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# Update Knowledge

PATCH https://api.islo.dev/knowledge/{identifier}
Content-Type: application/json

Reference: https://docs.islo.dev/api-reference/knowledge/update-knowledge

## Authentication

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

## Request

### Path parameters

- `identifier` (string, required) — Unique lowercase identifier (letters, digits, hyphens). Set at creation and cannot be changed.

### Body (application/json)

This endpoint expects a KnowledgeItemUpdate.

- `level` (enum, optional, nullable)
  - Allowed values: `episodic`, `procedural`, `declarative`, `prompt`, `image`, `video`, `audio`
- `type` (enum, optional, nullable)
  - Allowed values: `episodic`, `procedural`, `declarative`, `prompt`, `image`, `video`, `audio`
- `format` (string, optional, nullable)
- `body` (string, optional, nullable)
- `metadata` (map from string to any, optional, nullable)
- `status` (enum, optional, nullable)
  - Allowed values: `active`, `archived`
- `links` (list of KnowledgeLinkInput, optional, nullable)

## Response

### 200

Successful Response

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

## Errors

### 422 Unprocessable Entity Error

Validation Error

- `detail` (list of ValidationError, optional)

## Types

### KnowledgeLinkInput

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

### KnowledgeLinkResponse

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

### ValidationError

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

### ValidationErrorLocItems

### ValidationErrorCtx

## Examples

**Request**

```json
{}
```

**Response**

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

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "https://api.islo.dev/knowledge/identifier"

payload = {}
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <api_key>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.patch(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'https://api.islo.dev/knowledge/identifier';
const options = {
  method: 'PATCH',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <api_key>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: '{}'
};

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/knowledge/identifier"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{}")

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

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <api_key>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	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/knowledge/identifier")

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

request = Net::HTTP::Patch.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <api_key>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{}"

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.patch("https://api.islo.dev/knowledge/identifier")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <api_key>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{}")
  .asString();
```

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

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('PATCH', 'https://api.islo.dev/knowledge/identifier', [
  'body' => '{}',
  'headers' => [
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer <api_key>',
    'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
  ],
]);

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

```csharp
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://api.islo.dev/knowledge/identifier");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.PATCH);
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Bearer <api_key>");
request.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
request.AddParameter("application/json", "{}", ParameterType.RequestBody);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let headers = [
  "Authorization": "Bearer <api_key>",
  "Content-Type": "application/json"
]
let parameters = [] as [String : Any]

let postData = JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: parameters, options: [])

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://api.islo.dev/knowledge/identifier")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "PATCH"
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()
```