EdgeQuake REST API Reference

Version: 0.10.x
Base URL: http://localhost:8080/api/v1
OpenAPI: Available at /api-docs/openapi.json

This reference documents all EdgeQuake REST API endpoints for document ingestion, knowledge graph queries, and chat interactions.

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Table of Contents

• Authentication
• Health & Diagnostics
• Documents API
• Query API
• Chat API
• Graph API
• Workspaces API
• Knowledge Injection API
• Conversations API
• Models & Settings
• Error Handling
• Rate Limiting

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Authentication

EdgeQuake supports two authentication methods:

API Key Authentication

Include your API key in the X-API-Key header:

curl -H "X-API-Key: your-api-key" \
     http://localhost:8080/api/v1/documents

Bearer Token Authentication

Use Authorization: Bearer header:

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer your-api-key" \
     http://localhost:8080/api/v1/documents

Multi-Tenant Headers

For multi-tenant deployments, include workspace context:

Header	Description	Required
X-Tenant-ID	Tenant identifier (UUID)	Required for multi-tenant
X-Workspace-ID	Workspace identifier (UUID)	Required for workspace isolation

curl -H "X-API-Key: your-key" \
     -H "X-Tenant-ID: tenant-uuid" \
     -H "X-Workspace-ID: workspace-uuid" \
     http://localhost:8080/api/v1/documents

Public Endpoints (No Auth Required)

• GET /health
• GET /ready
• GET /live
• GET /swagger-ui/*
• GET /api-docs/*

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Health & Diagnostics

GET /health

Deep health check with component status for monitoring dashboards.

Response:

{
  "status": "healthy",
  "version": "0.10.x",
  "storage_mode": "postgresql",
  "workspace_id": "default",
  "components": {
    "kv_storage": true,
    "vector_storage": true,
    "graph_storage": true,
    "llm_provider": true
  },
  "llm_provider_name": "ollama",
  "schema": {
    "latest_version": 20240115001,
    "migrations_applied": 12,
    "last_applied_at": "2024-01-15T10:30:00Z"
  }
}

GET /ready

Kubernetes readiness probe. Returns 200 if service can accept traffic.

curl http://localhost:8080/ready
# Response: 200 OK

GET /live

Kubernetes liveness probe. Returns 200 if process is alive.

curl http://localhost:8080/live
# Response: 200 OK

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Documents API

Document ingestion with automatic entity extraction and knowledge graph construction.

POST /api/v1/documents

Upload document content as JSON text.

Text Upload (JSON):

curl -X POST http://localhost:8080/api/v1/documents \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "X-Workspace-ID: workspace-uuid" \
  -d '{
    "content": "Your document text here...",
    "title": "Document Title",
    "source": "manual_entry"
  }'

POST /api/v1/documents/upload

Upload a file (PDF, TXT, MD, JSON) via multipart form data.

File Upload (Multipart):

curl -X POST http://localhost:8080/api/v1/documents/upload \
  -H "X-Workspace-ID: workspace-uuid" \
  -F "file=@document.pdf" \
  -F "title=My PDF Document"

Supported File Types:

Extension	MIME Type	Max Size
.pdf	application/pdf	50 MB
.txt	text/plain	10 MB
.md	text/markdown	10 MB
.json	application/json	10 MB

Response (Sync processing):

{
  "id": "doc-uuid",
  "title": "Document Title",
  "status": "completed",
  "content_hash": "sha256:...",
  "chunk_count": 15,
  "entity_count": 23,
  "relationship_count": 18,
  "created_at": "2024-01-15T10:30:00Z",
  "processing_time_ms": 2340
}

Response (Async processing for large files):

{
  "id": "doc-uuid",
  "title": "Large Document",
  "status": "processing",
  "task_id": "task-uuid",
  "message": "Document queued for processing"
}

GET /api/v1/documents

List all documents in the workspace.

