---
title: "[DEPRECATED] Question answering"
method: POST
path: "/v1/vector_stores/question-answering"
tags: ["deprecated_vector_stores"]
deprecated: true
---

# [DEPRECATED] Question answering

`POST /v1/vector_stores/question-answering`

> **Deprecated.**

DEPRECATED: Use POST /stores/question-answering instead

## Request body

- VectorStoreQAParams — Query parameters for question answering.
  - `query` string — Question to answer. If not provided, the question will be extracted from the passed messages.
  - `vector_store_identifiers` union[], required — IDs or names of vector stores to search
    - union
      - string
      - string, uuid
  - `top_k` integer — Number of results to return
  - `filters` union — Optional filter conditions
    - SearchFilterInput — Represents a filter with AND, OR, and NOT conditions.
      - `all` union[], nullable — List of conditions or filters to be ANDed together
        - union
          - SearchFilterInput — recursive
          - SearchFilterCondition — Represents a condition with a field, operator, and value.
            - `key` string, required — The field to apply the condition on
            - `value` string, required — The value to compare against
            - `operator` 'eq' | 'not_eq' | 'gt' | 'gte' | 'lt' | 'lte' | 'in' | 'not_in' | 'like' | 'contains' | 'starts_with' | 'not_like' | 'regex', required — Operator for a filter condition.
      - `any` union[], nullable — List of conditions or filters to be ORed together
        - union
          - SearchFilterInput — recursive
          - SearchFilterCondition — Represents a condition with a field, operator, and value.
            - `key` string, required — The field to apply the condition on
            - `value` string, required — The value to compare against
            - `operator` 'eq' | 'not_eq' | 'gt' | 'gte' | 'lt' | 'lte' | 'in' | 'not_in' | 'like' | 'contains' | 'starts_with' | 'not_like' | 'regex', required — Operator for a filter condition.
      - `none` union[], nullable — List of conditions or filters to be NOTed
        - union
          - SearchFilterInput — recursive
          - SearchFilterCondition — Represents a condition with a field, operator, and value.
            - `key` string, required — The field to apply the condition on
            - `value` string, required — The value to compare against
            - `operator` 'eq' | 'not_eq' | 'gt' | 'gte' | 'lt' | 'lte' | 'in' | 'not_in' | 'like' | 'contains' | 'starts_with' | 'not_like' | 'regex', required — Operator for a filter condition.
    - SearchFilterCondition — Represents a condition with a field, operator, and value.
      - `key` string, required — The field to apply the condition on
      - `value` string, required — The value to compare against
      - `operator` 'eq' | 'not_eq' | 'gt' | 'gte' | 'lt' | 'lte' | 'in' | 'not_in' | 'like' | 'contains' | 'starts_with' | 'not_like' | 'regex', required — Operator for a filter condition.
    - union[]
      - union
        - SearchFilterInput — Represents a filter with AND, OR, and NOT conditions.
          - `all` union[], nullable — List of conditions or filters to be ANDed together
            - union
              - …
          - `any` union[], nullable — List of conditions or filters to be ORed together
            - union
              - …
          - `none` union[], nullable — List of conditions or filters to be NOTed
            - union
              - …
        - SearchFilterCondition — Represents a condition with a field, operator, and value.
          - `key` string, required — The field to apply the condition on
          - `value` string, required — The value to compare against
          - `operator` 'eq' | 'not_eq' | 'gt' | 'gte' | 'lt' | 'lte' | 'in' | 'not_in' | 'like' | 'contains' | 'starts_with' | 'not_like' | 'regex', required — Operator for a filter condition.
  - `file_ids` string[], nullable — Optional list of file IDs to filter chunks by (inclusion filter)
  - `search_options` VectorStoreChunkSearchOptions — Options for configuring vector store chunk searches.
    - `score_threshold` number — Minimum similarity score threshold
    - `rewrite_query` boolean — Whether to rewrite the query. Ignored when agentic is enabled (the agent handles query decomposition).
    - `rerank` union — Whether to rerank results and optional reranking configuration. Ignored when agentic is enabled (the agent handles ranking).
      - boolean
      - RerankConfig — Represents a reranking configuration.
        - `model` string — The name of the reranking model
        - `with_metadata` union — Whether to include metadata in the reranked results
          - boolean
          - string[]
        - `top_k` integer, nullable — Maximum number of results to return after reranking. If None, returns all reranked results.
    - `agentic` union — Whether to use agentic multi-query search with automatic query decomposition and ranking. When enabled, rewrite_query and rerank options are ignored.
      - boolean
      - AgenticSearchConfig — Configuration for agentic multi-query search.
        - `max_rounds` integer — Maximum number of search rounds
        - `queries_per_round` integer — Maximum queries per round
        - `strict_top_k` boolean — Whether the final retrieved chunk list must provide exactly top_k ranked chunks
        - `media_content` 'auto' | 'never' | 'always' — Controls when retrieved image content is provided to the agent. `auto` sends images only when no OCR text or summary is available, `never` disables image content, and `always` sends image content when available.
        - `instructions` string, nullable — Additional custom instructions (followed only when not in conflict with existing rules)
        - `verbose` boolean — Internal: when set, the response includes a `trace` field with the full tool-call timeline. Used by the Mixedbread playground; not part of the documented public API.
    - `return_metadata` boolean — Whether to return file metadata
    - `apply_search_rules` boolean — Whether to apply search rules
  - `stream` boolean — Whether to stream the answer
  - `qa_options` QuestionAnsweringOptions — Options for question answering.
    - `cite` boolean — Whether to use citations
    - `multimodal` boolean — Whether to use multimodal context

