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POST
/
agents
/
{agentId}
/
sources
Create source
curl --request POST \
  --url https://www.chatbase.co/api/v2/agents/{agentId}/sources \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "type": "text",
  "name": "<string>",
  "content": "<string>"
}
'
import requests

url = "https://www.chatbase.co/api/v2/agents/{agentId}/sources"

payload = {
"type": "text",
"name": "<string>",
"content": "<string>"
}
headers = {
"Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)
const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({type: 'text', name: '<string>', content: '<string>'})
};

fetch('https://www.chatbase.co/api/v2/agents/{agentId}/sources', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));
<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://www.chatbase.co/api/v2/agents/{agentId}/sources",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'type' => 'text',
'name' => '<string>',
'content' => '<string>'
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type: application/json"
],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}
package main

import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)

func main() {

url := "https://www.chatbase.co/api/v2/agents/{agentId}/sources"

payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"type\": \"text\",\n \"name\": \"<string>\",\n \"content\": \"<string>\"\n}")

req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

fmt.Println(string(body))

}
HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://www.chatbase.co/api/v2/agents/{agentId}/sources")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"type\": \"text\",\n \"name\": \"<string>\",\n \"content\": \"<string>\"\n}")
.asString();
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://www.chatbase.co/api/v2/agents/{agentId}/sources")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"type\": \"text\",\n \"name\": \"<string>\",\n \"content\": \"<string>\"\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
{
  "id": "<string>",
  "name": "<string>",
  "size": 123,
  "createdAt": "<string>",
  "metadata": {
    "type": "individual"
  }
}
{
"error": {
"code": "VALIDATION_INVALID_BODY",
"message": "Invalid request"
}
}
{
"error": {
"code": "AUTH_MISSING_API_KEY",
"message": "Authentication required"
}
}
{
"error": {
"code": "SUBSCRIPTION_API_RESTRICTED_PLAN",
"message": "A Standard plan or higher is required to access the API"
}
}
{
"error": {
"code": "SOURCE_DUPLICATE",
"message": "A source with this URL and type already exists"
}
}
{
"error": {
"code": "SOURCE_SIZE_LIMIT_EXCEEDED",
"message": "Chatbot storage limit exceeded"
}
}
{
"error": {
"code": "RATE_LIMIT_TOO_MANY_REQUESTS",
"message": "Too many requests, please try again later"
}
}
{
"error": {
"code": "INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR",
"message": "Something went wrong, please try again"
}
}

Authorizations

Authorization
string
header
required

API key from your account settings

Path Parameters

agentId
string
required

The agent ID

Minimum string length: 1
Example:

"5QHA6VB-DIAbBhxwqxfdi"

Body

application/json
type
enum<string>
required
Available options:
text
name
string
required
Required string length: 1 - 100
content
string
required
Required string length: 1 - 1048576

Response

Source created

id
string
required

Source ID

type
enum<string>
required

Source type

Available options:
link,
file,
qna,
notionPage,
text
name
string | null
required

Source name or URL

size
number
required

Source size in bytes

createdAt
string
required

ISO 8601 creation timestamp

status
enum<string>
required

Training status of the source

Available options:
untrained,
trained,
toBeDeleted,
updated
metadata
object
required

Link-specific metadata. Present only for type="link".