Archbee Documents API

Create, read, update, delete and search documents

Operations 5

DELETE /doc Delete document #
GET /doc Get document #
POST /doc Update / Create document #
POST /docs/search Search document #
POST /import-content Import Content #

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OpenAPI Specification

archbee-documents-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Archbee Public Documents API
  description: The Archbee Public API manages documentation spaces, documents, space groups, File Manager files, reader suggestions, organization exports and imported OpenAPI references in an Archbee workspace. Authentication uses an HTTP Bearer token whose value is base64(docSpaceId~apiKey), or a team key beginning abteam_.
  version: '2026-09-04'
  contact:
    name: Archbee Support
    email: support@archbee.com
    url: https://www.archbee.com/
  termsOfService: https://www.archbee.com/terms-of-service
  x-generated-from: https://www.archbee.com/docs/<slug>.md api-oas-v2 blocks published by Archbee
  x-generated-by: API Evangelist enrichment pipeline, local-v3
  x-generated-date: '2026-09-04'
servers:
- url: https://api.archbee.com/api/public-api
  description: Archbee API Server
security:
- bearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: Documents
  description: Create, read, update, delete and search documents
paths:
  /doc:
    delete:
      operationId: deleteDocument
      summary: Delete document
      tags:
      - Documents
      x-source-doc: https://www.archbee.com/docs/delete-document
      description: Delete document by docId
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                docId:
                  type: string
                  description: Document id that will be permanently deleted.
                  example: 21-character__string0
              required:
              - docId
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Delete status
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  status:
                    type: string
                    enum:
                    - OK
                    description: Response Status
                  data:
                    type: object
                    properties:
                      status:
                        type: boolean
                description: Delete status
        '400':
          description: Invalid request
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  status:
                    type: string
                    enum:
                    - OK
                    - Not OK
                    description: Response Status
                    example: Not OK
                  messages:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      type: string
                      example: Some error message
                    description: Array of messages
                    example: '["Some error message"]'
    get:
      operationId: getDocument
      summary: Get document
      tags:
      - Documents
      x-source-doc: https://www.archbee.com/docs/get-document
      description: Retrieve a document in markdown, html, json, or source format.
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                docId:
                  type: string
                  description: The ID of the document to be returned.
                  example: 21-character__string0
                format:
                  type: string
                  enum:
                  - markdown
                  - html
                  - json
                  - source
                  description: The format of the returned data. Default is markdown.
                  example: markdown
              required:
              - docId
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response containing the document content.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  content:
                    type: string
                    description: The content of the document in the specified format.
                  format:
                    type: string
                    description: The format of the returned document.
        '400':
          description: Invalid request parameters.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  status:
                    type: string
                    enum:
                    - OK
                    - Not OK
                    description: Response Status
                    example: Not OK
                  messages:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      type: string
                      example: Some error message
                    description: Array of messages
                    example: '["Some error message"]'
    post:
      operationId: updateCreateDocument
      summary: Update / Create document
      tags:
      - Documents
      x-source-doc: https://www.archbee.com/docs/update-create-document
      description: Create / Update Doc by docId
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                content:
                  type: string
                  description: markdown, MDX or JSON content used to update the document.
                  example: '# this is a h1 title

                    And this is a paragraph

                    - list item 1

                    - list item 2'
                format:
                  type: string
                  enum:
                  - markdown
                  - mdx
                  - json
                  description: OPTIONAL. Specify the format of the content. Default is markdown. Use mdx when the content contains JSX-style Archbee components (<hint>, <CtaButton />, <Tabs>); directive-style components (:::hint{type="info"}) work in both markdown and mdx.
                  example: markdown
                title:
                  type: string
                  description: OPTIONAL, set the name of the document.
                description:
                  type: string
                  description: OPTIONAL, set the description of the document.
                previewImgURL:
                  type: string
                  description: OPTIONAL, set the preview image URL of the document.
                slug:
                  type: string
                  description: OPTIONAL, set the slug (url key) of the document.
                alias:
                  type: string
                  description: OPTIONAL, set the url alias.
                conditionalRuleId:
                  type: string
                  description: OPTIONAL, set the conditional rule id.
                sorting:
                  type: string
                  enum:
                  - alphabetical
                  - chronological
                  description: OPTIONAL. Specify the type of ordering for document insertion.
                  example: alphabetical
                hidden:
                  type: boolean
                  description: OPTIONAL, set document as hidden or not.
                docId:
                  type: string
                  description: OPTIONAL, document id. If present and valid, the doc will be updated.
                  example: 21-character__string0
                parentDocId:
                  type: string
                  description: OPTIONAL, parent document id. If present and valid, the parent docId will be updated. If sent empty, the document will be moved to the root of the tree.
                  example: 21-character__string0
              required:
              - content
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Process status
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  status:
                    type: string
                    enum:
                    - OK
                    description: Response status.
                  data:
                    type: object
                    properties:
                      docId:
                        type: string
                      newRecord:
                        type: boolean
                description: Process status
        '400':
          description: Invalid request
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  status:
                    type: string
                    enum:
                    - OK
                    - Not OK
                    description: Response Status
                    example: Not OK
                  messages:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      type: string
                      example: Some error message
                    description: Array of messages
                    example: '["Some error message"]'
  /docs/search:
    post:
      operationId: searchDocument
      summary: Search document
      tags:
      - Documents
      x-source-doc: https://www.archbee.com/docs/search-document
      description: 'Search Archbee documents in docSpace. Can perform one of the 3 types of search:


