# Get knowledge base document

GET https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1/convai/knowledge-base/

Get details about a specific documentation making up the agent's knowledge base

Reference: https://elevenlabs.io/docs/api-reference/knowledge-base/get-document

## 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

### Path parameters

- `documentation_id` (string, required) — The id of a document from the knowledge base. This is returned on document addition.

### Query parameters

- `agent_id` (string, optional, default: )

## Response

### 200

Successful Response

- `conversational_ai_knowledge_base_documents_get_Response_200`
  - `type`: `url` (GetKnowledgeBaseURLResponseModel)
    - `access_info` (ResourceAccessInfo, required)
    - `extracted_inner_html` (string, required)
    - `id` (string, required)
    - `metadata` (KnowledgeBaseDocumentMetadataResponseModel, required)
    - `name` (string, required)
    - `supported_usages` (list of enum, required)
      - Allowed values: `prompt`, `auto`
    - `url` (string, required)
    - `auto_sync_info` (AutoSyncInfo, optional, nullable)
    - `content_format` (enum, optional, default: html) — Canonical representation of a knowledge base document's stored content. HTML is the legacy default; documents created before this field existed are interpreted as HTML.
      - Allowed values: `html`, `markdown`
    - `folder_parent_id` (string, optional, nullable) — The ID of the parent folder, or null if the document is at the root level.
    - `folder_path` (list of KnowledgeBaseFolderPathSegmentResponseModel, optional) — The folder path segments leading to this entity, from root to parent folder.
  - `type`: `file` (GetKnowledgeBaseFileResponseModel)
    - `access_info` (ResourceAccessInfo, required)
    - `extracted_inner_html` (string, required)
    - `filename` (string, required)
    - `id` (string, required)
    - `metadata` (KnowledgeBaseDocumentMetadataResponseModel, required)
    - `name` (string, required)
    - `supported_usages` (list of enum, required)
      - Allowed values: `prompt`, `auto`
    - `auto_sync_info` (AutoSyncInfo, optional, nullable)
    - `content_format` (enum, optional, default: html) — Canonical representation of a knowledge base document's stored content. HTML is the legacy default; documents created before this field existed are interpreted as HTML.
      - Allowed values: `html`, `markdown`
    - `external_sync_info` (ExternalFileSyncInfo, optional, nullable) — Tracks the link back to the original file in an external source.
    - `folder_parent_id` (string, optional, nullable) — The ID of the parent folder, or null if the document is at the root level.
    - `folder_path` (list of KnowledgeBaseFolderPathSegmentResponseModel, optional) — The folder path segments leading to this entity, from root to parent folder.
    - `is_frozen` (boolean, optional, default: false)
    - `refresh_status` (FileRefreshStatus, optional, nullable) — In-flight or last refresh state for an externally-synced file. Used by clients to render sync progress and disable re-sync while a refresh is queued or processing.
  - `type`: `text` (GetKnowledgeBaseTextResponseModel)
    - `access_info` (ResourceAccessInfo, required)
    - `extracted_inner_html` (string, required)
    - `id` (string, required)
    - `metadata` (KnowledgeBaseDocumentMetadataResponseModel, required)
    - `name` (string, required)
    - `supported_usages` (list of enum, required)
      - Allowed values: `prompt`, `auto`
    - `content_format` (enum, optional, default: html) — Canonical representation of a knowledge base document's stored content. HTML is the legacy default; documents created before this field existed are interpreted as HTML.
      - Allowed values: `html`, `markdown`
    - `folder_parent_id` (string, optional, nullable) — The ID of the parent folder, or null if the document is at the root level.
    - `folder_path` (list of KnowledgeBaseFolderPathSegmentResponseModel, optional) — The folder path segments leading to this entity, from root to parent folder.
  - `type`: `folder` (GetKnowledgeBaseFolderResponseModel)
    - `access_info` (ResourceAccessInfo, required)
    - `children_count` (integer, required)
    - `document_count` (integer, required) — Number of non-folder documents anywhere in this folder's subtree (recursive). Counting stops past 1000;
    - `id` (string, required)
    - `metadata` (KnowledgeBaseDocumentMetadataResponseModel, required)
    - `name` (string, required)
    - `supported_usages` (list of enum, required)
      - Allowed values: `prompt`, `auto`
    - `active_sync_job` (KbExternalSyncJob, optional, nullable) — Most recent (in-flight or terminal) external sync job for this folder, if any. Used by clients to render sync progress.
    - `auto_sync_info` (AutoSyncInfo, optional, nullable)
    - `external_sync_info` (ExternalFolderSyncInfo, optional, nullable) — Metadata for a KB folder that mirrors an external source folder.
    - `folder_parent_id` (string, optional, nullable) — The ID of the parent folder, or null if the document is at the root level.
    - `folder_path` (list of KnowledgeBaseFolderPathSegmentResponseModel, optional) — The folder path segments leading to this entity, from root to parent folder.
    - `is_frozen` (boolean, optional, default: false)

