Knowledgebase - Download

Download the knowledgebase.

GET {Endpoint}/qnamaker/v5.0-preview.2/knowledgebases/{kbId}/{environment}/qna
GET {Endpoint}/qnamaker/v5.0-preview.2/knowledgebases/{kbId}/{environment}/qna?source={source}&changedSince={changedSince}

URI Parameters

Name In Required Type Description
Endpoint
path True

string

Supported Cognitive Services endpoint (e.g., https://< qnamaker-resource-name >.api.cognitiveservices.azure.com).

environment
path True

EnvironmentType

Specifies whether environment is Test or Prod.

kbId
path True

string

Knowledgebase id.

changedSince
query

string

The last changed status property filter to apply.

source
query

string

The source property filter to apply.

Request Header

Name Required Type Description
Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key True

string

Responses

Name Type Description
200 OK

QnADocumentsDTO

Collection of all Q-A in the knowledgebase.

Other Status Codes

ErrorResponse

Error response.

Security

Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key

Type: apiKey
In: header

Examples

Successful query

Sample request

GET {Endpoint}/qnamaker/v5.0-preview.2/knowledgebases/9d091697-fb8c-4ed5-9ac0-35bf8273bfff/Test/qna

Sample response

{
  "qnaDocuments": [
    {
      "id": 1,
      "answer": "You can change the default message if you use the QnAMakerDialog. See this for details: https://docs.botframework.com/en-us/azure-bot-service/templates/qnamaker/#navtitle",
      "source": "Custom Editorial",
      "questions": [
        "How can I change the default message from QnA Maker?"
      ],
      "metadata": [],
      "context": {
        "isContextOnly": false,
        "prompts": []
      },
      "lastUpdatedTimestamp": "2020-08-27T16:00:30.272746+00:00"
    },
    {
      "id": 2,
      "answer": "You can use our REST apis to create a KB. See here for details: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/cognitiveservices/qnamaker/knowledgebase/create",
      "source": "Custom Editorial",
      "questions": [
        "How do I programmatically create a KB?"
      ],
      "metadata": [
        {
          "name": "category",
          "value": "api"
        }
      ],
      "context": {
        "isContextOnly": false,
        "prompts": [
          {
            "displayOrder": 1,
            "qnaId": 3,
            "displayText": "Update KB"
          }
        ]
      },
      "lastUpdatedTimestamp": "2020-08-27T16:00:30.272746+00:00"
    },
    {
      "id": 3,
      "answer": "You can use our REST apis to update your KB. See here for details: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/cognitiveservices/qnamaker/knowledgebase/update",
      "source": "Editorial",
      "questions": [
        "How do I programmatically update my KB?"
      ],
      "metadata": [
        {
          "name": "category",
          "value": "api"
        }
      ],
      "context": {
        "isContextOnly": false,
        "prompts": [
          {
            "displayOrder": 1,
            "qnaId": 4,
            "displayText": "Refresh Endpoint Keys"
          }
        ]
      },
      "lastUpdatedTimestamp": "2020-08-27T16:00:30.272746+00:00"
    },
    {
      "id": 4,
      "answer": "You can use our REST apis to refresh endpoint keys. See here for details: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/cognitiveservices/qnamaker/endpointkeys/refreshkeys",
      "source": "Editorial",
      "questions": [
        "How do I programmatically refresh endpoint keys?"
      ],
      "metadata": [],
      "context": {
        "isContextOnly": false,
        "prompts": []
      },
      "lastUpdatedTimestamp": "2020-08-27T16:00:30.272746+00:00"
    }
  ]
}

Definitions

Name Description
Context

Context associated with Qna to be updated.

EnvironmentType

Specifies whether environment is Test or Prod.

Error

The error object. As per Microsoft One API guidelines - https://github.com/Microsoft/api-guidelines/blob/vNext/Guidelines.md#7102-error-condition-responses.

ErrorCodeType

One of a server-defined set of error codes.

ErrorResponse

Error response. As per Microsoft One API guidelines - https://github.com/Microsoft/api-guidelines/blob/vNext/Guidelines.md#7102-error-condition-responses.

