Hi there is there currently any way to upload a file and give an existing assistant access to it in the same manner as you can via the vapi dashboard but via api? Thanks

Yes, you can upload a file to Vapi via the API using the following cURL command:

bash
curl -X POST https://api.vapi.ai/file \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <token>" \
  -H "Content-Type: multipart/form-data" \
  -F file=@<file1>

This will upload your file and return a file ID. However, the documentation does not specify how to directly associate this file with a knowledge base or update an assistant's access via API, so further steps may require dashboard actions or additional API endpoints not covered here. Sources: - [Vapi API Reference: Upload File](https://docs.vapi.ai/api-reference/files/create) - [Vapi API Reference: List Knowledge Bases](https://docs.vapi.ai/api-reference/knowledge-bases/list) - [Vapi API Reference: Get Knowledge Base](https://docs.vapi.ai/api-reference/knowledge-bases/get) - [Vapi API Reference: Create Assistant](https://docs.vapi.ai/api-reference/assistants/create-assistant)

Yes, via the Vapi API you can upload files using the /file endpoint, create a KB with those files, and then attach that KB to an existing assistant for access..

Would you mind pointing me to where thats explained in the api docs? I can only see on the knowledge base create endpoint that theres config for trieve or for a custom knowledge based using my server https://docs.vapi.ai/api-reference/knowledge-bases/create

Hey jack, you can follow this documentation on how to create a knowledge base using API: