# Create crawl job

POST https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1/convai/knowledge-base/crawl
Content-Type: application/json

Create a crawl job to crawl the given URL with specified depth and page limits.

Reference: https://elevenlabs.io/docs/api-reference/knowledge-base/create-crawl-job

## Servers

- `https://api.elevenlabs.io` (Production, default)
- `https://api.us.elevenlabs.io` (Production US)
- `https://api.eu.residency.elevenlabs.io` (Production EU)
- `https://api.in.residency.elevenlabs.io` (Production India)
- `https://api.sg.residency.elevenlabs.io` (Production Singapore)

## Request

### Body (application/json)

This endpoint expects a Body\_Create\_crawl\_job\_v1\_convai\_knowledge\_base\_crawl\_post.

- `url` (string, required) — URL to a page of documentation that the agent will have access to in order to interact with users.
- `max_pages` (integer, optional, default: 1000) — Maximum number of pages to crawl (1-10,000), defaults to 1000.
- `pattern` (string, optional, nullable) — If set, only URLs that match this pattern are included.
- `sitemap_urls` (list of string, optional, nullable) — List of URLs to crawl from sitemap (optional, overrides automatic URL discovery).
- `parent_folder_id` (string, optional, nullable) — If set, the created document or folder will be placed inside the given folder.
- `enable_auto_sync` (boolean, optional, default: false) — Whether to enable auto-sync for this URL document.
- `auto_remove` (boolean, optional, default: false) — Whether to automatically remove the document if the URL becomes unavailable. Only applicable when auto-sync is enabled.
- `auto_discover` (boolean, optional, default: false) — Automatically discover and add new pages linked from already-crawled pages during auto-sync. Requires enable\_auto\_sync=true.
- `minimum_frequency_days` (integer, optional, nullable) — Minimum frequency (in days) at which the underlying eligible documents are refreshed. The actual interval may be shorter, never longer. Defaults to 7, tightened to the parent folder's frequency if that is stricter. Only applicable when auto-sync is enabled.
- `max_depth` (integer, optional, default: 3, deprecated) — Deprecated - this field is a no-op and will be removed in a future version.

## Response

### 200

Successful Response

- `id` (string, required)
- `type` (enum, required, default: discovery)
  - Allowed values: `discovery`, `sitemap`
- `root_folder_id` (string, required)
- `status` (string, required)
- `created_at` (integer, required)
- `folder_path` (list of KnowledgeBaseFolderPathSegmentSummaryResponseModel, optional) — The folder path segments leading to the root folder, from root to parent folder.

## Errors

### 422 Unprocessable Entity Error

Validation Error

- `detail` (list of ValidationError, optional)

## Types

### KnowledgeBaseFolderPathSegmentSummaryResponseModel

- `id` (string, required)

### ValidationError

- `loc` (list of ValidationErrorLocItems, required)
- `msg` (string, required)
- `type` (string, required)

### ValidationErrorLocItems

## Examples

**Request**

```json
{
  "url": "string"
}
```

**Response**

```json
{
  "id": "string",
  "type": "discovery",
  "root_folder_id": "string",
  "status": "string",
  "created_at": 1,
  "folder_path": [
    {
      "id": "string"
    }
  ]
}
```

**SDK Code**

```typescript
import { ElevenLabsClient } from "@elevenlabs/elevenlabs-js";

async function main() {
    const client = new ElevenLabsClient();
    await client.conversationalAi.knowledgeBase.crawlJobs.create({
        url: "string",
    });
}
main();

```

```python
from elevenlabs import ElevenLabs

client = ElevenLabs()

client.conversational_ai.knowledge_base.crawl_jobs.create(
    url="string",
)

```

```go
package main

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

func main() {

	url := "https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1/convai/knowledge-base/crawl"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"url\": \"string\"\n}")

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

	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

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

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

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1/convai/knowledge-base/crawl")

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

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"url\": \"string\"\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1/convai/knowledge-base/crawl")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"url\": \"string\"\n}")
  .asString();
```

```php
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('POST', 'https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1/convai/knowledge-base/crawl', [
  'body' => '{
  "url": "string"
}',
  'headers' => [
    'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1/convai/knowledge-base/crawl");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.POST);
request.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
request.AddParameter("application/json", "{\n  \"url\": \"string\"\n}", ParameterType.RequestBody);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let headers = ["Content-Type": "application/json"]
let parameters = ["url": "string"] as [String : Any]

let postData = JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: parameters, options: [])

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1/convai/knowledge-base/crawl")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "POST"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers
request.httpBody = postData as Data

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```

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