For AI agents: markdown of this page — /docs-content-en/note/documents/create.md documentation index — /llms.txt

Create a document

POST /v1/note/documents

Creates a document in a knowledge base. A non-empty markdown creates a document with ready-made content. Without it, an empty document is created for collaborative editing.

Request fields (body)

Field Type Required Description
FieldcollectionId Typeinteger Requiredyes DescriptionKnowledge base identifier. List: GET /v1/note/collections
Fieldtitle Typestring Requiredyes DescriptionDocument title
FieldparentId Typeinteger Requiredno DescriptionParent document for nesting. Belongs to the same knowledge base. Document tree: GET /v1/note/collections/:collectionId/documents
Fieldmarkdown Typestring Requiredno DescriptionInitial content in Markdown. Maximum 1 048 576 bytes (1 MiB)

Examples

curl — personal key

Terminal 
curl -X POST https://vibecode.bitrix24.com/v1/note/documents \
  -H "X-Api-Key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "collectionId": 42,
    "title": "Chapter 1",
    "parentId": 10,
    "markdown": "# Chapter 1\n\nText"
  }'

curl — OAuth application

Terminal 
curl -X POST https://vibecode.bitrix24.com/v1/note/documents \
  -H "X-Api-Key: YOUR_APP_KEY" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer USER_SESSION_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "collectionId": 42,
    "title": "Chapter 1",
    "parentId": 10,
    "markdown": "# Chapter 1\n\nText"
  }'

JavaScript — personal key

javascript 
const res = await fetch('https://vibecode.bitrix24.com/v1/note/documents', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    'X-Api-Key': 'YOUR_API_KEY',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    collectionId: 42,
    title: 'Chapter 1',
    parentId: 10,
    markdown: '# Chapter 1\n\nText',
  }),
})
const { success, data } = await res.json()
console.log(data.id)

JavaScript — OAuth application

javascript 
const res = await fetch('https://vibecode.bitrix24.com/v1/note/documents', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    'X-Api-Key': 'YOUR_APP_KEY',
    'Authorization': 'Bearer USER_SESSION_TOKEN',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    collectionId: 42,
    title: 'Chapter 1',
    parentId: 10,
    markdown: '# Chapter 1\n\nText',
  }),
})
const { success, data } = await res.json()

Response fields

Field Type Description
Fieldsuccess Typeboolean DescriptionAlways true on success
Fielddata.id Typenumber DescriptionIdentifier of the created document

Response example

JSON 
{
  "success": true,
  "data": { "id": 77 }
}

Error response example

400 — a required parameter is missing:

JSON 
{
  "success": false,
  "error": {
    "code": "INVALID_PARAMS",
    "message": "`collectionId` is required and must be a positive integer"
  }
}

Errors

HTTP Code Description
HTTP400 CodeINVALID_PARAMS DescriptioncollectionId or title is missing, or a parameter has the wrong type
HTTP403 CodeBITRIX_ACCESS_DENIED DescriptionNo permission to create documents in the knowledge base
HTTP403 CodeWRITE_BLOCKED_READONLY_KEY DescriptionThe access key is read-only
HTTP404 CodeENTITY_NOT_FOUND DescriptionThe knowledge base or the parent document does not exist
HTTP422 CodeBITRIX_ERROR DescriptionparentId from a different knowledge base, or the markdown size exceeds the limit. Error text in error.message
HTTP502 CodeBITRIX_UNAVAILABLE DescriptionBitrix24 is unavailable
HTTP403 CodeSCOPE_DENIED DescriptionThe key lacks the note scope
HTTP401 CodeTOKEN_MISSING DescriptionThe API key has no tokens configured

Full list of common API errors — Errors.

See also