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List documents

GET
/v1/knowledge-bases/{kb_id}/documents

List all documents in a knowledge base. Supports cursor-based pagination and status filtering.

kb_id
required
string
/^kb_/
Example
kb_a1b2c3d4e5

Knowledge base ID

cursor
string

Pagination cursor from a previous response’s meta.cursor field

limit
integer
>= 1

Maximum number of items to return per page

status
string
Allowed values: pending parsing chunking embedding ready failed

Filter by document processing status

Documents retrieved

object
data
required
Array<object>
object
id
required

Document ID (prefixed with doc_)

string
Example
doc_f6g7h8i9j0
kb_id
required

Parent knowledge base ID

string
Example
kb_a1b2c3d4e5
account_id
required

Owning account ID

string
Example
acc_x9y8z7w6v5
name
required

Original file name

string
Example
product-guide.pdf
file_type
required

File extension

string
Example
pdf
file_size_bytes

File size in bytes

integer
nullable
Example
2048576
page_count

Number of pages (for Tier 1 files, set after parsing)

integer
nullable
Example
15
chunk_count
required

Number of chunks generated from this document

integer
Example
34
status
required
string
Allowed values: pending parsing chunking embedding ready failed
error_detail

Error message if status is failed

string
nullable
metadata
required

User-supplied metadata (filterable at search time)

object
key
additional properties
any
Example
{
"department": "engineering",
"version": 2
}
storage_path

Internal storage path

string
nullable
Example
acc_x9y8z7w6v5/kb_a1b2c3d4e5/doc_f6g7h8i9j0/product-guide.pdf
created_at
required
string format: date-time
Example
2026-02-10T12:00:00.000Z
updated_at
required
string format: date-time
Example
2026-02-10T12:01:30.000Z
meta
required
object
cursor
required

Cursor to pass for the next page. Null if no more results.

string
nullable
Example
eyJpZCI6ImtiX2FiYzEyMyJ9
has_more
required

Whether more results are available

boolean
Example
true

Authentication failed or missing

object
error
required
object
code
required

Machine-readable error code

string
Allowed values: VALIDATION_ERROR AUTHENTICATION_ERROR NOT_FOUND CONFLICT RATE_LIMIT_EXCEEDED USAGE_LIMIT_EXCEEDED EXTERNAL_SERVICE_ERROR INTERNAL_ERROR
Example
VALIDATION_ERROR
message
required

Human-readable error message

string
Example
Invalid request body
details

Additional error details (e.g., validation issues)

object
key
additional properties
any
Example
{
"error": {
"code": "AUTHENTICATION_ERROR",
"message": "Invalid or missing API key"
}
}

Rate limit exceeded

object
error
required
object
code
required

Machine-readable error code

string
Allowed values: VALIDATION_ERROR AUTHENTICATION_ERROR NOT_FOUND CONFLICT RATE_LIMIT_EXCEEDED USAGE_LIMIT_EXCEEDED EXTERNAL_SERVICE_ERROR INTERNAL_ERROR
Example
VALIDATION_ERROR
message
required

Human-readable error message

string
Example
Invalid request body
details

Additional error details (e.g., validation issues)

object
key
additional properties
any
Example
{
"error": {
"code": "RATE_LIMIT_EXCEEDED",
"message": "Rate limit exceeded"
}
}