## Create Passage In Archive

**post** `/v1/archives/{archive_id}/passages`

Create a new passage in an archive.

This adds a passage to the archive and creates embeddings for vector storage.

### Path Parameters

- `archive_id: string`

  The ID of the archive in the format 'archive-<uuid4>'

### Body Parameters

- `text: string`

  The text content of the passage

- `created_at: optional string`

  Optional creation datetime for the passage (ISO 8601 format)

- `metadata: optional map[unknown]`

  Optional metadata for the passage

- `tags: optional array of string`

  Optional tags for categorizing the passage

### Returns

- `Passage object { embedding, embedding_config, text, 12 more }`

  Representation of a passage, which is stored in archival memory.

  - `embedding: array of number`

    The embedding of the passage.

  - `embedding_config: EmbeddingConfig`

    Configuration for embedding model connection and processing parameters.

    - `embedding_dim: number`

      The dimension of the embedding.

    - `embedding_endpoint_type: "openai" or "anthropic" or "bedrock" or 16 more`

      The endpoint type for the model.

      - `"openai"`

      - `"anthropic"`

      - `"bedrock"`

      - `"google_ai"`

      - `"google_vertex"`

      - `"azure"`

      - `"groq"`

      - `"ollama"`

      - `"webui"`

      - `"webui-legacy"`

      - `"lmstudio"`

      - `"lmstudio-legacy"`

      - `"llamacpp"`

      - `"koboldcpp"`

      - `"vllm"`

      - `"hugging-face"`

      - `"mistral"`

      - `"together"`

      - `"pinecone"`

    - `embedding_model: string`

      The model for the embedding.

    - `azure_deployment: optional string`

      The Azure deployment for the model.

    - `azure_endpoint: optional string`

      The Azure endpoint for the model.

    - `azure_version: optional string`

      The Azure version for the model.

    - `batch_size: optional number`

      The maximum batch size for processing embeddings.

    - `embedding_chunk_size: optional number`

      The chunk size of the embedding.

    - `embedding_endpoint: optional string`

      The endpoint for the model (`None` if local).

    - `handle: optional string`

      The handle for this config, in the format provider/model-name.

  - `text: string`

    The text of the passage.

  - `id: optional string`

    The human-friendly ID of the Passage

  - `archive_id: optional string`

    The unique identifier of the archive containing this passage.

  - `created_at: optional string`

    The creation date of the passage.

  - `created_by_id: optional string`

    The id of the user that made this object.

  - `file_id: optional string`

    The unique identifier of the file associated with the passage.

  - `file_name: optional string`

    The name of the file (only for source passages).

  - `is_deleted: optional boolean`

    Whether this passage is deleted or not.

  - `last_updated_by_id: optional string`

    The id of the user that made this object.

  - `metadata: optional map[unknown]`

    The metadata of the passage.

  - `source_id: optional string`

    Deprecated: Use `folder_id` field instead. The data source of the passage.

  - `tags: optional array of string`

    Tags associated with this passage.

  - `updated_at: optional string`

    The timestamp when the object was last updated.

### Example

```http
curl https://api.letta.com/v1/archives/$ARCHIVE_ID/passages \
    -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $LETTA_API_KEY" \
    -d '{
          "text": "text"
        }'
```

#### Response

```json
{
  "embedding": [
    0
  ],
  "embedding_config": {
    "embedding_dim": 0,
    "embedding_endpoint_type": "openai",
    "embedding_model": "embedding_model",
    "azure_deployment": "azure_deployment",
    "azure_endpoint": "azure_endpoint",
    "azure_version": "azure_version",
    "batch_size": 0,
    "embedding_chunk_size": 0,
    "embedding_endpoint": "embedding_endpoint",
    "handle": "handle"
  },
  "text": "text",
  "id": "passage-123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000",
  "archive_id": "archive_id",
  "created_at": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
  "created_by_id": "created_by_id",
  "file_id": "file_id",
  "file_name": "file_name",
  "is_deleted": true,
  "last_updated_by_id": "last_updated_by_id",
  "metadata": {
    "foo": "bar"
  },
  "source_id": "source_id",
  "tags": [
    "string"
  ],
  "updated_at": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z"
}
```