## Response `200`

The answer to the question

- VectorStoreQAResults — Results from a question answering operation.
  - `answer` string, required — The answer generated by the LLM
  - `sources` union[] — Source documents used to generate the answer
    - union
      - MxbaiOmniApiRoutesV1DeprecatedVectorStoresModelsScoredTextInputChunk — Scored text chunk for deprecated API.
        - `chunk_index` integer, required — position of the chunk in a file
        - `mime_type` string — mime type of the chunk
        - `generated_metadata` union — metadata of the chunk
          - MarkdownChunkGeneratedMetadata
            - `type` 'markdown'
            - `file_type` 'text/markdown'
            - `language` string, nullable
            - `word_count` integer, nullable
            - `file_size` integer, nullable
            - `chunk_headings` MarkdownHeading[]
              - …
            - `heading_context` MarkdownHeading[]
              - …
            - `start_line` integer
            - `num_lines` integer
            - `file_extension` string, nullable
            - `frontmatter` object
          - TextChunkGeneratedMetadata
            - `type` 'text'
            - `file_type` 'text/plain' | 'message/rfc822'
            - `language` string, nullable
            - `word_count` integer, nullable
            - `file_size` integer, nullable
            - `start_line` integer
            - `num_lines` integer
            - `file_extension` string, nullable
          - PDFChunkGeneratedMetadata
            - `type` 'pdf'
            - `file_type` 'application/pdf'
            - `total_pages` integer, nullable
            - `total_size` integer, nullable
            - `file_extension` string, nullable
            - `layout` LayoutMetadata — Per-page layout for chunks parsed in high-quality (visual) mode. ``elements`` are ordered by reading order (list position == reading order). ``width``/``height`` are the page-image dimensions the ``bbox`` coords are relative to, so consumers can normalize/render without a second fetch. Layout is part of the generated metadata payload and is returned with the chunk whenever present.
              - …
          - CodeChunkGeneratedMetadata
            - `type` 'code'
            - `file_type` string, required
            - `language` string, nullable
            - `word_count` integer, nullable
            - `file_size` integer, nullable
            - `start_line` integer
            - `num_lines` integer
            - `file_extension` string, nullable
          - AudioChunkGeneratedMetadata
            - `type` 'audio'
            - `file_type` string
            - `file_size` integer, nullable
            - `total_duration_seconds` number, nullable
            - `sample_rate` integer, nullable
            - `channels` integer, nullable
            - `audio_format` integer, nullable
            - `bpm` integer, nullable
            - `file_extension` string, nullable
          - VideoChunkGeneratedMetadata
            - `type` 'video'
            - `file_type` string
            - `file_size` integer, nullable
            - `total_duration_seconds` number, nullable
            - `fps` number, nullable
            - `width` integer, nullable
            - `height` integer, nullable
            - `frame_count` integer, nullable
            - `has_audio_stream` boolean
            - `bpm` integer, nullable
            - `file_extension` string, nullable
          - ImageChunkGeneratedMetadata
            - `type` 'image'
            - `file_type` string
            - `file_size` integer, nullable
            - `width` integer, nullable
            - `height` integer, nullable
            - `file_extension` string, nullable
            - `layout` LayoutMetadata — Per-page layout for chunks parsed in high-quality (visual) mode. ``elements`` are ordered by reading order (list position == reading order). ``width``/``height`` are the page-image dimensions the ``bbox`` coords are relative to, so consumers can normalize/render without a second fetch. Layout is part of the generated metadata payload and is returned with the chunk whenever present.
              - …
        - `model` string, nullable — model used for this chunk
        - `score` number, required — score of the chunk
        - `file_id` string, required — file id
        - `filename` string, required — filename
        - `vector_store_id` string, required — store id
        - `metadata` unknown
        - `type` 'text' — Input type identifier
        - `offset` integer — The offset of the text in the file relative to the start of the file.
        - `text` string, nullable — Text content
        - `context` string, nullable — LLM-generated context that situates this chunk within its source document
