update_document_with_file

Update a document with content from a file

Sync

def update_document_with_file(
    document_id: str,
    file: Union[str, bytes, BinaryIO, Path],
    filename: Optional[str] = None,
    metadata: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None,
    update_strategy: str = "add",
    use_colpali: Optional[bool] = None,
) -> Document

Async

async def update_document_with_file(
    document_id: str,
    file: Union[str, bytes, BinaryIO, Path],
    filename: Optional[str] = None,
    metadata: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None,
    update_strategy: str = "add",
    use_colpali: Optional[bool] = None,
) -> Document

Parameters

• document_id (str): ID of the document to update
• file (Union[str, bytes, BinaryIO, Path]): File to add (path string, bytes, file object, or Path)
• filename (str, optional): Name of the file
• metadata (Dict[str, Any], optional): Additional metadata to update
• update_strategy (str, optional): Strategy for updating the document (currently only ‘add’ is supported). Defaults to ‘add’.
• use_colpali (bool, optional): Whether to use multi-vector embedding. If not specified, defaults to True.

Returns

• Document: Updated document metadata

Examples

Sync

from morphik import Morphik

db = Morphik()

# Add content from a file to an existing document
updated_doc = db.update_document_with_file(
    document_id="doc_123",
    file="path/to/update.pdf",
    metadata={"status": "updated"},
    update_strategy="add"
)
print(f"Document version: {updated_doc.system_metadata.get('version')}")

Async

from morphik import AsyncMorphik

async with AsyncMorphik() as db:
    # Add content from a file to an existing document
    updated_doc = await db.update_document_with_file(
        document_id="doc_123",
        file="path/to/update.pdf",
        metadata={"status": "updated"},
        update_strategy="add"
    )
    print(f"Document version: {updated_doc.system_metadata.get('version')}")