## Errors

### 422 Unprocessable Entity Error

Validation Error

- `detail` (list of ValidationError, optional)

## Types

### ResourceAccessInfo

- `is_creator` (boolean, required) — Whether the user making the request is the creator of the agent
- `creator_name` (string, required) — Name of the agent's creator
- `creator_email` (string, required) — Email of the agent's creator
- `role` (enum, required) — The role of the user making the request
  - Allowed values: `admin`, `editor`, `commenter`, `viewer`
- `anonymous_access_level_override` (enum, optional, nullable) — The access level for anonymous users. If None, the resource is not shared publicly.
  - Allowed values: `admin`, `editor`, `commenter`, `viewer`
- `access_source` (enum, optional, nullable) — Why the requesting user has access to this resource. 'creator' = caller is the owner. 'explicit' = caller (or one of their workspace groups) is listed in role\_to\_group\_ids beyond the workspace-wide everyone group. 'workspace\_default' = the workspace-wide everyone group is listed in role\_to\_group\_ids (every non-anon workspace member, including admins, sees this resource). 'workspace\_admin' = caller is a workspace admin and the admin seat is the _only_ path to access; reserved for docs nobody else can see. Lets the UI disclose why an admin-bypass viewer sees a doc that wasn't explicitly shared with them.
  - Allowed values: `creator`, `explicit`, `workspace_admin`, `workspace_default`

### KnowledgeBaseDocumentMetadataResponseModel

- `created_at_unix_secs` (integer, required)
- `last_updated_at_unix_secs` (integer, required)
- `size_bytes` (integer, required)

### AutoSyncInfo

- `minimum_frequency_days` (integer, optional, default: 7) — Minimum frequency (in days) at which the document is refreshed. The actual interval may be shorter, never longer.
- `auto_remove` (boolean, optional, default: false) — Whether to remove the document if the URL becomes unavailable
- `auto_discover` (boolean, optional, default: false) — Whether new pages discovered during a refresh are crawled and added. Set from the owning crawl job at creation; the crawl job remains the source of truth for the discovery logic.
- `consec_failures` (integer, optional, default: 0) — Number of consecutive sync failures
- `next_refresh_by` (integer, optional, nullable) — Unix timestamp for the next scheduled sync or None (in case of folders)

### KnowledgeBaseFolderPathSegmentResponseModel

- `id` (string, required)
- `name` (string, required, nullable)

### ExternalFileSyncInfo

Tracks the link back to the original file in an external source.

- `type` (enum, required) — Provider identifier
  - Allowed values: `google_drive`
- `source_entity_id` (string, required) — Entity ID in the external system
- `integration_connection_id` (string, required) — Integration connection instance ID
- `source_parent_entity_id` (string, required) — Folder ID in the external system this file was synced from
- `source_mime_type` (string, required) — Original MIME type in the external system
- `source_modified_time` (string, required) — Last modified time from the external system
- `root_folder_id` (string, optional, nullable) — KB folder ID of the sync root, used to query all entities under a sync tree

### FileRefreshStatus

In-flight/last refresh state for an externally-synced KB file.