        - `summary` string, nullable — summary of the text chunk
      - MxbaiOmniApiRoutesV1DeprecatedVectorStoresModelsScoredImageUrlInputChunk — Scored image chunk for deprecated API.
        - `chunk_index` integer, required — position of the chunk in a file
        - `mime_type` string — mime type of the chunk
        - `generated_metadata` union — metadata of the chunk
          - MarkdownChunkGeneratedMetadata
            - `type` 'markdown'
            - `file_type` 'text/markdown'
            - `language` string, nullable
            - `word_count` integer, nullable
            - `file_size` integer, nullable
            - `chunk_headings` MarkdownHeading[]
              - …
            - `heading_context` MarkdownHeading[]
              - …
            - `start_line` integer
            - `num_lines` integer
            - `file_extension` string, nullable
            - `frontmatter` object
          - TextChunkGeneratedMetadata
            - `type` 'text'
            - `file_type` 'text/plain' | 'message/rfc822'
            - `language` string, nullable
            - `word_count` integer, nullable
            - `file_size` integer, nullable
            - `start_line` integer
            - `num_lines` integer
            - `file_extension` string, nullable
          - PDFChunkGeneratedMetadata
            - `type` 'pdf'
            - `file_type` 'application/pdf'
            - `total_pages` integer, nullable
            - `total_size` integer, nullable
            - `file_extension` string, nullable
            - `layout` LayoutMetadata — Per-page layout for chunks parsed in high-quality (visual) mode. ``elements`` are ordered by reading order (list position == reading order). ``width``/``height`` are the page-image dimensions the ``bbox`` coords are relative to, so consumers can normalize/render without a second fetch. Layout is part of the generated metadata payload and is returned with the chunk whenever present.
              - …
          - CodeChunkGeneratedMetadata
            - `type` 'code'
            - `file_type` string, required
            - `language` string, nullable
            - `word_count` integer, nullable
            - `file_size` integer, nullable
            - `start_line` integer
            - `num_lines` integer
            - `file_extension` string, nullable
          - AudioChunkGeneratedMetadata
            - `type` 'audio'
            - `file_type` string
            - `file_size` integer, nullable
            - `total_duration_seconds` number, nullable
            - `sample_rate` integer, nullable
            - `channels` integer, nullable
            - `audio_format` integer, nullable
            - `bpm` integer, nullable
            - `file_extension` string, nullable
          - VideoChunkGeneratedMetadata
            - `type` 'video'
            - `file_type` string
            - `file_size` integer, nullable
            - `total_duration_seconds` number, nullable
            - `fps` number, nullable
            - `width` integer, nullable
            - `height` integer, nullable
            - `frame_count` integer, nullable
            - `has_audio_stream` boolean
            - `bpm` integer, nullable
            - `file_extension` string, nullable
          - ImageChunkGeneratedMetadata
            - `type` 'image'
            - `file_type` string
            - `file_size` integer, nullable
            - `width` integer, nullable
            - `height` integer, nullable
            - `file_extension` string, nullable
            - `layout` LayoutMetadata — Per-page layout for chunks parsed in high-quality (visual) mode. ``elements`` are ordered by reading order (list position == reading order). ``width``/``height`` are the page-image dimensions the ``bbox`` coords are relative to, so consumers can normalize/render without a second fetch. Layout is part of the generated metadata payload and is returned with the chunk whenever present.
              - …
        - `model` string, nullable — model used for this chunk
        - `score` number, required — score of the chunk
        - `file_id` string, required — file id
        - `filename` string, required — filename
        - `vector_store_id` string, required — store id
        - `metadata` unknown
        - `type` 'image_url' — Input type identifier
        - `ocr_text` string, nullable — ocr text of the image
        - `context` string, nullable — LLM-generated context that situates this image within its source document
        - `summary` string, nullable — summary of the image
        - `image_url` ImageUrlOutput — Model for image URL validation.
          - `url` string, required — The image URL. Can be either a URL or a Data URI.
