curl --request POST \
--url https://api.egp.scale.com/v4/knowledge-bases/{knowledge_base_id}/upload_files \
--header 'Content-Type: multipart/form-data' \
--header 'x-api-key: <api-key>' \
--form files=@example-file \
--form 'data_source_config=<string>' \
--form 'chunking_strategy_config=<string>' \
--form force_reupload=true \
--form 'tagging_information=<string>' \
--form 'custom_metadata=<string>'import requests
url = "https://api.egp.scale.com/v4/knowledge-bases/{knowledge_base_id}/upload_files"
files = { "files": ("example-file", open("example-file", "rb")) }
payload = {
"data_source_config": "<string>",
"chunking_strategy_config": "<string>",
"force_reupload": "true",
"tagging_information": "<string>",
"custom_metadata": "<string>"
}
headers = {"x-api-key": "<api-key>"}
response = requests.post(url, data=payload, files=files, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const form = new FormData();
form.append('files', '<string>');
form.append('data_source_config', '<string>');
form.append('chunking_strategy_config', '<string>');
form.append('force_reupload', 'true');
form.append('tagging_information', '<string>');
form.append('custom_metadata', '<string>');
const options = {method: 'POST', headers: {'x-api-key': '<api-key>'}};
options.body = form;
fetch('https://api.egp.scale.com/v4/knowledge-bases/{knowledge_base_id}/upload_files', 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://api.egp.scale.com/v4/knowledge-bases/{knowledge_base_id}/upload_files",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => "-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"files\"; filename=\"example-file\"\r\nContent-Type: application/octet-stream\r\n\r\n<string>\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"data_source_config\"\r\n\r\n<string>\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"chunking_strategy_config\"\r\n\r\n<string>\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"force_reupload\"\r\n\r\ntrue\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"tagging_information\"\r\n\r\n<string>\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"custom_metadata\"\r\n\r\n<string>\r\n-----011000010111000001101001--",
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Content-Type: multipart/form-data",
"x-api-key: <api-key>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($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://api.egp.scale.com/v4/knowledge-bases/{knowledge_base_id}/upload_files"
payload := strings.NewReader("-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"files\"; filename=\"example-file\"\r\nContent-Type: application/octet-stream\r\n\r\n<string>\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"data_source_config\"\r\n\r\n<string>\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"chunking_strategy_config\"\r\n\r\n<string>\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"force_reupload\"\r\n\r\ntrue\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"tagging_information\"\r\n\r\n<string>\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"custom_metadata\"\r\n\r\n<string>\r\n-----011000010111000001101001--")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("x-api-key", "<api-key>")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.egp.scale.com/v4/knowledge-bases/{knowledge_base_id}/upload_files")
.header("x-api-key", "<api-key>")
.body("-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"files\"; filename=\"example-file\"\r\nContent-Type: application/octet-stream\r\n\r\n<string>\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"data_source_config\"\r\n\r\n<string>\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"chunking_strategy_config\"\r\n\r\n<string>\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"force_reupload\"\r\n\r\ntrue\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"tagging_information\"\r\n\r\n<string>\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"custom_metadata\"\r\n\r\n<string>\r\n-----011000010111000001101001--")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.egp.scale.com/v4/knowledge-bases/{knowledge_base_id}/upload_files")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["x-api-key"] = '<api-key>'
request.body = "-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"files\"; filename=\"example-file\"\r\nContent-Type: application/octet-stream\r\n\r\n<string>\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"data_source_config\"\r\n\r\n<string>\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"chunking_strategy_config\"\r\n\r\n<string>\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"force_reupload\"\r\n\r\ntrue\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"tagging_information\"\r\n\r\n<string>\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"custom_metadata\"\r\n\r\n<string>\r\n-----011000010111000001101001--"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"upload_ids": [
"<string>"
]
}{
"detail": [
{
"loc": [
"<string>"
],
"msg": "<string>",
"type": "<string>",
"input": "<unknown>",
"ctx": {}
}
]
}Submit Upload Job with local files
Ingests one or more files uploaded directly in the request (multipart form data) into the knowledge base, rather than syncing from a remote data source. Use this instead of the data-source upload endpoint when the source documents live on the client rather than in a connected store such as S3. The data source config, chunking strategy config, and optional tagging information are supplied as JSON-encoded form fields alongside the files. Each file is text-extracted and chunked synchronously during the request, then a separate asynchronous ingestion job is started per file; the response returns a list of upload_ids, one for each file, which can be polled with the Get Upload endpoint. The request is rejected if the file count exceeds the allowed maximum, a file exceeds the size limit, or any file has an unsupported extension for the selected chunking strategy.
