POST
/
add-knowledge-base-sources
/
{knowledge_base_id}
import Retell from 'retell-sdk';

const client = new Retell({
  apiKey: 'YOUR_RETELL_API_KEY',
});

async function main() {
  const knowledgeBaseResponse = await client.knowledgeBase.addSources({
    knowledge_base_texts: [
      {
        text: "Hello, how are you?",
        title: "Sample Question",
      },
    ],
    knowledge_base_urls: [
      "https://www.retellai.com",
      "https://docs.retellai.com",
    ],
    knowledge_base_files: [
      fs.createReadStream("../sample.txt"),
    ],
  });

  console.log(knowledgeBaseResponse.knowledge_base_id);
}

main();

{
  "knowledge_base_id": "knowledge_base_a456426614174000",
  "knowledge_base_name": "Sample KB",
  "status": "in_progress",
  "knowledge_base_sources": [
    {
      "type": "document",
      "source_id": "<string>",
      "filename": "<string>",
      "file_url": "<string>"
    }
  ],
  "enable_auto_refresh": true,
  "last_refreshed_timestamp": 1703413636133
}
import Retell from 'retell-sdk';

const client = new Retell({
  apiKey: 'YOUR_RETELL_API_KEY',
});

async function main() {
  const knowledgeBaseResponse = await client.knowledgeBase.addSources({
    knowledge_base_texts: [
      {
        text: "Hello, how are you?",
        title: "Sample Question",
      },
    ],
    knowledge_base_urls: [
      "https://www.retellai.com",
      "https://docs.retellai.com",
    ],
    knowledge_base_files: [
      fs.createReadStream("../sample.txt"),
    ],
  });

  console.log(knowledgeBaseResponse.knowledge_base_id);
}

main();

Authorizations

​
Authorization
string
header
required

Authentication header containing API key (find it in dashboard). The format is "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"

Path Parameters

​
knowledge_base_id
string
required

The knowledge base id to delete source from.

Example:

"kb_1234567890"

Body

multipart/form-data
​
knowledge_base_texts
object[]

Texts to add to the knowledge base.

​
knowledge_base_files
file[]

Files to add to the knowledge base. Limit to 25 files, where each file is limited to 50MB.

​
knowledge_base_urls
string[]

URLs to be scraped and added to the knowledge base. Must be valid urls.

Example:
[
  "https://www.example.com",
  "https://www.retellai.com"
]

Response

201
application/json
Successfully created a new knowledge base.
​
knowledge_base_id
string
required

Unique id of the knowledge base.

Example:

"knowledge_base_a456426614174000"

​
knowledge_base_name
string
required

Name of the knowledge base. Must be less than 40 characters.

Example:

"Sample KB"

​
status
enum<string>
required

Status of the knowledge base. When it's created and being processed, it's "in_progress". When the processing is done, it's "complete". When there's an error in processing, it's "error".

Available options:
in_progress,
complete,
error
Example:

"in_progress"

​
knowledge_base_sources
object[]

Sources of the knowledge base. Will be populated after the processing is done (when status is "complete").

​
enable_auto_refresh
boolean

Whether to enable auto refresh for the knowledge base urls. If set to true, will retrieve the data from the specified url every 12 hours.

Example:

true

​
last_refreshed_timestamp
integer

Last refreshed timestamp (milliseconds since epoch). Only applicable when enable_auto_refresh is true.

Example:

1703413636133

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