kapa.ai Threads API

List, retrieve, and continue conversations.

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kapa-ai-threads-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.0.1
info:
  title: kapa.ai Query Analytics Threads API
  description: REST API for the kapa.ai answer platform. Ask a project's kapa.ai instance questions and receive retrieval-augmented answers with sources, run threaded multi-turn conversations (standard and streamed), perform semantic retrieval and keyword search against ingested knowledge sources, submit feedback, and read project, integration, source, and analytics data. All requests are authenticated with an X-API-KEY header.
  termsOfService: https://www.kapa.ai/content/terms-of-service
  contact:
    name: kapa.ai Support
    url: https://docs.kapa.ai
  version: '1.0'
servers:
- url: https://api.kapa.ai
  description: kapa.ai production API
security:
- ApiKeyAuth: []
tags:
- name: Threads
  description: List, retrieve, and continue conversations.
paths:
  /query/v1/threads/{thread_id}/chat:
    post:
      operationId: chatInThread
      tags:
      - Threads
      summary: Chat in thread
      description: Ask a follow-up question within an existing Thread, preserving the conversation context.
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ThreadId'
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/ChatRequest'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ChatResponse'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
  /query/v1/threads/{thread_id}/chat/stream:
    post:
      operationId: chatInThreadStream
      tags:
      - Threads
      summary: Chat in thread streamed
      description: Streamed follow-up question within an existing Thread. Chunks are delimited by the Unicode record separator character (U+241E).
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ThreadId'
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/ChatRequest'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A stream of answer chunks delimited by U+241E.
          content:
            text/plain:
              schema:
                type: string
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
  /query/v1/threads/{thread_id}:
    get:
      operationId: getThread
      tags:
      - Threads
      summary: Retrieve a thread
      description: Retrieve a single Thread object and its messages.
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ThreadId'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Thread'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
  /query/v1/projects/{project_id}/threads:
    get:
      operationId: listThreads
      tags:
      - Threads
      summary: List threads
      description: List Thread objects for a project.
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ProjectId'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/PageSize'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/PageNumber'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ThreadList'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
components:
  parameters:
    ProjectId:
      name: project_id
      in: path
      required: true
      description: The kapa.ai project (instance) identifier.
      schema:
        type: string
        format: uuid
    PageNumber:
      name: page_number
      in: query
      required: false
      schema:
        type: integer
        default: 1
    ThreadId:
      name: thread_id
      in: path
      required: true
      description: The Thread identifier returned by a chat call.
      schema:
        type: string
        format: uuid
    PageSize:
      name: page_size
      in: query
      required: false
      schema:
        type: integer
        default: 20
  schemas:
    User:
      type: object
      properties:
        email:
          type: string
          format: email
          description: End-user email for per-user analytics tracking.
        unique_client_id:
          type: string
          description: Stable client identifier for the end user.
    ChatResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        answer:
          type: string
          description: The generated answer to the query.
        thread_id:
          type: string
          format: uuid
          description: Identifier of the Thread; use it to ask follow-up questions.
        question_answer_id:
          type: string
          format: uuid
          description: Identifier of this question/answer; used when submitting feedback.
        is_uncertain:
          type: boolean
          description: True when kapa.ai is uncertain about the answer.
        relevant_sources:
          type: array
          description: Sources used to construct the answer.
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/RelevantSource'
    Error:
      type: object
      properties:
        detail:
          type: string
    ThreadList:
      type: object
      properties:
        count:
          type: integer
        results:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Thread'
    Thread:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          format: uuid
        project_id:
          type: string
          format: uuid
        messages:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              role:
                type: string
              content:
                type: string
        created_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
    RelevantSource:
      type: object
      properties:
        source_url:
          type: string
          format: uri
        title:
          type: string
        content:
          type: string
    ChatRequest:
      type: object
      required:
      - query
      properties:
        query:
          type: string
          description: The user's question.
          example: How do I get started?
        integration_id:
          type: string
          description: Integration identifier used to attribute usage analytics; calls without it appear as the "Unknown" integration.
        user:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/User'
  responses:
    Unauthorized:
      description: Missing or invalid X-API-KEY.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
  securitySchemes:
    ApiKeyAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: X-API-KEY
      description: kapa.ai project API key, created in the API Keys tab of the platform.