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I want to duplicate the knowledge base pipeline via the Knowledge Base API. The exported file format is 'pipeline', not an app workflow.I haven't found a suitable Knowledge Base API.

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[dosubot[bot]]

There are API endpoints for exporting/importing RAG pipelines, but with an important limitation:

Available Endpoints:

• Export: GET /rag/pipelines/<pipeline_id>/exports - exports pipeline as YAML DSL
• Import: POST /rag/pipelines/imports - accepts YAML content or URL
• Confirm Import: POST /rag/pipelines/imports/<import_id>/confirm

Critical Limitation: The pipeline export only includes the workflow structure and configuration, not the actual knowledge base content (documents, embeddings, etc.). This is a commonly requested feature that isn't fully implemented yet.

Workarounds for full duplication:

1. For same-version migrations, transferring the entire /docker/volumes directory is the most complete solution
2. Programmatically recreate by enumerating existing documents via GET /datasets/<dataset_id>/documents/<document_id>/download and re-uploading to a new dataset

There's no dedicated duplicate endpoint for knowledge bases with their content - you'd need to combine the pipeline export/import with manual document recreation.

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