Knowledgebase - Replace

Reference

Service:: Cognitive Services - QnA Maker

API Version:: 4.0

Replace knowledgebase contents.

PUT {Endpoint}/qnamaker/v4.0/knowledgebases/{kbId}

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).
kbId	path	True	string	Knowledgebase id.

Request Header

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

Request Body

Name	Required	Type	Description
qnAList	True	QnADTO[]	List of Q-A (QnADTO) to be added to the knowledgebase. Q-A Ids are assigned by the service and should be omitted.

Responses

Name	Type	Description
204 No Content		HTTP 204 No content.
Other Status Codes	ErrorResponse	Error response.

Security

Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key

Type: apiKey
In: header

Examples

Successful query

Sample Request

PUT {Endpoint}/qnamaker/v4.0/knowledgebases/9d091697-fb8c-4ed5-9ac0-35bf8273bfff
Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key: {API key}

Request Body

{
  "qnAList": [
    {
      "id": 0,
      "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": []
    },
    {
      "id": 0,
      "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"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Sample Response

Status code:: 204

Definitions

Context	Context of a QnA
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
QnADTO	Q-A object.
ReplaceKbDTO	Post body schema for Replace KB operation.

Context

Context of a QnA

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
prompts	PromptDTO[]	List of prompts associated with the answer.

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

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.
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

ReplaceKbDTO

Post body schema for Replace KB operation.

Name	Type	Description
qnAList	QnADTO[]	List of Q-A (QnADTO) to be added to the knowledgebase. Q-A Ids are assigned by the service and should be omitted.