---
title: "Adds plain text to a collection."
method: POST
path: "/ingest/plain_text"
tags: ["Document Ingestion"]
---

# Adds plain text to a collection.

`POST /ingest/plain_text`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://h2ogpte.genai.h2o.ai/api/v1`
- URL: `https://h2ogpte.genai.h2o.ai/api/v1/ingest/plain_text`
- Auth: HTTP bearer
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/h2o/apis/h2ogpte-rest-api/docs/ingest/plain_text/post.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

Adds plain text to a collection.

## Query parameters

- `collection_id` string, required
- `file_name` string, required
- `gen_doc_summaries` boolean
- `gen_doc_questions` boolean
- `timeout` number, double
- `metadata` string

## Request body `text/plain`

- string

## Response `204`

Successful operation

## Other responses

- `400`: Bad request
- `401`: Unauthorized - Invalid or missing API key
- `default`: Unexpected error

---

[API](https://skmtc.dev/h2o/apis/h2ogpte-rest-api.md) - [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/h2o/apis/h2ogpte-rest-api/llms.txt) - [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/h2o/apis/h2ogpte-rest-api/revisions/a82a117320f4?raw)