> ## 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. # Update document > Refresh an existing document without changing its stable ID. Supplied content replaces the canonical content and is reprocessed; omitted fields remain unchanged. ## OpenAPI ````yaml https://api.supermemory.ai/v5/openapi patch /ns/{namespace}/document/{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/{id}: patch: tags: - Ingest summary: Update document description: >- Refresh an existing document without changing its stable ID. Supplied content replaces the canonical content and is reprocessed; omitted fields remain unchanged. operationId: patchNsByNamespaceDocumentById 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: application/json: schema: type: object properties: content: type: string description: >- The content to process. This may be plaintext or a URL to supported rich content. example: Supermemory turns unstructured content into evolving memory. 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: Arbitrary metadata attached to the document and derived data example: source: api-docs type: object propertyNames: type: string additionalProperties: anyOf: - type: string - type: number - type: boolean - type: array items: type: string group: description: >- Metadata values that isolate related context within the namespace type: object propertyNames: type: string additionalProperties: anyOf: - type: string - type: number - type: boolean - type: array items: 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 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: Document updated successfully '400': description: Invalid request parameters 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 processing credits '403': content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse' description: Namespace write access denied '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: Namespace merge or filepath conflict '500': content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse' description: Server error x-codeSamples: - lang: typescript label: TypeScript SDK source: >- import { Supermemory } from "supermemory"; const client = new Supermemory(); // reads SUPERMEMORY_API_KEY const updated = await client.documents.update("user_123", "chat_session_1", { content: "Updated notes: Sarah is now VP of Product.", metadata: { type: "conversation" }, }); console.log(updated.status); - lang: python label: Python SDK source: |- from supermemory import Supermemory client = Supermemory() # reads SUPERMEMORY_API_KEY updated = client.documents.update( "user_123", "chat_session_1", content="Updated notes: Sarah is now VP of Product.", metadata={"type": "conversation"}, ) print(updated.status) - lang: bash label: cURL source: >- curl -X PATCH "https://api.supermemory.ai/ns/user_123/document/chat_session_1" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $SUPERMEMORY_API_KEY" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{ "content": "Updated notes: Sarah is now VP of Product.", "metadata": { "type": "conversation" } }' 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.