Query Parameters:

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
limit	integer	50	Max documents to return
offset	integer	0	Pagination offset
status	string	all	Filter by status (processing, completed, failed)
date_from	string	null	ISO 8601 date. Only include documents created on or after this date
date_to	string	null	ISO 8601 date. Only include documents created on or before this date
document_pattern	string	null	Comma-separated title search terms (case-insensitive, OR logic)

curl http://localhost:8080/api/v1/documents?limit=10&status=completed \
  -H "X-Workspace-ID: workspace-uuid"

Response:

{
  "documents": [
    {
      "id": "doc-uuid-1",
      "title": "Document 1",
      "status": "completed",
      "chunk_count": 15,
      "created_at": "2024-01-15T10:30:00Z"
    }
  ],
  "total": 42,
  "limit": 10,
  "offset": 0
}

GET /api/v1/documents/:id

Get document details by ID.

curl http://localhost:8080/api/v1/documents/doc-uuid \
  -H "X-Workspace-ID: workspace-uuid"

Response:

{
  "id": "doc-uuid",
  "title": "Document Title",
  "status": "completed",
  "content_hash": "sha256:...",
  "chunk_count": 15,
  "entity_count": 23,
  "relationship_count": 18,
  "file_path": "/uploads/document.pdf",
  "file_size": 1024000,
  "created_at": "2024-01-15T10:30:00Z",
  "updated_at": "2024-01-15T10:32:40Z"
}

DELETE /api/v1/documents/:id

Delete a document and all associated data (chunks, entities, relationships).

curl -X DELETE http://localhost:8080/api/v1/documents/doc-uuid \
  -H "X-Workspace-ID: workspace-uuid"

Response: 204 No Content

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Query API

Execute RAG queries with multi-mode retrieval.

POST /api/v1/query

Execute a query with configurable retrieval mode.

Request:

curl -X POST http://localhost:8080/api/v1/query \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "X-Workspace-ID: workspace-uuid" \
  -d '{
    "query": "What are the main themes discussed?",
    "mode": "hybrid",
    "enable_rerank": true,
    "rerank_top_k": 5
  }'

Request Body:

Field	Type	Default	Description
query	string	required	The question to answer
mode	string	"hybrid"	Query mode (see below)
context_only	boolean	false	Return only retrieved context, no LLM answer
prompt_only	boolean	false	Return formatted prompt for debugging
enable_rerank	boolean	true	Apply reranking to improve relevance
rerank_top_k	integer	5	Number of top chunks after reranking
conversation_history	array	null	Previous messages for multi-turn context
system_prompt	string	null	Custom instructions prepended to LLM context
document_filter	object	null	Optional filter to restrict RAG context (see below)

Document Filter Object:

Field	Type	Description
date_from	string	ISO 8601 date. Only include documents created on or after this date
date_to	string	ISO 8601 date. Only include documents created on or before this date
document_pattern	string	Comma-separated terms. Matches document titles case-insensitively (OR logic)

All filter fields are optional and AND-ed together. Omit document_filter entirely to query all documents.

Query Modes:

Mode	Description	Use Case
naive	Vector search only	Fast, simple queries
local	Entity-centric retrieval	Questions about specific entities
global	Community summaries	Theme/overview questions
hybrid	Local + Global (default)	General queries
mix	Adaptive blending	Complex queries
bypass	Direct LLM, no RAG	When context not needed

Response:

{
  "answer": "The main themes discussed include...",
  "mode": "hybrid",
  "sources": [
    {
      "source_type": "chunk",
      "id": "chunk-uuid",
      "score": 0.89,
      "rerank_score": 0.95,
      "snippet": "The first theme relates to...",
      "reference_id": 1,
      "document_id": "doc-uuid",
      "file_path": "document.pdf",
      "start_line": 45,
      "end_line": 52,
      "chunk_index": 3
    },
    {
      "source_type": "entity",
      "id": "CLIMATE_CHANGE",
      "score": 0.85,
      "snippet": "A global phenomenon affecting...",
      "reference_id": 2,
      "document_id": "doc-uuid"
    }
  ],
  "stats": {
    "embedding_time_ms": 45,
    "retrieval_time_ms": 123,
    "generation_time_ms": 890,
    "total_time_ms": 1058,
    "sources_retrieved": 8,
    "rerank_time_ms": 67,
    "tokens_used": 256,
    "tokens_per_second": 287.6,
    "llm_provider": "ollama",
    "llm_model": "gemma3:12b"
  },
  "reranked": true
}

POST /api/v1/query/stream

Stream query response using Server-Sent Events (SSE).

