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PATCH
/
v1
/
flow
/
vectordb
/
{database_id}
/
metadata
Update chunk metadata
curl --request PATCH \
  --url https://flow.seekr.com/v1/flow/vectordb/{database_id}/metadata \
  --header 'Authorization: <api-key>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "metadata": {},
  "file_ids": [
    "file_789",
    "file_012"
  ],
  "chunk_ids": [
    "chunk_789",
    "chunk_012"
  ]
}
'
import requests

url = "https://flow.seekr.com/v1/flow/vectordb/{database_id}/metadata"

payload = {
    "metadata": {},
    "file_ids": ["file_789", "file_012"],
    "chunk_ids": ["chunk_789", "chunk_012"]
}
headers = {
    "Authorization": "<api-key>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

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

print(response.text)
const options = {
  method: 'PATCH',
  headers: {Authorization: '<api-key>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({
    metadata: {},
    file_ids: ['file_789', 'file_012'],
    chunk_ids: ['chunk_789', 'chunk_012']
  })
};

fetch('https://flow.seekr.com/v1/flow/vectordb/{database_id}/metadata', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));
<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://flow.seekr.com/v1/flow/vectordb/{database_id}/metadata",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "PATCH",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    'metadata' => [
        
    ],
    'file_ids' => [
        'file_789',
        'file_012'
    ],
    'chunk_ids' => [
        'chunk_789',
        'chunk_012'
    ]
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: <api-key>",
    "Content-Type: application/json"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://flow.seekr.com/v1/flow/vectordb/{database_id}/metadata"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"metadata\": {},\n  \"file_ids\": [\n    \"file_789\",\n    \"file_012\"\n  ],\n  \"chunk_ids\": [\n    \"chunk_789\",\n    \"chunk_012\"\n  ]\n}")

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

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "<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(string(body))

}
HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.patch("https://flow.seekr.com/v1/flow/vectordb/{database_id}/metadata")
  .header("Authorization", "<api-key>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"metadata\": {},\n  \"file_ids\": [\n    \"file_789\",\n    \"file_012\"\n  ],\n  \"chunk_ids\": [\n    \"chunk_789\",\n    \"chunk_012\"\n  ]\n}")
  .asString();
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://flow.seekr.com/v1/flow/vectordb/{database_id}/metadata")

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

request = Net::HTTP::Patch.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = '<api-key>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"metadata\": {},\n  \"file_ids\": [\n    \"file_789\",\n    \"file_012\"\n  ],\n  \"chunk_ids\": [\n    \"chunk_789\",\n    \"chunk_012\"\n  ]\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
{
  "metadata": {}
}
{
  "detail": [
    {
      "loc": [
        "<string>"
      ],
      "msg": "<string>",
      "type": "<string>",
      "input": "<unknown>",
      "ctx": {}
    }
  ]
}
Overwrite user-defined metadata on chunks within a vector database. Target the chunks with exactly one of chunk_ids or file_ids; providing both, or neither, returns an error. This operation is destructive: the supplied metadata object replaces all existing metadata on every targeted chunk, so include any fields you want to keep.

Authorizations

​
Authorization
string
header
required

Your Seekr API key, sent in the Authorization header with no 'Bearer' prefix.

Path Parameters

​
database_id
string
required

Body

application/json

Request body for overwriting chunk metadata within a vector database.

This operation is destructive: the provided metadata object replaces all existing metadata on the targeted chunks. Any previous metadata fields not included in the new object are permanently removed.

Provide exactly one of file_ids or chunk_ids to target chunks.

​
metadata
Metadata · object
required

Key-value pairs to write onto every targeted chunk. Replaces all existing metadata. Constraints: (1) flat object only — no nested objects or arrays; (2) values must be string, number, boolean, or datetime (null is rejected); (3) maximum 20 fields.

Example:
{
  "category": "support_doc",
  "confidence": "medium",
  "source": "manual_review"
}
​
file_ids
string[] | null

File IDs whose chunks should have their metadata replaced.

Minimum array length: 1
Example:
["file_789", "file_012"]
​
chunk_ids
string[] | null

Chunk IDs to update metadata on directly.

Minimum array length: 1
Example:
["chunk_789", "chunk_012"]

Response

Successful Response

​
metadata
Metadata · object
required

The metadata object that was written to all matching chunks.

Last modified on June 25, 2026