WeKnora

Import documents and perform knowledge retrieval via WeKnora API. Use when uploading files, URLs, or Markdown to a knowledge base, searching knowledge with hybrid retrieval (vector + keyword), or querying knowledge details. Triggers: (1) uploading documents to a knowledge base, (2) hybrid search across knowledge bases, (3) listing/querying knowledge base contents.

Knowledge base document import and retrieval through the WeKnora REST API.

Setup

1. Get your API Key from the WeKnora web UI (account settings page)
2. Configure environment variables:

export WEKNORA_BASE_URL="https://your-server.com/api/v1"
export WEKNORA_API_KEY="sk-your-api-key"

Add the above to ~/.zshrc or ~/.bashrc to persist across sessions.

Credential Check

Verify credentials before any API call. Stop and prompt the user if unset.

if [ -z "$WEKNORA_BASE_URL" ] || [ -z "$WEKNORA_API_KEY" ]; then
  echo "Missing WeKnora credentials. Set WEKNORA_BASE_URL and WEKNORA_API_KEY per Setup."
  exit 1
fi

API Call Template

All requests go to $WEKNORA_BASE_URL with a shared header set. Define a helper:

wk_api() {
  local method="$1" endpoint="$2" body="$3"
  curl -s -X "$method" "$WEKNORA_BASE_URL/$endpoint" \
    -H "X-API-Key: $WEKNORA_API_KEY" \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -H "X-Request-ID: $(uuidgen 2>/dev/null || date +%s)" \
    ${body:+-d "$body"}
}

For file uploads use curl -F directly (multipart/form-data).

API Decision Table

User Intent	Endpoint	Key Params
List knowledge bases	GET /knowledge-bases	—
View KB details	GET /knowledge-bases/:id	—
Upload a file	POST /knowledge-bases/:id/knowledge/file	file (form-data), enable_multimodel
Import a web page	POST /knowledge-bases/:id/knowledge/url	url, enable_multimodel
Write Markdown content	POST /knowledge-bases/:id/knowledge/manual	title, content, tag_id
Check upload progress	GET /knowledge/:id	watch parse_status
Browse KB contents	GET /knowledge-bases/:id/knowledge	page, page_size, tag_id
Edit Markdown knowledge	PUT /knowledge/manual/:id	title, content
Delete a knowledge entry	DELETE /knowledge/:id	—
Search within a KB	GET /knowledge-bases/:id/hybrid-search	query_text, match_count, thresholds
Search across KBs	POST /knowledge-search	query, knowledge_base_ids

Common Workflows

Upload File and Wait for Parsing

# 1. Find target KB
wk_api GET "knowledge-bases"
# -> pick kb_id from data[].id

# 2. Upload file
curl -s -X POST "$WEKNORA_BASE_URL/knowledge-bases/<kb_id>/knowledge/file" \
  -H "X-API-Key: $WEKNORA_API_KEY" \
  -F 'file=@document.pdf' -F 'enable_multimodel=true'
# -> get knowledge_id from data.id

# 3. Poll until parsed
wk_api GET "knowledge/<knowledge_id>"
# -> repeat until data.parse_status == "completed"

Import URL

wk_api POST "knowledge-bases/<kb_id>/knowledge/url" \
  '{"url": "https://example.com/article", "enable_multimodel": true}'
# -> poll knowledge/:id same as file upload

Write Markdown Knowledge

wk_api POST "knowledge-bases/<kb_id>/knowledge/manual" \
  '{"title": "Meeting Notes", "content": "# Q1 Review\n\nKey points..."}'

Search Knowledge

# Single-KB hybrid search (vector + keyword)
wk_api GET "knowledge-bases/<kb_id>/hybrid-search" \
  '{"query_text": "deployment process", "match_count": 5}'

# Cross-KB semantic search
wk_api POST "knowledge-search" \
  '{"query": "deployment process", "knowledge_base_ids": ["kb-1", "kb-2"]}'

Browse and Read KB Contents

# List knowledge entries (paginated)
wk_api GET "knowledge-bases/<kb_id>/knowledge?page=1&page_size=20"

# Get full detail of one entry
wk_api GET "knowledge/<knowledge_id>"

Core Response Fields

Knowledge Base (GET /knowledge-bases): data[] — id, name, description, type (document | faq), embedding_model_id, knowledge_count, chunk_count, is_processing, created_at.

Knowledge Entry (GET /knowledge/:id): data — id, title, description (auto-generated summary), type (file | url | manual), parse_status, enable_status, file_name, file_type, file_size, source (URL origin), created_at, processed_at, error_message.

Search Result (hybrid-search): data[] — id, content (chunk text), score (relevance 0–1), knowledge_id, knowledge_title, knowledge_filename, chunk_index, chunk_type (text | summary | image), match_type, metadata.

Paginated List (GET .../knowledge): data[] + total, page, page_size.

Enum Values

• parse_status: pending → processing → completed | failed
• enable_status: enabled | disabled (knowledge becomes enabled after successful parsing)
• type (knowledge): file (uploaded file), url (web import), manual (Markdown)
• type (knowledge base): document (standard), faq (FAQ pairs)
• chunk_type: text (regular chunk), summary (auto-generated summary), image (image chunk)

Pagination

• Offset pagination (GET .../knowledge, GET /sessions): use page and page_size query params. Response includes total for calculating pages.
• Hybrid search: returns up to match_count results (no pagination; increase match_count for more).

Notes

• GET /knowledge-bases/:id/hybrid-search uses GET method but requires a JSON request body — pass -d '{...}' with curl.
• After uploading, knowledge enable_status starts as disabled and auto-switches to enabled once parse_status reaches completed.
• File upload uses multipart/form-data, not JSON. Use curl -F 'file=@path'.
• file_type is auto-detected from the uploaded file (supports pdf, docx, xlsx, pptx, txt, md, csv, html, etc.).
• Search score ranges from 0 to 1; higher is more relevant. Adjust vector_threshold (default ~0.5) to filter low-quality matches.
• When parse_status is failed, check error_message field for the failure reason before retrying with POST /knowledge/:id/reparse.

Error Handling

All errors return:

{
  "success": false,
  "error": {
    "code": "ERROR_CODE",
    "message": "Human-readable description",
    "details": "Optional extra info"
  }
}

HTTP Code	Meaning	Suggested Action
400	Bad request	Check required fields and param formats
401	Unauthorized	Verify WEKNORA_API_KEY is correct
403	Forbidden	Confirm you have access to this resource
404	Not found	Check resource ID exists
413	Payload too large	Reduce file size or split content
500	Server error	Retry after a short delay