Request:

curl -X POST http://localhost:8080/api/v1/query/stream \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Accept: text/event-stream" \
  -d '{"query": "Explain the key findings", "mode": "hybrid"}'

Request Parameters:

Field	Type	Required	Description
query	string	yes	Natural language query
mode	string	no	Query mode: hybrid, local, global, naive, mix
system_prompt	string	no	System prompt extension
document_filter	object	no	Document filter to scope RAG context (SPEC-005)
llm_provider	string	no	LLM provider override (e.g., openai, ollama)
llm_model	string	no	LLM model override (e.g., gpt-5-nano)
stream_format	string	no	v1 for raw text (backward compat), v2 for structured

SSE Events (v2 format — default):

data: {"type":"context","sources":[{"source_type":"chunk","id":"...","score":0.89,"entity_type":"PERSON","degree":5}],"query_mode":"hybrid","retrieval_time_ms":120}

data: {"type":"token","content":"The"}

data: {"type":"token","content":" key"}

data: {"type":"token","content":" findings"}

data: {"type":"done","stats":{"retrieval_time_ms":120,"generation_time_ms":800,"total_time_ms":920,"sources_retrieved":8,"tokens_used":256,"tokens_per_second":320.0,"query_mode":"hybrid"},"llm_provider":"ollama","llm_model":"gemma3:latest"}

SSE Events (v1 format — stream_format: "v1"):

data: The

data:  key

data:  findings

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Chat API

Unified chat completions API with OpenAI-compatible format.

POST /api/v1/chat/completions

Execute a chat completion with automatic conversation management.

Request:

curl -X POST http://localhost:8080/api/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "X-Workspace-ID: workspace-uuid" \
  -d '{
    "message": "What is the relationship between X and Y?",
    "conversation_id": "conv-uuid",
    "mode": "hybrid",
    "stream": false
  }'

Request Body:

Field	Type	Default	Description
message	string	required	User message
conversation_id	string	null	Existing conversation ID (creates new if null)
mode	string	"hybrid"	Query mode
stream	boolean	false	Enable SSE streaming
system_prompt	string	null	Custom instructions prepended to LLM context
document_filter	object	null	Optional filter to restrict RAG context (same schema as Query API)

Response (Non-streaming):

{
  "id": "msg-uuid",
  "conversation_id": "conv-uuid",
  "role": "assistant",
  "content": "The relationship between X and Y is...",
  "sources": [...],
  "stats": {...},
  "created_at": "2024-01-15T10:30:00Z"
}

Streaming Response:

curl -X POST http://localhost:8080/api/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Accept: text/event-stream" \
  -d '{"message": "...", "stream": true}'

data: {"type":"conversation","conversation_id":"conv-uuid","user_message_id":"msg-uuid"}

data: {"type":"context","sources":[{"source_type":"entity","id":"X","score":0.95,"entity_type":"PERSON","degree":12}],"query_mode":"hybrid","retrieval_time_ms":85}

data: {"type":"token","content":"The"}

data: {"type":"token","content":" relationship"}

data: {"type":"done","assistant_message_id":"asst-uuid","tokens_used":128,"duration_ms":920,"llm_provider":"ollama","llm_model":"gemma3:latest"}

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Graph API

Knowledge graph exploration and visualization endpoints.

GET /api/v1/graph

Get the knowledge graph with optional traversal.

Query Parameters:

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
start_node	string	null	Entity ID to center traversal
depth	integer	2	Max traversal hops
max_nodes	integer	100	Max nodes to return (max: 1000)

curl "http://localhost:8080/api/v1/graph?start_node=ENTITY_NAME&depth=2&max_nodes=50" \
  -H "X-Workspace-ID: workspace-uuid"

Response:

{
  "nodes": [
    {
      "id": "ENTITY_NAME",
      "label": "Entity Name",
      "node_type": "PERSON",
      "description": "Description of the entity...",
      "degree": 5,
      "properties": {}
    }
  ],
  "edges": [
    {
      "source": "ENTITY_A",
      "target": "ENTITY_B",
      "edge_type": "WORKS_WITH",
      "weight": 1.0,
      "properties": {}
    }
  ],
  "total_nodes": 150,
  "total_edges": 200,
  "is_truncated": true
}

GET /api/v1/graph/stats

Get graph statistics.

curl http://localhost:8080/api/v1/graph/stats \
  -H "X-Workspace-ID: workspace-uuid"

Response:

{
  "total_nodes": 1500,
  "total_edges": 4200,
  "node_types": {
    "PERSON": 250,
    "ORGANIZATION": 180,
    "CONCEPT": 820,
    "LOCATION": 150,
    "EVENT": 100
  },
  "edge_types": {
    "RELATED_TO": 2100,
    "WORKS_WITH": 450,
    "LOCATED_IN": 320,
    "PART_OF": 580
  },
  "avg_degree": 2.8,
  "density": 0.0019
}

