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# Retrieve knowledge

> Retrieves knowledge by id.



## OpenAPI

````yaml get /knowledge/{knowledge_id}
openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  version: 0.1.1
  title: Datagrid API
  description: Datagrid API
servers:
  - url: https://api.datagrid.com/v1
security:
  - BearerAuth: []
paths:
  /knowledge/{knowledge_id}:
    get:
      tags:
        - Knowledge
      summary: Retrieve knowledge
      description: Retrieves knowledge by id.
      operationId: Knowledge.retrieveKnowledge
      parameters:
        - name: knowledge_id
          in: path
          required: true
          schema:
            type: string
          description: The id of the knowledge to retrieve.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Retrieved knowledge
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Knowledge'
        '404':
          description: >-
            Not found. The requested knowledge does not exist, or the
            authenticated user does not have permission to access it.
        '429':
          description: >-
            Rate limit exceeded. The request has been throttled because the rate
            limit for this endpoint has been reached. Check the `Retry-After`
            response header and retry after the specified number of seconds.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/RateLimitError'
      x-codeSamples:
        - lang: JavaScript
          source: |-
            import Datagrid from 'datagrid-ai';

            const client = new Datagrid({
              apiKey: process.env['DATAGRID_API_KEY'], // This is the default and can be omitted
            });

            const knowledge = await client.knowledge.retrieve('knowledge_id');

            console.log(knowledge.id);
        - lang: Python
          source: |-
            import os
            from datagrid_ai import Datagrid

            client = Datagrid(
                api_key=os.environ.get("DATAGRID_API_KEY"),  # This is the default and can be omitted
            )
            knowledge = client.knowledge.retrieve(
                "knowledge_id",
            )
            print(knowledge.id)
components:
  schemas:
    Knowledge:
      type: object
      description: >-
        The `knowledge` object represents knowledge that an agent may leverage
        to respond.
      required:
        - object
        - id
        - name
        - created_at
        - status
        - last_error
        - row_counts
        - credits
        - sync
        - parent
        - teamspace_id
        - scope
      properties:
        object:
          type: string
          enum:
            - knowledge
          description: The object type, which is always `knowledge`.
        id:
          type: string
          description: >-
            The knowledge identifier, which can be referenced in the API
            endpoints.
        name:
          type: string
          description: The name of the knowledge.
        teamspace_id:
          type: string
          description: The ID of the teamspace that owns this knowledge.
        scope:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/KnowledgeScope'
        parent:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ParentObject'
        created_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: The ISO string for when the knowledge was created.
        updated_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: The ISO string for when the knowledge was last updated.
        status:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/KnowledgeStatus'
        last_error:
          nullable: true
          description: >-
            The last terminal processing error for this knowledge, if any.
            Present when the latest asynchronous processing or re-index run
            ended unsuccessfully; `null` when the knowledge is `failed` only
            because every row ended in a persistent failed state.
          allOf:
            - $ref: '#/components/schemas/KnowledgeLastError'
        row_counts:
          type: object
          description: Row count statistics for the knowledge.
          required:
            - total
            - completed
            - failed
          properties:
            total:
              type: number
              description: The total number of rows in the knowledge.
            completed:
              type: number
              description: The number of rows successfully learned.
            failed:
              type: number
              description: The number of rows that failed to be processed for learning.
        credits:
          nullable: true
          description: >-
            Credit consumption for this knowledge. `null` when the knowledge is
            still being processed and the final cost is not yet known (e.g.
            immediately after creation or reindexing), or when the credit lookup
            fails. When present, `consumed` is the current summed spend for the
            knowledge's active tables — it is not necessarily the cost of the
            most recent request, nor the full lifetime spend.
          allOf:
            - $ref: '#/components/schemas/OperationCredits'
        sync:
          nullable: true
          description: Sync information for knowledge that syncs data from a connection
          allOf:
            - $ref: '#/components/schemas/KnowledgeSync'
    RateLimitError:
      type: object
      description: >-
        Returned when the rate limit is exceeded. Rate limits are enforced per
        teamspace, endpoint path, and HTTP method over a 60-second sliding
        window. Each endpoint may have its own limit — check the
