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API reference

RAGFlow offers RESTful APIs for you to integrate its capabilities into third-party applications.

Base URL

http://<host_address>/api/v1/

Dataset URL

http://<host_address>/api/v1/dataset

Authorization

All of RAGFlow's RESTFul APIs use API key for authorization, so keep it safe and do not expose it to the front end. Put your API key in the request header.

Authorization: Bearer {API_KEY}

To get your API key:

In RAGFlow, click Chat tab in the middle top of the page.
Hover over the corresponding dialogue > Chat Bot API to show the chatbot API configuration page.
Click Api Key > Create new key to create your API key.
Copy and keep your API key safe.

Create dataset

This method creates (news) a dataset for a specific user.

Request

Request URI

Method	Request URI
POST	`/dataset`

:::note You are required to save the data.dataset_id value returned in the response data, which is the session ID for all upcoming conversations. :::

Request parameter

Name	Type	Required	Description
`dataset_name`	string	Yes	The unique identifier assigned to each newly created dataset. `dataset_name` must be less than 2 ** 10 characters and cannot be empty. The following character sets are supported: - 26 lowercase English letters (a-z) - 26 uppercase English letters (A-Z) - 10 digits (0-9) - "_", "-", "."

Response

{
  "code": 0, 
  "data": {
    "dataset_name": "kb1",
    "dataset_id": "375e8ada2d3c11ef98f93043d7ee537e"
  }, 
  "message": "success"
}

Get dataset list

This method lists the created datasets for a specific user.

Request

Request URI

Method	Request URI
GET	`/dataset`

Response

Response parameter

{
    "code": 0,
    "data": [
        {
            "avatar": null,
            "chunk_num": 0,
            "create_date": "Mon, 17 Jun 2024 16:00:05 GMT",
            "create_time": 1718611205876,
            "created_by": "b48110a0286411ef994a3043d7ee537e",
            "description": null,
            "doc_num": 0,
            "embd_id": "BAAI/bge-large-zh-v1.5",
            "id": "9bd6424a2c7f11ef81b83043d7ee537e",
            "language": "Chinese",
            "name": "dataset3(23)",
            "parser_config": {
                "pages": [
                    [
                        1,
                        1000000
                    ]
                ]
            },
            "parser_id": "naive",
            "permission": "me",
            "similarity_threshold": 0.2,
            "status": "1",
            "tenant_id": "b48110a0286411ef994a3043d7ee537e",
            "token_num": 0,
            "update_date": "Mon, 17 Jun 2024 16:00:05 GMT",
            "update_time": 1718611205876,
            "vector_similarity_weight": 0.3
        }
    ],
    "message": "List datasets successfully!"
}

Delete dataset

This method deletes a dataset for a specific user.

Request

Request URI

Method	Request URI
DELETE	`/dataset/{dataset_id}`

Request parameter

Name	Type	Required	Description
`dataset_id`	string	Yes	The ID of the dataset. Call 'GET' /dataset to retrieve the ID.

Response

{
  "code": 0,
  "message": "Remove dataset: 9cefaefc2e2611ef916b3043d7ee537e successfully"
}

Get the details of the specific dataset

This method gets the details of the specific dataset.

Request

Request URI

Method	Request URI
GET	`/dataset/{dataset_id}`

Request parameter

Name	Type	Required	Description
`dataset_id`	string	Yes	The ID of the dataset. Call 'GET' /dataset to retrieve the ID.

Response

{
    "code": 0,
    "data": {
        "avatar": null,
        "chunk_num": 0, 
        "description": null,
        "doc_num": 0,
        "embd_id": "BAAI/bge-large-zh-v1.5",
        "id": "060323022e3511efa8263043d7ee537e", 
        "language": "Chinese", 
        "name": "test(1)", 
        "parser_config": 
        {
            "pages": [[1, 1000000]]
        }, 
        "parser_id": "naive", 
        "permission": "me", 
        "token_num": 0
  }, 
    "message": "success"
}

Update the details of the specific dataset

This method updates the details of the specific dataset.

Request

Request URI

Method	Request URI
PUT	`/dataset/{dataset_id}`

Request parameter

You are required to input at least one parameter.

Name	Type	Required	Description
`name`	string	No	The name of the knowledge base, from which you get the document list.
`description`	string	No	The description of the knowledge base.
`permission`	string	No	The permission for the knowledge base, default:me.
`language`	string	No	The language of the knowledge base.
`chunk_method`	string	No	The chunk method of the knowledge base.
`embedding_model_id`	string	No	The embedding model id of the knowledge base.
`photo`	string	No	The photo of the knowledge base.
`layout_recognize`	bool	No	The layout recognize of the knowledge base.
`token_num`	int	No	The token number of the knowledge base.
`id`	string	No	The id of the knowledge base.

Response

Successful response

{
    "code": 0,
    "data": {
        "avatar": null,
        "chunk_num": 0,
        "create_date": "Wed, 19 Jun 2024 20:33:34 GMT",
        "create_time": 1718800414518, 
        "created_by": "b48110a0286411ef994a3043d7ee537e", 
        "description": "new_description1", 
        "doc_num": 0, 
        "embd_id": "BAAI/bge-large-zh-v1.5", 
        "id": "24f9f17a2e3811ef820e3043d7ee537e", 
        "language": "English", 
        "name": "new_name", 
        "parser_config": 
        {
            "pages": [[1, 1000000]]
        },
        "parser_id": "naive", 
        "permission": "me", 
        "similarity_threshold": 0.2, 
        "status": "1", 
        "tenant_id": "b48110a0286411ef994a3043d7ee537e", 
        "token_num": 0, 
        "update_date": "Wed, 19 Jun 2024 20:33:34 GMT", 
        "update_time": 1718800414529, 
        "vector_similarity_weight": 0.3
  }, 
    "message": "success"
}

Response for the operating error

{
    "code": 103, 
    "message": "Only the owner of knowledgebase is authorized for this operation!"
}

Response for no parameter

{ 
    "code": 102, 
    "message": "Please input at least one parameter that you want to update!"
}