GET /api/v1/graph/entities

List entities with pagination.

curl "http://localhost:8080/api/v1/graph/entities?limit=20&type=PERSON" \
  -H "X-Workspace-ID: workspace-uuid"

GET /api/v1/graph/entities/:id

Get entity details by ID.

curl http://localhost:8080/api/v1/graph/entities/ENTITY_NAME \
  -H "X-Workspace-ID: workspace-uuid"

GET /api/v1/graph/relationships

List relationships with pagination.

curl "http://localhost:8080/api/v1/graph/relationships?limit=20&type=WORKS_WITH" \
  -H "X-Workspace-ID: workspace-uuid"

GET /api/v1/graph/stream

Stream graph updates via SSE (for real-time visualization).

curl http://localhost:8080/api/v1/graph/stream \
  -H "Accept: text/event-stream" \
  -H "X-Workspace-ID: workspace-uuid"

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Workspaces API

Manage workspaces for multi-tenant isolation.

POST /api/v1/workspaces

Create a new workspace.

curl -X POST http://localhost:8080/api/v1/workspaces \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "name": "Research Project",
    "description": "Workspace for research documents",
    "embedding_model": "text-embedding-3-small",
    "embedding_dimension": 1536,
    "llm_model": "gpt-5-nano"
  }'

GET /api/v1/workspaces

List all workspaces.

GET /api/v1/workspaces/:id

Get workspace details.

PATCH /api/v1/workspaces/:id

Update workspace settings.

DELETE /api/v1/workspaces/:id

Delete a workspace and all its data.

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Conversations API

Manage chat conversations.

GET /api/v1/conversations

List conversations.

POST /api/v1/conversations

Create a new conversation.

GET /api/v1/conversations/:id

Get conversation with messages.

DELETE /api/v1/conversations/:id

Delete a conversation.

GET /api/v1/conversations/:id/messages

Get messages in a conversation.

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Models & Settings

GET /api/v1/models

List available LLM models.

curl http://localhost:8080/api/v1/models

Response:

{
  "models": [
    {
      "id": "gpt-5-nano",
      "name": "GPT-4o Mini",
      "provider": "openai",
      "context_length": 128000,
      "capabilities": ["chat", "embeddings"]
    },
    {
      "id": "gemma3:12b",
      "name": "Gemma 3 12B",
      "provider": "ollama",
      "context_length": 8192,
      "capabilities": ["chat"]
    }
  ]
}

GET /api/v1/settings

Get current settings.

PATCH /api/v1/settings

Update settings.

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Error Handling

EdgeQuake uses RFC 7807 Problem Details for error responses.

Error Response Format:

{
  "type": "https://edgequake.dev/errors/not-found",
  "title": "Resource Not Found",
  "status": 404,
  "detail": "Document with ID 'doc-uuid' not found in workspace",
  "instance": "/api/v1/documents/doc-uuid"
}

Common Error Codes:

Status	Type	Description
400	bad-request	Invalid request parameters
401	unauthorized	Missing or invalid authentication
403	forbidden	Access denied to resource
404	not-found	Resource not found
409	conflict	Resource already exists (duplicate)
413	payload-too-large	File exceeds size limit
422	validation-error	Request validation failed
429	rate-limited	Too many requests
500	internal-error	Server error
503	service-unavailable	Dependency unavailable

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Rate Limiting

Rate limiting is applied per API key or IP address.

Headers in Response:

Header	Description
X-RateLimit-Limit	Max requests per window
X-RateLimit-Remaining	Requests remaining
X-RateLimit-Reset	Epoch timestamp when limit resets
Retry-After	Seconds to wait (when rate limited)

Default Limits:

Endpoint Category	Requests	Window
Document upload	10	1 minute
Query execution	60	1 minute
Graph traversal	100	1 minute
Health checks	Unlimited	-

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Ollama Compatibility Layer

EdgeQuake provides Ollama-compatible endpoints for tool integration.

