Create many documents

POST/documents/bulk/create

Registers up to 100 documents in the request, or 101 to 10,000 as a job that answers 202 with the job. Each item is a document as in POST /documents with exactly one source (key, content_base64, vimeo_id or video_url), and runs on its own: a failed item is reported in its slot. Over post_max_size (20 MB default): 413; a job holds the items, base64 included, until it runs. dry_run runs up to 100 items and rolls them back. Emits document.created per success, after commit; no email. POST /documents/bulk/delete undoes each item.

Query parameters

dry_runboolean#
Validate and run the call without committing it, returning what the real call would return with meta.dry_run set.

Headers

Idempotency-Keystring#
Makes a retry safe. Send a new UUID for each new request and reuse it only to retry that request; the first response is replayed for 24 hours.

Request body

application/json, required · DocumentBulkCreate

itemsany[]Required#
Up to 10,000 items. Each is a document as in DocumentCreate. Up to 100 run in the request.

{
  "items": [
    {
      "key": "api-suite/42/5e6f7081-92a3-4b4c-9d6e-7f8091a2b3c4.pdf",
      "name": "term-sheet.pdf",
      "folder_id": "071829a3-4b5c-4d6e-8f90-1a2b3c4d5e6f"
    }
  ]
}

Responses

200

Every item in request order, each succeeded or failed.

DocumentBulkReport

{
  "data": [
    {
      "index": 1,
      "status": "succeeded",
      "data": {},
      "error": {}
    }
  ],
  "meta": {
    "succeeded": 1,
    "failed": 1
  }
}

202

More than 100 items. A job runs them; its report has the same shape as the 200 body.

Job

{
  "data": {
    "id": "9a9d1c5e-4f2b-4c8e-9a7d-2f1e6b3c4d5a",
    "type": "string",
    "status": "queued",
    "progress": {
      "done": 1,
      "total": 1
    },
    "result": {},
    "error": {},
    "created_at": "2026-06-12T10:00:00+00:00",
    "updated_at": "2026-06-12T10:00:00+00:00",
    "completed_at": "2026-06-12T10:00:00+00:00"
  }
}

401

Authentication failed. error.code is one of invalid_token, expired, revoked.

Error

403

Authorization failed. error.code is one of org_disabled, ip_blocked, missing_scope, scope_disabled, user_disabled.

Error

413

The request body is over the server's size limit (error.code = payload_too_large). Nothing was read or stored.

Error

422

The request can't be processed (HTTP 422): validation_failed with one ErrorDetail per problem, or a code documented on the operation.

Error

429

Rate limit exceeded (error.code = rate_limited).

Error

Examples

curl -X POST https://your-org-domain/kong/core/api/v2/documents/bulk/create\
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $HELM_API_KEY"\
  -H "Content-Type: application/json"\
  -d '{
  "items": [
    {
      "key": "api-suite/42/5e6f7081-92a3-4b4c-9d6e-7f8091a2b3c4.pdf",
      "name": "term-sheet.pdf",
      "folder_id": "071829a3-4b5c-4d6e-8f90-1a2b3c4d5e6f"
    }
  ]
}'