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POST
/
documents
/
add-document
Add Document
curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.zeroentropy.dev/v1/documents/add-document \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "collection_name": "<string>",
  "path": "<string>",
  "content": {
    "type": "text",
    "text": "<string>"
  },
  "metadata": {},
  "overwrite": false
}
'
{
  "message": "Success!"
}

Authorizations

​
Authorization
string
header
required

The Authorization header must be provided in the format Bearer <your-api-key>.

You can get your API Key at the Dashboard!

Body

application/json
​
collection_name
string
required

The name of the collection to be used for this request. A 404 Not Found status code will be returned if this collection name does not exist.

​
path
string
required

The filepath of the document that you are adding. A 409 Conflict status code will be returned if this path already exists, unless overwrite is set to true.

​
content
APITextDocument · object
required

The content of the document. There are three possible JSON types that can be passed into this parameter: APITextDocument, APITextPagesDocument, APIBinaryDocument. The type field is how ZeroEntropy will know which document object you have passed in.

​
metadata
object

This is a metadata JSON object that can be used to assign various metadata attributes to your document. The provided object must match the type dict[str, str | list[str]]. Please read Metadata Filtering for more details. By default, the metadata will be set to {}.

NOTE: The UTF-8-encoded JSON string must be less than 65536 bytes (Whitespace does not count). This limit can be increased upon request.

​
overwrite
boolean
default:false

Setting this property to true will put this endpoint in "upsert" mode: If the document already exists, this action will atomically replace it.

Response

Successful Response

​
message
string
default:Success!

This string will always be "Success!". This may change in the future.