Update Document by File

Update an existing document by uploading a new file. Re-triggers indexing — use the returned batch ID with Get Document Indexing Status to track progress.

POST /datasets/{dataset_id}/documents/{document_id}/update-by-file

Error

A valid request URL is required to generate request examples

200

success

{
  "document": {
    "id": "a8e0e5b5-78c6-4130-a5ce-25feb0e0b4ac",
    "position": 1,
    "data_source_type": "upload_file",
    "data_source_info": {
      "upload_file_id": "a1b2c3d4-e5f6-7890-abcd-ef1234567890"
    },
    "data_source_detail_dict": {
      "upload_file": {
        "id": "a1b2c3d4-e5f6-7890-abcd-ef1234567890",
        "name": "guide.txt",
        "size": 2048,
        "extension": "txt",
        "mime_type": "text/plain",
        "created_by": "ad313dd6-ef04-4dd1-a5b0-c0f0b9e2e7e4",
        "created_at": 1741267200
      }
    },
    "dataset_process_rule_id": "e1f2a3b4-c5d6-7890-ef12-345678901234",
    "name": "guide.txt",
    "created_from": "api",
    "created_by": "ad313dd6-ef04-4dd1-a5b0-c0f0b9e2e7e4",
    "created_at": 1741267200,
    "tokens": 512,
    "indexing_status": "completed",
    "error": null,
    "enabled": true,
    "disabled_at": null,
    "disabled_by": null,
    "archived": false,
    "display_status": "available",
    "word_count": 350,
    "hit_count": 0,
    "doc_form": "text_model",
    "doc_metadata": [],
    "summary_index_status": null,
    "need_summary": false
  },
  "batch": "20250306150245647595"
}

Authorizations

Authorization · string · header · required

API Key authentication. For all API requests, include your API Key in the Authorization HTTP Header, prefixed with Bearer. Example: Authorization: Bearer {API_KEY}. Strongly recommend storing your API Key on the server-side, not shared or stored on the client-side, to avoid possible API-Key leakage that can lead to serious consequences.

Path Parameters

dataset_id · string<uuid> · required

Knowledge base ID.

document_id · string<uuid> · required

Document ID.

Body

multipart/form-data

file · file

File to upload.

data · string

JSON string containing configuration. Accepts the same fields as Create Document by Text (indexing_technique, doc_form, doc_language, process_rule, retrieval_model, embedding_model, embedding_model_provider) except name and text.

Example:

"{\"indexing_technique\":\"high_quality\",\"doc_form\":\"text_model\",\"doc_language\":\"English\",\"process_rule\":{\"mode\":\"automatic\"}}"

Response

200

application/json

Document updated successfully.

document · object

Show child attributes

batch · string

Batch ID for tracking indexing progress.