Update Folder

Beta

PATCH

https://api.speechify.ai/v1/agents/knowledge-bases/:kb_id/folders/:folder_id

Update a folder. Pass parent_folder_id: null to move to root; omit the field to leave it unchanged.

Authentication

AuthorizationBearer

Enter your API key with the Bearer prefix, e.g. ‘Bearer sk_…’.

Path parameters

kb_idstringRequired

Knowledge base id (prefixed external id, kb_...).

folder_idstringRequired

Knowledge-base folder id (prefixed external id, kfolder_...).

Request

This endpoint expects an object.

namestringOptional

parent_folder_idstring or nullOptional

Folder to reparent under (prefixed wire identifier kfolder_<26 char Crockford base32>), or null to move the folder to the knowledge base root. Omit to leave unchanged.

Response headers

X-Request-IDstring

Unique identifier for this request, present on every response (2xx and non-2xx alike). If the caller sends an X-Request-ID request header the server echoes it back (sanitized and length-capped) so one logical request can be traced end-to-end; otherwise the server generates a fresh value. Log it on every response and quote it in support requests - it is the stable handle that ties your observation to Speechify’s server-side logs, and it matches the request_id field in the error envelope.

Unique identifier for this request, present on every response (2xx and non-2xx alike). If the caller sends an `X-Request-ID` request header the server echoes it back (sanitized and length-capped) so one logical request can be traced end-to-end; otherwise the server generates a fresh value. Log it on every response and quote it in support requests - it is the stable handle that ties your observation to Speechify's server-side logs, and it matches the `request_id` field in the error envelope.

Response

The updated folder.

idstringformat: "^kfolder_[0-9a-hjkmnp-tv-z]{26}$"

kb_idstringformat: "^kb_[0-9a-hjkmnp-tv-z]{26}$"

Prefixed wire identifier (kb_<26 char Crockford base32>) of the owning knowledge base.

parent_folder_idstring or nullformat: "^kfolder_[0-9a-hjkmnp-tv-z]{26}$"

namestring

document_countinteger

created_atdatetime

updated_atdatetime

Errors

400

Bad Request Error

401

Unauthorized Error

404

Not Found Error

$	curl -X PATCH https://api.speechify.ai/v1/agents/knowledge-bases/kb_01jqr8x9zg5k2m3n4p5q6r7s8t/folders/kfolder_01jqr8x9zg5k2m3n4p5q6r7s8t \
>	-H "Authorization: Bearer <token>" \
>	-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
>	-d '{
>	"name": "Example name",
>	"parent_folder_id": "kfolder_01krdk9hzct70r12s7z5a4xtsh"
>	}'

1	{
2	"id": "kfolder_01krdk9hzct70r12s7z5a4xtsh",
3	"kb_id": "kb_01jqr8x9zg5k2m3n4p5q6r7s8t",
4	"parent_folder_id": "kfolder_01jqr8x9zg5k2m3n4p5q6r7s8t",
5	"name": "Example name",
6	"document_count": 10,
7	"created_at": "2026-06-24T18:03:11Z",
8	"updated_at": "2026-06-24T18:03:11Z"
9	}