- `status` (enum, optional, default: queued)
  - Allowed values: `queued`, `processing`, `succeeded`, `failed`, `skipped`, `cancelled`
- `enqueued_at` (integer, optional, nullable)
- `started_at` (integer, optional, nullable)
- `completed_at` (integer, optional, nullable)
- `last_synced_at` (integer, optional, nullable)
- `error_message` (string, optional, nullable)

### KbExternalSyncJob

- `type` (enum, required)
  - Allowed values: `google_drive`
- `folder_id` (string, required)
- `integration_connection_id` (string, required)
- `triggered_by` (enum, required)
  - Allowed values: `on_demand`, `on_connect`, `auto`
- `updated_at` (integer, required)
- `id` (string, required)
- `created_at` (integer, required)
- `status` (enum, optional, default: queued)
  - Allowed values: `queued`, `processing`, `succeeded`, `failed`, `skipped`, `cancelled`
- `sync_type` (enum, optional, nullable)
  - Allowed values: `full`, `incremental`
- `items_identified` (integer, optional, default: 0)
- `items_processed` (integer, optional, default: 0)
- `error_message` (string, optional, nullable)
- `started_at` (integer, optional, nullable)
- `completed_at` (integer, optional, nullable)

### ExternalFolderSyncInfo

Metadata for a KB folder that mirrors an external source folder.

- `type` (enum, required) — Provider identifier
  - Allowed values: `google_drive`
- `source_entity_id` (string, required) — Entity ID in the external system
- `integration_connection_id` (string, required) — Integration connection instance ID
- `root_folder_id` (string, optional, nullable) — KB folder ID of the sync root. None means this folder is the root.
- `sync_cursor` (string, optional, nullable) — Opaque cursor for incremental sync, interpreted by the provider
- `last_sync_at` (integer, optional, nullable) — Unix timestamp of last completed sync

### ValidationError

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

### ValidationErrorLocItems

## Examples

**Response**

```json
{
  "access_info": {
    "access_source": "creator",
    "creator_email": "john.doe@example.com",
    "creator_name": "John Doe",
    "is_creator": true,
    "role": "admin"
  },
  "auto_sync_info": {
    "auto_discover": false,
    "auto_remove": false,
    "consec_failures": 0,
    "minimum_frequency_days": 7,
    "next_refresh_by": 1
  },
  "content_format": "html",
  "extracted_inner_html": "string",
  "folder_parent_id": "string",
  "folder_path": [
    {
      "id": "string",
      "name": "string"
    }
  ],
  "id": "string",
  "metadata": {
    "created_at_unix_secs": 1,
    "last_updated_at_unix_secs": 1,
    "size_bytes": 1
  },
  "name": "string",
  "supported_usages": [
    "auto"
  ],
  "type": "string",
  "url": "string"
}
```

**SDK Code**

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

async function main() {
    const client = new ElevenLabsClient();
    await client.conversationalAi.knowledgeBase.documents.get("21m00Tcm4TlvDq8ikWAM", {});
}
main();

```

```python
from elevenlabs import ElevenLabs

client = ElevenLabs()

client.conversational_ai.knowledge_base.documents.get(
    documentation_id="21m00Tcm4TlvDq8ikWAM",
)

```

```go
package main

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

func main() {

	url := "https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1/convai/knowledge-base/21m00Tcm4TlvDq8ikWAM"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

	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/21m00Tcm4TlvDq8ikWAM")

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

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)

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.get("https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1/convai/knowledge-base/21m00Tcm4TlvDq8ikWAM")
  .asString();
```

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

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('GET', 'https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1/convai/knowledge-base/21m00Tcm4TlvDq8ikWAM');

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

```csharp
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1/convai/knowledge-base/21m00Tcm4TlvDq8ikWAM");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.GET);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1/convai/knowledge-base/21m00Tcm4TlvDq8ikWAM")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "GET"

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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