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POST
/
datasets
/
{dataset_id}
/
retrieve
Error
A valid request URL is required to generate request examples
{
  "query": {
    "content": "What is Dify?"
  },
  "records": [
    {
      "segment": {
        "id": "f3d1c7be-9f3a-40d8-8eb8-3a1ef9c3f2c1",
        "position": 1,
        "document_id": "a8e0e5b5-78c6-4130-a5ce-25feb0e0b4ac",
        "content": "Dify is an open-source LLM app development platform.",
        "sign_content": "",
        "answer": "",
        "word_count": 9,
        "tokens": 12,
        "keywords": [
          "dify",
          "platform",
          "llm"
        ],
        "index_node_id": "a1b2c3d4-e5f6-7890-abcd-000000000001",
        "index_node_hash": "abc123def456",
        "hit_count": 1,
        "enabled": true,
        "disabled_at": null,
        "disabled_by": null,
        "status": "completed",
        "created_by": "ad313dd6-ef04-4dd1-a5b0-c0f0b9e2e7e4",
        "created_at": 1741267200,
        "indexing_at": 1741267200,
        "completed_at": 1741267200,
        "error": null,
        "stopped_at": null,
        "document": {
          "id": "a8e0e5b5-78c6-4130-a5ce-25feb0e0b4ac",
          "data_source_type": "upload_file",
          "name": "guide.txt",
          "doc_type": null,
          "doc_metadata": null
        }
      },
      "child_chunks": [],
      "score": 0.92,
      "tsne_position": null,
      "files": [],
      "summary": null
    }
  ]
}

Documentation Index

Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.dify.ai/llms.txt

Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

Authorizations

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Authorization
string
header
required

API Key authentication. For all API requests, include your API Key in the Authorization HTTP Header, prefixed with Bearer. Example: Authorization: Bearer {API_KEY}. Strongly recommend storing your API Key on the server-side, not shared or stored on the client-side, to avoid possible API-Key leakage that can lead to serious consequences.

Path Parameters

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dataset_id
string<uuid>
required

Knowledge base ID.

Body

application/json
​
query
string
required

Search query text.

Maximum string length: 250
​
retrieval_model
object

Retrieval model configuration. Controls how chunks are searched and ranked when querying this knowledge base.

​
external_retrieval_model
object

Retrieval settings for external knowledge bases.

​
attachment_ids
string[] | null

List of attachment IDs to include in the retrieval context.

Response

Retrieval results.

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query
object

The original query object.

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records
object[]

List of matched retrieval records.