        ai-chat to return ai generative answer accompanied by source docs;

        ai-retrieval to return just similar docs with the query;

        words to perform normal search aka. "word-based"; use empty query to return all docs

        single-doc to return document info by id'
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                query:
                  type: string
                  description: Filter text, question or document title
                searchOnlyTitle:
                  type: boolean
                  description: OPTIONAL. Search only by title
                persistSearch:
                  type: boolean
                  description: OPTIONAL. Wether to keep a SearchSession in our database and return its id.
                searchSessionId:
                  type: string
                  description: OPTIONAL. id for the SearchSession object to update. More useful for AI chat.
                docId:
                  type: string
                  description: OPTIONAL. Return only one document with this id, if there is one
                  example: 21-character__string0
                dataTextFormat:
                  type: string
                  enum:
                  - markdown
                  - html
                  description: OPTIONAL. Return documents with dataText in this format
                parentDocId:
                  type: string
                  description: OPTIONAL. Return only child documents of the doc with this id, if there are any. Can be "null" for retrieving the root docs.
                  example: 21-character__string0
                type:
                  type: string
                  enum:
                  - words
                  - ai-chat
                  - ai-retrieval
                  description: OPTIONAL. which type of search to use; default is word-based
              required:
              - query
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Process status
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  status:
                    type: string
                    enum:
                    - OK
                    description: Response Status
                  data:
                    type: object
                    properties:
                      searchSessionId:
                        type: string
                        description: Search session id, can be used as input for next search calls.
                      docs:
                        type: object
                        properties:
                          id:
                            type: string
                            description: Archbee id, used for private access
                          name:
                            type: string
                            description: name of document
                          urlKey:
                            type: string
                            description: url of public document, used for public access (if published)
                          urlAlias:
                            type: string
                            description: In case you are migrating from another platform and you’d like to get a redirecting url to your current url, you can use this url path.
                          hidden:
                            type: boolean
                            description: indicates if document is hidden
                          privacy:
                            type: string
                            enum:
                            - private
                            - shared with team
                            - public-via-link
                            - public
                            description: describes how to access the document via public url (if published)
                          highlight:
                            type: object
                            description: text from document, similar with query (word-based search only)
                        description: Array of Doc responses
                    description: Response Data
                description: Process status
        '400':
          description: Invalid request
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  status:
                    type: string
                    enum:
                    - OK
                    - Not OK
                    description: Response Status
                    example: Not OK
                  messages:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      type: string
                      example: Some error message
                    description: Array of messages
                    example: '["Some error message"]'
  /import-content:
    post:
      operationId: importContent
      summary: Import Content
      tags:
      - Documents
      x-source-doc: https://www.archbee.com/docs/import-content
      description: Create new Doc from imported markdown file. In case of zip file, create a new docTree and keeps archived tree structure.
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          multipart/form-data:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                file:
                  type: string
                  format: binary
                  description: Markdown file (.md) or archive (.zip) containing multiple markdown files.
                  example: upload file
                  default: '@markdowns.zip'
                type:
                  type: string
                  enum:
                  - markdown
                  description: Type of import file. Only markdown supported for now on this route.
                  example: markdown
                  default: markdown
              required:
              - file
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Import OK status
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  status:
                    type: string
                    enum:
                    - OK
                    description: Response Status
                    example: OK
                  data:
                    type: object
                    properties:
                      docId:
                        type: string
                        description: Created Doc id (first doc in case of archive tree).
                        example: 21-character__string0
                description: Import OK status
        '400':
          description: Invalid request
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  status:
                    type: string
                    enum:
                    - OK
                    - Not OK
                    description: Response Status
                    example: Not OK
                  messages:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      type: string
                      example: Some error message
                    description: Array of messages
                    example: '["Some error message"]'
components:
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: 'Requires the Authorization header in the form Authorization: Bearer {base64(docSpaceId~apiKey)} — the base64 encoding of the docSpaceId, a tilde, and the apiKey. A team key beginning abteam_ may be used instead to reach every space in the organization.'