> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.timbal.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Upload Data

> Upload a data file into a knowledge base.



## OpenAPI

````yaml POST /orgs/{org_id}/k2/{kb_id}/upload
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Timbal Platform API
  description: Public API documentation for the Timbal platform
  license:
    name: ''
  version: 2.0.0
servers:
  - url: https://api.timbal.ai
    description: Production
  - url: https://api.dev.timbal.ai
    description: Development
security: []
tags:
  - name: ace
    description: Action Control Engine (ACE) operations
  - name: alarms
    description: Metric series and threshold alarms
  - name: analytics
    description: Org and project analytics
  - name: billing
    description: Subscriptions, usage, and payment-related operations
  - name: channels
    description: Delivery channels alarms notify through
  - name: content
    description: Re-sign stored content URLs
  - name: files
    description: File operations
  - name: iam
    description: IAM — actions, roles, users, and authorization introspection
  - name: k2
    description: Knowledge Bases v2 operations
  - name: orgs
    description: Organization operations
  - name: projects
    description: Project operations
  - name: runs
    description: Execution operations
  - name: templates
    description: Public project template catalog
  - name: users
    description: Authenticated user profile
paths:
  /orgs/{org_id}/k2/{kb_id}/upload:
    post:
      tags:
        - k2
      description: Upload a data file into a knowledge base.
      operationId: handler
      parameters:
        - name: org_id
          in: path
          required: true
          schema:
            type: string
        - name: kb_id
          in: path
          required: true
          schema:
            type: string
      requestBody:
        description: Multipart form with a file upload or a remote URL.
        content:
          multipart/form-data: {}
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Upload result
          headers:
            RateLimit-Limit:
              schema:
                type: integer
              description: Max requests per window for this user.
            RateLimit-Remaining:
              schema:
                type: integer
              description: Requests left in the current window.
            RateLimit-Reset:
              schema:
                type: integer
              description: Seconds until the current window resets.
            X-RateLimit-Limit:
              schema:
                type: integer
              description: Legacy alias of `RateLimit-Limit`.
            X-RateLimit-Remaining:
              schema:
                type: integer
              description: Legacy alias of `RateLimit-Remaining`.
            X-RateLimit-Reset:
              schema:
                type: integer
              description: Legacy alias of `RateLimit-Reset`.
          content:
            application/json: {}
        '429':
          description: Rate limit exceeded
          headers:
            RateLimit-Limit:
              schema:
                type: integer
              description: Max requests per window for this user.
            RateLimit-Remaining:
              schema:
                type: integer
              description: Requests left in the current window.
            RateLimit-Reset:
              schema:
                type: integer
              description: Seconds until the current window resets.
            Retry-After:
              schema:
                type: integer
              description: Seconds the client should wait before retrying.
            X-RateLimit-Limit:
              schema:
                type: integer
              description: Legacy alias of `RateLimit-Limit`.
            X-RateLimit-Remaining:
              schema:
                type: integer
              description: Legacy alias of `RateLimit-Remaining`.
            X-RateLimit-Reset:
              schema:
                type: integer
              description: Legacy alias of `RateLimit-Reset`.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorMessage'
      security:
        - bearer_auth: []
components:
  schemas:
    ErrorMessage:
      type: object
      required:
        - code
        - message
      properties:
        code:
          type: string
          description: Machine-readable error code (e.g. `ALREADY_EXISTS`, `BAD_REQUEST`).
        message:
          type: string
          description: Human-readable description.
  securitySchemes:
    bearer_auth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: >-
        Timbal API key. Obtain your API key from the Timbal platform settings.
        See [Authentication](/api-reference/authentication) for more
        information.

````