> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://supermemory.ai/docs/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Partially update document file > Refresh only the file-backed fields you provide. Supplying a file replaces the canonical content; omitted metadata and processing context remain unchanged. ## OpenAPI ````yaml https://api.supermemory.ai/v5/openapi patch /ns/{namespace}/document/file/{id} openapi: 3.1.0 info: title: supermemory API description: >- The Memory API for the AI era. OpenAPI operations include x-codeSamples for the official TypeScript and Python SDKs (Mintlify-compatible). version: 5.0.0 servers: - description: Production Server url: https://api.supermemory.ai security: - bearerAuth: [] tags: - name: Ingest description: Ingest documents, files, URLs, conversations, and other content - name: Recall (Search) description: >- Semantic recall across your content — supports memories, hybrid, and documents modes - name: Profiles description: Maintained static, dynamic, and custom-bucket profiles scoped by namespace - name: Content Management description: List, get, update, and delete content and memories - name: Namespaces description: List and manage isolated namespaces and their settings - name: Connectors description: >- Sync external sources such as Google Drive, Notion and GitHub into a namespace - name: Organization description: Read and update organization-wide settings paths: /ns/{namespace}/document/file/{id}: patch: tags: - Ingest summary: Partially update document file description: >- Refresh only the file-backed fields you provide. Supplying a file replaces the canonical content; omitted metadata and processing context remain unchanged. operationId: patchNsByNamespaceDocumentFileById parameters: - in: path name: namespace schema: type: string maxLength: 100 pattern: ^[a-zA-Z0-9_:-]+$ example: user_alex required: true description: >- The isolated namespace. This can be an ID for your user, a project ID, or any other identifier you wish to use to scope documents. - in: path name: id schema: type: string minLength: 1 maxLength: 255 example: my-doc-123 required: true description: The public document ID requestBody: required: true content: multipart/form-data: schema: type: object properties: file: description: File contents to upload format: binary type: string supportingContext: description: >- Context used to guide memory extraction within this namespace. Max 1500 characters. example: Focus on product decisions, dates, and owners. type: string maxLength: 1500 metadata: description: >- JSON-encoded metadata to attach to the document and its derived memories type: string group: description: >- JSON-encoded metadata used to keep related context isolated during processing and recall type: string date: description: When the source content is from, in ISO 8601 format example: '2026-01-15' type: string taskType: description: >- Processing pipeline. "memory" builds durable learned context; "superrag" optimizes the document for retrieval without generating memories. type: string enum: - memory - superrag dreaming: description: >- Processing mode. "dynamic" (default) groups related documents so memories form from coherent context. "instant" processes each document independently right away and bills one extra operation per document. type: string enum: - dynamic - instant fileType: description: >- Explicit source type used when automatic inference is insufficient type: string enum: - text - pdf - image - video - audio mimeType: description: Explicit MIME type used when upload metadata is insufficient type: string pattern: ^[^\s/]+\/[^\s/]+$ additionalProperties: false responses: '200': content: application/json: schema: type: object properties: id: type: string minLength: 1 description: Document identifier to poll or retrieve status: type: string enum: - unknown - queued - extracting - chunking - embedding - indexing - done - failed description: >- The document's processing state after this request. queued when new work was queued; otherwise its current state, e.g. done for an unchanged duplicate or failed for a metadata-only update to a failed document. required: - id - status additionalProperties: false description: Update accepted for processing '400': description: Invalid file request content: application/json: schema: oneOf: - $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse' - $ref: '#/components/schemas/ValidationErrorResponse' '401': content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse' description: Unauthorized '402': content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse' description: Insufficient balance or document quota '403': content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse' description: Write access required for this namespace '404': content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse' description: Document not found in this namespace '409': content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse' description: Filepath conflict or namespace merge prevents the update '500': content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse' description: Internal server error x-codeSamples: - lang: typescript label: TypeScript SDK source: >- import { Supermemory } from "supermemory"; const client = new Supermemory(); // reads SUPERMEMORY_API_KEY const doc = await client.documents.updateFile("user_123", "doc_abc123", { metadata: JSON.stringify({ reviewed: true }), // file is optional here }); console.log(doc.status); - lang: python label: Python SDK source: |- from supermemory import Supermemory import json client = Supermemory() # reads SUPERMEMORY_API_KEY doc = client.documents.update_file( "user_123", "doc_abc123", metadata=json.dumps({"reviewed": True}), # file is optional here ) print(doc.status) - lang: bash label: cURL source: >- curl -X PATCH "https://api.supermemory.ai/ns/user_123/document/file/doc_abc123" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $SUPERMEMORY_API_KEY" \ -F 'metadata={"reviewed":true}' components: schemas: ErrorResponse: type: object properties: error: type: string description: Error message example: Invalid request parameters details: type: string description: Additional error details example: Query must be at least 1 character long required: - error ValidationErrorResponse: type: object description: Body returned when request input fails schema validation properties: success: type: boolean enum: - false error: type: array description: Validation issues items: type: object properties: message: type: string path: type: array items: oneOf: - type: string - type: number required: - message data: description: The input that failed validation required: - success - error securitySchemes: bearerAuth: scheme: bearer type: http ```` This documentation is built and hosted on [Mintlify](https://mintlify.com), a developer documentation platform.