curl --request POST \
--url https://api.egp.scale.com/v4/knowledge-bases/{knowledge_base_id}/upload_files \
--header 'Content-Type: multipart/form-data' \
--header 'x-api-key: <api-key>' \
--form files=@example-file \
--form 'data_source_config=<string>' \
--form 'chunking_strategy_config=<string>' \
--form force_reupload=true \
--form 'tagging_information=<string>' \
--form 'custom_metadata=<string>'import requests
url = "https://api.egp.scale.com/v4/knowledge-bases/{knowledge_base_id}/upload_files"
files = { "files": ("example-file", open("example-file", "rb")) }
payload = {
"data_source_config": "<string>",
"chunking_strategy_config": "<string>",
"force_reupload": "true",
"tagging_information": "<string>",
"custom_metadata": "<string>"
}
headers = {"x-api-key": "<api-key>"}
response = requests.post(url, data=payload, files=files, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const form = new FormData();
form.append('files', '<string>');
form.append('data_source_config', '<string>');
form.append('chunking_strategy_config', '<string>');
form.append('force_reupload', 'true');
form.append('tagging_information', '<string>');
form.append('custom_metadata', '<string>');
const options = {method: 'POST', headers: {'x-api-key': '<api-key>'}};
options.body = form;
fetch('https://api.egp.scale.com/v4/knowledge-bases/{knowledge_base_id}/upload_files', 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://api.egp.scale.com/v4/knowledge-bases/{knowledge_base_id}/upload_files",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => "-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"files\"; filename=\"example-file\"\r\nContent-Type: application/octet-stream\r\n\r\n<string>\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"data_source_config\"\r\n\r\n<string>\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"chunking_strategy_config\"\r\n\r\n<string>\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"force_reupload\"\r\n\r\ntrue\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"tagging_information\"\r\n\r\n<string>\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"custom_metadata\"\r\n\r\n<string>\r\n-----011000010111000001101001--",
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Content-Type: multipart/form-data",
"x-api-key: <api-key>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($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://api.egp.scale.com/v4/knowledge-bases/{knowledge_base_id}/upload_files"
payload := strings.NewReader("-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"files\"; filename=\"example-file\"\r\nContent-Type: application/octet-stream\r\n\r\n<string>\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"data_source_config\"\r\n\r\n<string>\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"chunking_strategy_config\"\r\n\r\n<string>\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"force_reupload\"\r\n\r\ntrue\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"tagging_information\"\r\n\r\n<string>\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"custom_metadata\"\r\n\r\n<string>\r\n-----011000010111000001101001--")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("x-api-key", "<api-key>")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.egp.scale.com/v4/knowledge-bases/{knowledge_base_id}/upload_files")
.header("x-api-key", "<api-key>")
.body("-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"files\"; filename=\"example-file\"\r\nContent-Type: application/octet-stream\r\n\r\n<string>\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"data_source_config\"\r\n\r\n<string>\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"chunking_strategy_config\"\r\n\r\n<string>\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"force_reupload\"\r\n\r\ntrue\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"tagging_information\"\r\n\r\n<string>\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"custom_metadata\"\r\n\r\n<string>\r\n-----011000010111000001101001--")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.egp.scale.com/v4/knowledge-bases/{knowledge_base_id}/upload_files")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["x-api-key"] = '<api-key>'
request.body = "-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"files\"; filename=\"example-file\"\r\nContent-Type: application/octet-stream\r\n\r\n<string>\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"data_source_config\"\r\n\r\n<string>\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"chunking_strategy_config\"\r\n\r\n<string>\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"force_reupload\"\r\n\r\ntrue\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"tagging_information\"\r\n\r\n<string>\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"custom_metadata\"\r\n\r\n<string>\r\n-----011000010111000001101001--"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"upload_ids": [
"<string>"
]
}{
"detail": [
{
"loc": [
"<string>"
],
"msg": "<string>",
"type": "<string>",
"input": "<unknown>",
"ctx": {}
}
]
}Authorizations
Headers
Path Parameters
Body
JSON-encoded dictionary of custom metadata to attach to all chunks generated from the uploaded files. These metadata fields become queryable via metadata_filters on the chunks query endpoint.
Response
Successful Response
List of upload IDs that have been kicked off by the upload API

