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Create folder

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

Create a folder used for grouping documents together.

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

  • 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)

This endpoint expects a Body_Create_folder_v1_convai_knowledge_base_folder_post.

  • name (string, required) — A custom, human-readable name for the document.
  • 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.
  • 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.

Successful Response

  • id (string, required)
  • name (string, required)
  • folder_path (list of KnowledgeBaseFolderPathSegmentSummaryResponseModel, optional) — The folder path segments leading to this entity, from root to parent folder.

Validation Error

  • detail (list of ValidationError, optional)

KnowledgeBaseFolderPathSegmentSummaryResponseModel

Section titled “KnowledgeBaseFolderPathSegmentSummaryResponseModel”
  • id (string, required)
  • loc (list of ValidationErrorLocItems, required)
  • msg (string, required)
  • type (string, required)

Request

JSON
{
  "name": "string"
}

Response

JSON
{
  "id": "string",
  "name": "string",
  "folder_path": [
    {
      "id": "string"
    }
  ]
}

SDK Code

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

async function main() {
    const client = new ElevenLabsClient();
    await client.conversationalAi.knowledgeBase.documents.createFolder({
        name: "string",
    });
}
main();
Python
from elevenlabs import ElevenLabs

client = ElevenLabs()

client.conversational_ai.knowledge_base.documents.create_folder(
    name="string",
)
Go
package main

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

func main() {

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

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"name\": \"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/folder")

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  \"name\": \"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/folder")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"name\": \"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/folder', [
  'body' => '{
  "name": "string"
}',
  'headers' => [
    'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
C#
using RestSharp;

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

let headers = ["Content-Type": "application/json"]
let parameters = ["name": "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/folder")! 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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