Get a Knowledge document

Read one document and its indexing state. Add expand=content to read its text as indexed, in Markdown, up to 200,000 characters: use it to show or quote what a document actually says.

Scopes: any one of raiz:knowledge:read, raiz:knowledge:write
Credentials: an API key, a client-credentials token or a person's access token
Effect: read-only; safe to retry
Limits: response up to 1 MB
CLI: arbol raiz knowledge get · MCP tool: raiz_knowledge_get

GET

https://api.getarbol.com/v1/raiz/knowledge/{knowledgeDocumentId}

Authorization

Authorization
string
required
Bearer <token>, where the token is an API key, a client-credentials token or a person's access token with any one of the scopes raiz:knowledge:read, raiz:knowledge:write. Get an API key.

Path parameters

knowledgeDocumentId
string
required
Knowledge document id.

pattern: ^(?:kdc_(?:[0-7][0-9a-hjkmnp-tv-z]{25}|(?:[a-f0-9]{8}-[a-f0-9]{4}-[a-f0-9]{4}-[a-f0-9]{4}-[a-f0-9]{12}|[a-f0-9]{32}))|(?:con)_(?:[a-f0-9]{8}-[a-f0-9]{4}-[a-f0-9]{4}-[a-f0-9]{4}-[a-f0-9]{12}|[a-f0-9]{32}))$

Query parameters

expand
optional
string
Related data to include, comma-separated: content.

pattern: ^(content)(,(content))*$

Returns

200

Successful operation.

JSON

success
boolean
required
data
object
required
- byteSize
  integer | null
  required
  Size of the stored source, bytes.
  
  minimum: 0
- createdAt
  string
  required
  An instant in RFC 3339 format, in UTC.
  
  format: date-time
- description
  string | null
  required
- fileName
  string | null
  required
- id
  string
  required
  Knowledge document id.
  
  pattern: ^(?:kdc_(?:[0-7][0-9a-hjkmnp-tv-z]{25}|(?:[a-f0-9]{8}-[a-f0-9]{4}-[a-f0-9]{4}-[a-f0-9]{4}-[a-f0-9]{12}|[a-f0-9]{32}))|(?:con)_(?:[a-f0-9]{8}-[a-f0-9]{4}-[a-f0-9]{4}-[a-f0-9]{4}-[a-f0-9]{12}|[a-f0-9]{32}))$
- indexErrorCode
  string | null
  required
  Why the last indexing failed.
- indexedAt
  string | null
  required
  An instant in RFC 3339 format, in UTC.
  
  format: date-time
- indexStatus
  pending
  or
  indexing
  or
  ready
  or
  failed
  required
  pending: waiting to be crawled or indexed. indexing: in progress. ready: searchable. failed: see indexErrorCode; failed documents are retried automatically.
- kind
  text
  or
  file
  or
  website
  required
  text: written inline. file: an uploaded document (PDF, Word, Excel, HTML, CSV, plain text or Markdown). website: a snapshot of approved web pages.
- mediaType
  string | null
  required
- sha256
  string | null
  required
  SHA-256 of the stored source, hex.
- sourceUrl
  string | null
  required
- status
  active
  or
  paused
  required
  A paused document is never searched; its index is kept.
- title
  string
  required
- updatedAt
  string
  required
  An instant in RFC 3339 format, in UTC.
  
  format: date-time
- version
  integer
  required
  minimum: 1
- content
  optional
  object
  The extracted text. Null until the document was indexed once. Present only when expanded.
  
  text
  string
  required
  The text as indexed (Markdown), at most 200000 characters.
  
  truncated
  boolean
  required
}
error
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object
required
- requestId
  string
  required
  Request correlation identifier, also sent as X-Request-Id.
}

400

INVALID_INPUT: The request does not match the published schema.

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401

UNAUTHORIZED: A valid access token is required.

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403

FORBIDDEN: The token does not authorize this operation.

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404

NOT_FOUND: The requested operation does not exist.
RESOURCE_NOT_FOUND: The requested resource does not exist in this organization.

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405

HTTP_METHOD_NOT_ALLOWED: The HTTP method is not supported for this resource.

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413

REQUEST_TOO_LARGE: The request exceeds the allowed size.

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UNSUPPORTED_MEDIA_TYPE: The request content type is not supported.

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RATE_LIMITED: The request rate limit was exceeded. Try again later.

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500

INTERNAL_ERROR: The service could not complete the operation.

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502

OUTCOME_UNKNOWN: The operation may have been applied; check its result before repeating it.

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503

UPSTREAM_UNAVAILABLE: The upstream service could not complete the request.
INTEGRATIONS_UNAVAILABLE: The organization's integrations cannot be read right now. Try again shortly.

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504

UPSTREAM_TIMEOUT: The upstream service did not respond before its deadline.

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