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# Create Factory Knowledge Media

POST https://api.islo.dev/factories/{factory_id}/knowledge/upload
Content-Type: multipart/form-data

Reference: https://docs.islo.dev/api-reference/factories/create-factory-knowledge-media

## Authentication

- `Authorization` header (bearer token, required) — Bearer authentication of the form `Bearer <token>`, where token is your auth token.

## Request

### Path parameters

- `factory_id` (string, required)

### Body (multipart/form-data)

This endpoint expects a multipart form containing a file.

- `file` (file, required) — Media file
- `item` (string, required) — JSON metadata for the knowledge item

## Response

### 201

Successful Response

- `body` (string, required)
- `created_at` (datetime, required)
- `format` (string, required)
- `id` (string, required)
- `level` (enum, required)
  - Allowed values: `episodic`, `procedural`, `declarative`, `prompt`, `image`, `video`, `audio`
- `links` (list of KnowledgeLinkResponse, required)
- `metadata` (map from string to any, required)
- `slug` (string, required) — Unique lowercase identifier (letters, digits, hyphens). Set at creation and cannot be changed.
- `status` (enum, required)
  - Allowed values: `active`, `archived`
- `type` (enum, required)
  - Allowed values: `episodic`, `procedural`, `declarative`, `prompt`, `image`, `video`, `audio`
- `updated_at` (datetime, required)
- `byte_size` (integer, optional, nullable)
- `version_id` (string, optional, nullable)
- `version_number` (integer, optional, nullable)

## Errors

### 422 Unprocessable Entity Error

Validation Error

- `detail` (list of ValidationError, optional)

## Types

### KnowledgeLinkResponse

- `link_type` (enum, required)
  - Allowed values: `repository`, `tag`
- `value` (string, required)

### ValidationError

- `loc` (list of ValidationErrorLocItems, required)
- `msg` (string, required)
- `type` (string, required)
- `ctx` (ValidationErrorCtx, optional)
- `input` (any, optional)

### ValidationErrorLocItems

- string
- integer

### ValidationErrorCtx

## Examples

**Request**

```json
{
  "file": "<file: [object Object]>",
  "item": {
    "type": "json",
    "value": "string"
  }
}
```

**Response**

```json
{
  "body": "string",
  "created_at": "2024-01-15T09:30:00Z",
  "format": "string",
  "id": "string",
  "level": "episodic",
  "links": [
    {
      "link_type": "repository",
      "value": "string"
    }
  ],
  "metadata": {},
  "slug": "string",
  "status": "active",
  "type": "episodic",
  "updated_at": "2024-01-15T09:30:00Z",
  "byte_size": 1,
  "version_id": "string",
  "version_number": 1
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "https://api.islo.dev/factories/factory_id/knowledge/upload"

files = { "file": "open('[object Object]', 'rb')" }
payload = { "item": "{
  \"type\": \"json\",
  \"value\": \"string\"
}" }
headers = {
    "X-Islo-Api-Version": "X-Islo-Api-Version",
    "Authorization": "Bearer <api_key>"
}

response = requests.post(url, data=payload, files=files, headers=headers)

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'https://api.islo.dev/factories/factory_id/knowledge/upload';
const form = new FormData();
form.append('file', '[object Object]');
form.append('item', '{
  "type": "json",
  "value": "string"
}');

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {'X-Islo-Api-Version': 'X-Islo-Api-Version', Authorization: 'Bearer <api_key>'}
};

options.body = form;

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go
package main

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

func main() {

	url := "https://api.islo.dev/factories/factory_id/knowledge/upload"

	payload := strings.NewReader("-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"file\"; filename=\"[object Object]\"\r\nContent-Type: application/octet-stream\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"item\"\r\n\r\n{\n  \"type\": \"json\",\n  \"value\": \"string\"\n}\r\n-----011000010111000001101001--\r\n")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("X-Islo-Api-Version", "X-Islo-Api-Version")
	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <api_key>")

	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.islo.dev/factories/factory_id/knowledge/upload")

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

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["X-Islo-Api-Version"] = 'X-Islo-Api-Version'
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <api_key>'
request.body = "-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"file\"; filename=\"[object Object]\"\r\nContent-Type: application/octet-stream\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"item\"\r\n\r\n{\n  \"type\": \"json\",\n  \"value\": \"string\"\n}\r\n-----011000010111000001101001--\r\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.islo.dev/factories/factory_id/knowledge/upload")
  .header("X-Islo-Api-Version", "X-Islo-Api-Version")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <api_key>")
  .body("-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"file\"; filename=\"[object Object]\"\r\nContent-Type: application/octet-stream\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"item\"\r\n\r\n{\n  \"type\": \"json\",\n  \"value\": \"string\"\n}\r\n-----011000010111000001101001--\r\n")
  .asString();
```

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

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('POST', 'https://api.islo.dev/factories/factory_id/knowledge/upload', [
  'multipart' => [
    [
        'name' => 'file',
        'filename' => '[object Object]',
        'contents' => null
    ],
    [
        'name' => 'item',
        'contents' => '{
  "type": "json",
  "value": "string"
}'
    ]
  ]
  'headers' => [
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer <api_key>',
    'X-Islo-Api-Version' => 'X-Islo-Api-Version',
  ],
]);

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

```csharp
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://api.islo.dev/factories/factory_id/knowledge/upload");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.POST);
request.AddHeader("X-Islo-Api-Version", "X-Islo-Api-Version");
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Bearer <api_key>");
request.AddParameter("undefined", "-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"file\"; filename=\"[object Object]\"\r\nContent-Type: application/octet-stream\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"item\"\r\n\r\n{\n  \"type\": \"json\",\n  \"value\": \"string\"\n}\r\n-----011000010111000001101001--\r\n", ParameterType.RequestBody);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let headers = [
  "X-Islo-Api-Version": "X-Islo-Api-Version",
  "Authorization": "Bearer <api_key>"
]
let parameters = [
  [
    "name": "file",
    "fileName": "[object Object]"
  ],
  [
    "name": "item",
    "value": "{
  \"type\": \"json\",
  \"value\": \"string\"
}"
  ]
]

let boundary = "---011000010111000001101001"

var body = ""
var error: NSError? = nil
for param in parameters {
  let paramName = param["name"]!
  body += "--\(boundary)\r\n"
  body += "Content-Disposition:form-data; name=\"\(paramName)\""
  if let filename = param["fileName"] {
    let contentType = param["content-type"]!
    let fileContent = String(contentsOfFile: filename, encoding: String.Encoding.utf8)
    if (error != nil) {
      print(error as Any)
    }
    body += "; filename=\"\(filename)\"\r\n"
    body += "Content-Type: \(contentType)\r\n\r\n"
    body += fileContent
  } else if let paramValue = param["value"] {
    body += "\r\n\r\n\(paramValue)"
  }
}

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://api.islo.dev/factories/factory_id/knowledge/upload")! 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()
```