InnerErrorModel

An object containing more specific information about the error. As per Microsoft One API guidelines - https://github.com/Microsoft/api-guidelines/blob/vNext/Guidelines.md#7102-error-condition-responses.

MetadataDTO

Name - value pair of metadata.

PromptDTO

Prompt for an answer.

Qna

QnADTO - Either QnaId or QnADTO needs to be present in a PromptDTO object

QnADocumentsDTO

List of QnADTO

QnADTO

Q-A object.

Context

Context associated with Qna to be updated.

Name Type Description
isContextOnly

boolean

To mark if a prompt is relevant only with a previous question or not. true - Do not include this QnA as search result for queries without context false - ignores context and includes this QnA in search result

promptsToAdd

PromptDTO[]

List of prompts to be added to the qna.

promptsToDelete

integer[]

List of prompts associated with qna to be deleted

EnvironmentType

Specifies whether environment is Test or Prod.

Name Type Description
Prod

string

Test

string

Error

The error object. As per Microsoft One API guidelines - https://github.com/Microsoft/api-guidelines/blob/vNext/Guidelines.md#7102-error-condition-responses.

Name Type Description
code

ErrorCodeType

One of a server-defined set of error codes.

details

Error[]

An array of details about specific errors that led to this reported error.

innerError

InnerErrorModel

An object containing more specific information than the current object about the error.

message

string

A human-readable representation of the error.

target

string

The target of the error.

ErrorCodeType

One of a server-defined set of error codes.

Name Type Description
BadArgument

string

EndpointKeysError

string

ExtractionFailure

string

Forbidden

string

KbNotFound

string

NotFound

string

OperationNotFound

string

QnaRuntimeError

string

QuotaExceeded

string

SKULimitExceeded

string

ServiceError

string

Unauthorized

string

Unspecified

string

ValidationFailure

string

ErrorResponse

Error response. As per Microsoft One API guidelines - https://github.com/Microsoft/api-guidelines/blob/vNext/Guidelines.md#7102-error-condition-responses.

Name Type Description
error

Error

The error object.

InnerErrorModel

An object containing more specific information about the error. As per Microsoft One API guidelines - https://github.com/Microsoft/api-guidelines/blob/vNext/Guidelines.md#7102-error-condition-responses.

Name Type Description
code

string

A more specific error code than was provided by the containing error.

innerError

InnerErrorModel

An object containing more specific information than the current object about the error.

MetadataDTO

Name - value pair of metadata.

Name Type Description
name

string

Metadata name.

value

string

Metadata value.

PromptDTO

Prompt for an answer.

Name Type Description
displayOrder

integer

Index of the prompt - used in ordering of the prompts

displayText

string

Text displayed to represent a follow up question prompt

qna

Qna

QnADTO - Either QnaId or QnADTO needs to be present in a PromptDTO object

qnaId

integer

Qna id corresponding to the prompt - if QnaId is present, QnADTO object is ignored.

Qna

QnADTO - Either QnaId or QnADTO needs to be present in a PromptDTO object

Name Type Description
answer

string

Answer text

context

Context

Context of a QnA

id

integer

Unique id for the Q-A.

lastUpdatedTimestamp

string

Timestamp when the QnA was last updated.

metadata

MetadataDTO[]

List of metadata associated with the answer.

questions

string[]

List of questions associated with the answer.

source

string

Source from which Q-A was indexed. eg. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cognitive-services/QnAMaker/FAQs

QnADocumentsDTO

List of QnADTO

Name Type Description
qnaDocuments

QnADTO[]

List of answers.

QnADTO

Q-A object.

Name Type Description
answer

string

Answer text

context

Context

Context of a QnA

id

integer

Unique id for the Q-A.

lastUpdatedTimestamp

string

Timestamp when the QnA was last updated.

metadata

MetadataDTO[]

List of metadata associated with the answer.

questions

string[]

List of questions associated with the answer.

source

string

Source from which Q-A was indexed. eg. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cognitive-services/QnAMaker/FAQs