        X-RateLimit-Limit response header for the effective value.
      required:
        - error
        - message
        - retryable
        - status_code
      properties:
        status_code:
          type: integer
          description: The HTTP status code (429).
        statusCode:
          type: integer
          deprecated: true
          description: Deprecated. Use status_code instead.
        error:
          type: string
          enum:
            - rate_limit_exceeded
          description: The error code identifying this as a rate limit error.
        message:
          type: string
          description: A human-readable error message.
        mitigation:
          type: string
          description: Suggested action to resolve the error.
        retryable:
          type: boolean
          description: Whether the request can be retried after a delay.
        details:
          type: object
          properties:
            reason:
              type: string
              description: A detailed explanation of why the rate limit was exceeded.
    KnowledgeScope:
      type: string
      enum:
        - teamspace
        - organization
      description: >-
        The visibility scope of the knowledge. 'teamspace' means visible only
        within the owning teamspace. 'organization' means visible across all
        teamspaces in the same organization.
    ParentObject:
      type: object
      description: >-
        The parent object, indicating where the object is located in the
        hierarchy
      oneOf:
        - $ref: '#/components/schemas/ParentPage'
        - $ref: '#/components/schemas/RootPage'
    KnowledgeStatus:
      type: string
      enum:
        - pending
        - partial
        - ready
        - failed
      description: >-
        The current knowledge status. `pending` indicates that processing has
        started but no rows have been learned yet. `partial` indicates that some
        rows are available, but processing is either still running or ended with
        incomplete results. `ready` indicates that processing finished
        successfully and the knowledge is fully available. `failed` indicates
        that no rows are currently available and the knowledge reached a
        terminal failure state, either because the latest asynchronous
        processing or re-index run ended unsuccessfully before any rows became
        available, or because every row ended in a persistent failed state.
    KnowledgeLastError:
      type: object
      required:
        - code
        - message
      properties:
        code:
          type: string
          enum:
            - out_of_credits
            - unauthorized
            - processing_error
          description: >-
            A machine-readable error code for the most recent terminal
            processing failure.
        message:
          type: string
          description: >-
            A human-readable description of the most recent terminal processing
            failure.
    OperationCredits:
      type: object
      required:
        - consumed
      properties:
        consumed:
          type: number
          description: The number of credits consumed by the operation.
    KnowledgeSync:
      type: object
      description: Sync information for knowledge that syncs data from a connection
      required:
        - connection_id
        - enabled
      properties:
        connection_id:
          type: string
          description: The ID of the connection used for syncing data to this knowledge
          example: config_123abc
        enabled:
          type: boolean
          description: Whether data syncing from the connection is enabled
        trigger:
          nullable: true
          description: >-
            The cron schedule configuration for syncing data from the
            connection.
          allOf:
            - $ref: '#/components/schemas/CronBasedTrigger'
    ParentPage:
      type: object
      description: The parent page reference, indicating where this page is nested
      required:
        - type
        - page_id
      properties:
        type:
          type: string
          enum:
            - page
          description: The type of parent. 'page' indicates nested under a specific page
        page_id:
          type: string
          description: The ID of the parent page. Required when type is 'page'
    RootPage:
      type: object
      description: The root level object
      required:
        - type
      properties:
        type:
          type: string
          enum:
            - root
          description: The type of parent. 'root' indicates at the root level
    CronBasedTrigger:
      type: object
      description: A cron-based schedule for syncing data
      required:
        - type
        - cron_expression
      properties:
        type:
          type: string
          enum:
            - cron
          description: The trigger type, which is always `cron`.
        cron_expression:
          type: string
          description: Cron expression (e.g., '0 0 * * *' for daily at midnight)
          example: 0 0 * * *
          pattern: ^[0-9*/-]+ [0-9*/-]+ [0-9*/-]+ [0-9*/-]+ [0-9*/-]+$
        timezone:
          type: string
          description: >-
            IANA timezone (e.g., 'America/New_York'). Defaults to 'UTC' if not
            provided.
          example: America/New_York
          default: UTC
        description:
          type: string
          nullable: true
          description: Human-readable description of the schedule
  securitySchemes:
    BearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer

````