GET
/v1/convai/knowledge-base
ElevenLabs APIGet Knowledge Base List
- Base URL
- https://api.elevenlabs.io
- Auth
- xi-api-key: <ELEVENLABS_API_KEY>
- Last verified
- 2026-09-03 · upstream hash matched
Actions
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Critical gotchas
Authentication uses the non-standard xi-api-key header, not Authorization: Bearer. Sending a Bearer token returns HTTP 401.
Text-to-speech responses are raw binary audio, not JSON. Write the body to a file (--output speech.mp3) rather than parsing it.
cURL
curl -X GET 'https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1/convai/knowledge-base?page_size=30&search=example-search&show_only_owned_documents=false&created_by_user_id=created-by-user-id&types=example&parent_folder_id=parent-folder-id&ancestor_folder_id=ancestor-folder-id&folders_first=false&sort_direction=asc&sort_by=name&cursor=example-cursor' \ -H "xi-api-key: $ELEVENLABS_API_KEY"Get a free ElevenLabs API key → sponsored
Parameters
| Name | In | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| page_size | query | integer | No | How many documents to return at maximum. Can not exceed 100, defaults to 30. |
| search | query | string | No | If specified, the endpoint returns only such knowledge base documents whose names start with this string. |
| show_only_owned_documents | query | boolean | No | If set to true, the endpoint will return only documents owned by you (and not shared from somebody else). Deprecated: use created_by_user_id instead. |
| created_by_user_id | query | string | No | Filter documents by creator user ID. When set, only documents created by this user are returned. Takes precedence over show_only_owned_documents. Use '@me' to refer to the authenticated user. |
| types | query | string[] | No | If present, the endpoint will return only documents of the given types. |
| parent_folder_id | query | string | No | If set, the endpoint will return only documents that are direct children of the given folder. |
| ancestor_folder_id | query | string | No | If set, the endpoint will return only documents that are descendants of the given folder. |
| folders_first | query | boolean | No | Whether folders should be returned first in the list of documents. |
| sort_direction | query | string | No | The direction to sort the results |
| sort_by | query | string | No | The field to sort the results by |
| cursor | query | string | No | Used for fetching next page. Cursor is returned in the response. |
Response 200 OK
{
"documents": [
{
"id": "string",
"name": "string",
"metadata": {
"created_at_unix_secs": 0,
"last_updated_at_unix_secs": 0,
"size_bytes": 0
},
"supported_usages": [
"auto"
],
"access_info": {
"access_source": "creator",
"creator_email": "john.doe@example.com",
"creator_name": "John Doe",
"is_creator": true,
"role": "admin"
},
"folder_parent_id": "string",
"folder_path": [
{
"id": "string"
}
],
"dependent_agents": [
{
"referenced_resource_ids": [
"[recursive or deeply nested schema]"
],
"id": "string",
"name": "string",
"type": "available",
"created_at_unix_secs": 0,
"access_level": "admin"
}
],
"type": "string",
"url": "string",
"auto_sync_info": {
"minimum_frequency_days": 7,
"auto_remove": false,
"consec_failures": 0,
"next_refresh_by": 0
}
}
],
"next_cursor": "string",
"has_more": true
}