
"created_from": "",
"created_by": "",
"created_at": 1681623639,
"tokens": 0,
"indexing_status": "waiting",
"error": null,
"enabled": true,
"disabled_at": null,
"disabled_by": null,
"archived": false
},
],
"has_more": false,
"limit": 20,
"total": 9,
"page": 1
}
Request example:
curl --location --request POST 'https://api.dify.ai/v1/datasets/{dataset_id}/documents/{document_id}/segments' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer {api_key}' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data-raw '{"segments": [{"content": "1","answer": "1","keywords": ["a"]}]}'
Response example:
{
"data": [{
"id": "",
"position": 1,
"document_id": "",
"content": "1",
"answer": "1",
"word_count": 25,
"tokens": 0,
"keywords": [
"a"
],
"index_node_id": "",
"index_node_hash": "",
"hit_count": 0,
"enabled": true,
"disabled_at": null,
"disabled_by": null,
"status": "completed",
"created_by": "",
"created_at": 1695312007,
"indexing_at": 1695312007,
"completed_at": 1695312007,
"error": null,
"stopped_at": null
}],
"doc_form": "text_model"
}
Request example:
curl --location --request GET 'https://api.dify.ai/v1/datasets/{dataset_id}/documents/{document_id}/segments' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer {api_key}' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json'
Response example:
{
"data": [{
"id": "",
"position": 1,
"document_id": "",
"content": "1",
"answer": "1",
"word_count": 25,
"tokens": 0,
"keywords": [
"a"
],
"index_node_id": "",
"index_node_hash": "",
"hit_count": 0,
"enabled": true,
"disabled_at": null,
"disabled_by": null,
"status": "completed",
"created_by": "",
"created_at": 1695312007,
"indexing_at": 1695312007,
"completed_at": 1695312007,
"error": null,
"stopped_at": null
}],
"doc_form": "text_model"
}
Request example:
curl --location --request DELETE 'https://api.dify.ai/v1/datasets/{dataset_id}/documents/{document_id}/segments/{segment_id}' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer {api_key}' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json'
Response example:
{
"result": "success"
}
Request example:
curl --location --request POST 'https://api.dify.ai/v1/datasets/{dataset_id}/documents/{document_id}/segments/{segment_id}' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer {api_key}' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json'\
--data-raw '{"segment": {"content": "1","answer": "1", "keywords": ["a"], "enabled": false}}'
Response example:
{
"data": [{
"id": "",
"position": 1,
"document_id": "",
"content": "1",
"answer": "1",
"word_count": 25,
"tokens": 0,
"keywords": [
"a"
],
"index_node_id": "",
"index_node_hash": "",
"hit_count": 0,
"enabled": true,
"disabled_at": null,
"disabled_by": null,
"status": "completed",
"created_by": "",
"created_at": 1695312007,
"indexing_at": 1695312007,
"completed_at": 1695312007,
"error": null,
"stopped_at": null
}],
"doc_form": "text_model"
}
Request example:
curl --location --request POST 'https://api.dify.ai/v1/datasets/{dataset_id}/retrieve' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer {api_key}'\
--header 'Content-Type: application/json'\
--data-raw '{
"query": "test",
"retrieval_model": {
"search_method": "keyword_search",
"reranking_enable": false,
"reranking_mode": null,
"reranking_model": {
"reranking_provider_name": "",
"reranking_model_name": ""
},
"weights": null,
"top_k": 1,
"score_threshold_enabled": false,
"score_threshold": null
}
}'
Response example:
{
"query": {
"content": "test"
},
"records": [
{
"segment": {
"id": "7fa6f24f-8679-48b3-bc9d-bdf28d73f218",
"position": 1,
"document_id": "a8c6c36f-9f5d-4d7a-8472-f5d7b75d71d2",
"content": "Operation guide",
"answer": null,
"word_count": 847,
"tokens": 280,
"keywords": [
"install",
"java",
"base",
"scripts",
"jdk",
"manual",
"internal",
"opens",
"add",
"vmoptions"
],
"index_node_id": "39dd8443-d960-45a8-bb46-7275ad7fbc8e",
"index_node_hash": "0189157697b3c6a418ccf8264a09699f25858975578f3467c76d6bfc94df1d73",
"hit_count": 0,
"enabled": true,
"disabled_at": null,
"disabled_by": null,
"status": "completed",
"created_by": "dbcb1ab5-90c8-41a7-8b78-73b235eb6f6f",
"created_at": 1728734540,
"indexing_at": 1728734552,
"completed_at": 1728734584,
"error": null,
"stopped_at": null,
"document": {
"id": "a8c6c36f-9f5d-4d7a-8472-f5d7b75d71d2",
"data_source_type": "upload_file",
"name": "readme.txt",
"doc_type": null
}
},
"score": 3.730463140527718e-05,
"tsne_position": null
}
]
}
Response example:
{
"code": "no_file_uploaded",
"message": "Please upload your file.",
"status": 400
}
code | status | message |
---|---|---|
no_file_uploaded | 400 | Please upload your file. |
too_many_files | 400 | Only one file is allowed. |
file_too_large | 413 | File size exceeded. |
unsupported_file_type | 415 | File type not allowed. Supported format: txt, markdown, md, pdf, html, html, xlsx, docx, csv |
high_quality_dataset_only | 400 | Current operation only supports 'high-quality' datasets. |
dataset_not_initialized | 400 | The dataset is still being initialized or indexing. Please wait a moment. |
archived_document_immutable | 403 | The archived document is not editable. |
dataset_name_duplicate | 409 | The dataset name already exists. Please modify your dataset name. |
invalid_action | 400 | Invalid action. |
document_already_finished | 400 | The document has been processed. Please refresh the page or go to the document details. |
document_indexing | 400 | The document is being processed and cannot be edited. |
invalid_metadata | 400 | The metadata content is incorrect. Please check and verify. |