POST /v1/embeddings

Generate embeddings (Ollama format).

curl -X POST http://localhost:8080/v1/embeddings \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"model": "nomic-embed-text", "input": "Hello world"}'

POST /v1/chat/completions

Chat completions (OpenAI format, Ollama compatible).

curl -X POST http://localhost:8080/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "gemma3:12b",
    "messages": [
      {"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}
    ],
    "stream": false
  }'

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Request Flow

┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                    API REQUEST PROCESSING                        │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│                                                                   │
│  Client Request                                                  │
│       ↓                                                          │
│  ┌─────────────────┐                                            │
│  │  Rate Limiter   │ ─ 429 if exceeded                          │
│  └────────┬────────┘                                            │
│           ↓                                                      │
│  ┌─────────────────┐                                            │
│  │ Authentication  │ ─ 401 if invalid                           │
│  └────────┬────────┘                                            │
│           ↓                                                      │
│  ┌─────────────────┐                                            │
│  │ Tenant Context  │ ─ Extract X-Tenant-ID, X-Workspace-ID      │
│  └────────┬────────┘                                            │
│           ↓                                                      │
│  ┌─────────────────┐                                            │
│  │ Request Handler │ ─ Business logic                           │
│  └────────┬────────┘                                            │
│           ↓                                                      │
│  ┌─────────────────┐                                            │
│  │  Response       │ ─ JSON or SSE stream                       │
│  └─────────────────┘                                            │
│                                                                   │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

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Knowledge Injection API

Added in v0.8.0 — Closes #131

Knowledge injection lets you enrich a workspace's knowledge graph with acronym definitions, synonym mappings, and domain glossaries. Injection entries are processed through the standard entity-extraction pipeline but are never listed as source citations in query results — they silently improve retrieval quality.

List Injections

GET /api/v1/workspaces/{workspace_id}/injection
X-Workspace-ID: {workspace_id}

Response 200

[
  {
    "injection_id": "a1b2c3d4-...",
    "name": "Domain Glossary",
    "status": "completed",
    "entity_count": 15,
    "content_length": 420,
    "source_type": "text",
    "created_at": "2026-04-03T10:00:00Z",
    "updated_at": "2026-04-03T10:01:30Z"
  }
]

Create / Replace Injection (Text)

PUT /api/v1/workspaces/{workspace_id}/injection
Content-Type: application/json
X-Workspace-ID: {workspace_id}

{
  "name": "Domain Glossary",
  "content": "OEE = Overall Equipment Effectiveness\nNLP = Natural Language Processing\n"
}

Response 202

{
  "injection_id": "a1b2c3d4-...",
  "workspace_id": "default",
  "name": "Domain Glossary",
  "status": "processing"
}

Upload Injection File

POST /api/v1/workspaces/{workspace_id}/injection/upload
Content-Type: multipart/form-data
X-Workspace-ID: {workspace_id}

name=Domain Glossary
file=@glossary.txt

Accepted MIME types: text/plain, text/markdown, application/octet-stream (for .md/.txt files).

Response 202 — same shape as PUT.

Get Injection Detail

GET /api/v1/workspaces/{workspace_id}/injection/{injection_id}
X-Workspace-ID: {workspace_id}

Response 200

{
  "injection_id": "a1b2c3d4-...",
  "name": "Domain Glossary",
  "content": "OEE = Overall Equipment Effectiveness\n...",
  "status": "completed",
  "entity_count": 15,
  "source_type": "text",
  "created_at": "2026-04-03T10:00:00Z",
  "updated_at": "2026-04-03T10:01:30Z"
}

Update Injection

PATCH /api/v1/workspaces/{workspace_id}/injection/{injection_id}
Content-Type: application/json
X-Workspace-ID: {workspace_id}

{
  "name": "Updated Glossary",
  "content": "OEE = Overall Equipment Effectiveness\nKPI = Key Performance Indicator\n"
}

Updating content re-triggers the pipeline (old entities are deleted first). Updating only name is instant.

Response 200 — updated InjectionDetail.

Delete Injection

DELETE /api/v1/workspaces/{workspace_id}/injection/{injection_id}
X-Workspace-ID: {workspace_id}

Cascades: removes all KV entries, vectors, graph nodes, and edges created by this injection.

Response 204 No Content

Citation Exclusion

Injection entries enrich the knowledge graph and improve retrieval but are filtered out of sources arrays in all query and chat responses:

{
  "answer": "OEE stands for Overall Equipment Effectiveness...",
  "sources": [
    { "id": "doc-123", "title": "Line 3 Report", "source_type": "chunk" }
    // injection entries never appear here
  ]
}

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See Also

• Quick Start Guide - Get running in 5 minutes
• Query Modes - Detailed mode comparison
• Architecture Overview - System design