          - `format` string — The image format/mimetype
      - MxbaiOmniApiRoutesV1DeprecatedVectorStoresModelsScoredAudioUrlInputChunk — Scored audio chunk for deprecated API.
        - `chunk_index` integer, required — position of the chunk in a file
        - `mime_type` string — mime type of the chunk
        - `generated_metadata` union — metadata of the chunk
          - MarkdownChunkGeneratedMetadata
            - `type` 'markdown'
            - `file_type` 'text/markdown'
            - `language` string, nullable
            - `word_count` integer, nullable
            - `file_size` integer, nullable
            - `chunk_headings` MarkdownHeading[]
              - …
            - `heading_context` MarkdownHeading[]
              - …
            - `start_line` integer
            - `num_lines` integer
            - `file_extension` string, nullable
            - `frontmatter` object
          - TextChunkGeneratedMetadata
            - `type` 'text'
            - `file_type` 'text/plain' | 'message/rfc822'
            - `language` string, nullable
            - `word_count` integer, nullable
            - `file_size` integer, nullable
            - `start_line` integer
            - `num_lines` integer
            - `file_extension` string, nullable
          - PDFChunkGeneratedMetadata
            - `type` 'pdf'
            - `file_type` 'application/pdf'
            - `total_pages` integer, nullable
            - `total_size` integer, nullable
            - `file_extension` string, nullable
            - `layout` LayoutMetadata — Per-page layout for chunks parsed in high-quality (visual) mode. ``elements`` are ordered by reading order (list position == reading order). ``width``/``height`` are the page-image dimensions the ``bbox`` coords are relative to, so consumers can normalize/render without a second fetch. Layout is part of the generated metadata payload and is returned with the chunk whenever present.
              - …
          - CodeChunkGeneratedMetadata
            - `type` 'code'
            - `file_type` string, required
            - `language` string, nullable
            - `word_count` integer, nullable
            - `file_size` integer, nullable
            - `start_line` integer
            - `num_lines` integer
            - `file_extension` string, nullable
          - AudioChunkGeneratedMetadata
            - `type` 'audio'
            - `file_type` string
            - `file_size` integer, nullable
            - `total_duration_seconds` number, nullable
            - `sample_rate` integer, nullable
            - `channels` integer, nullable
            - `audio_format` integer, nullable
            - `bpm` integer, nullable
            - `file_extension` string, nullable
          - VideoChunkGeneratedMetadata
            - `type` 'video'
            - `file_type` string
            - `file_size` integer, nullable
            - `total_duration_seconds` number, nullable
            - `fps` number, nullable
            - `width` integer, nullable
            - `height` integer, nullable
            - `frame_count` integer, nullable
            - `has_audio_stream` boolean
            - `bpm` integer, nullable
            - `file_extension` string, nullable
          - ImageChunkGeneratedMetadata
            - `type` 'image'
            - `file_type` string
            - `file_size` integer, nullable
            - `width` integer, nullable
            - `height` integer, nullable
            - `file_extension` string, nullable
            - `layout` LayoutMetadata — Per-page layout for chunks parsed in high-quality (visual) mode. ``elements`` are ordered by reading order (list position == reading order). ``width``/``height`` are the page-image dimensions the ``bbox`` coords are relative to, so consumers can normalize/render without a second fetch. Layout is part of the generated metadata payload and is returned with the chunk whenever present.
              - …
        - `model` string, nullable — model used for this chunk
        - `score` number, required — score of the chunk
        - `file_id` string, required — file id
        - `filename` string, required — filename
        - `vector_store_id` string, required — store id
        - `metadata` unknown
        - `type` 'audio_url' — Input type identifier
        - `transcription` string, nullable — speech recognition (sr) text of the audio
        - `context` string, nullable — LLM-generated context that situates this audio chunk within its source file
        - `summary` string, nullable — summary of the audio
        - `audio_url` AudioUrl — Model for audio URL validation.
          - `url` string, required — The audio URL. Can be either a URL or a Data URI.
        - `sampling_rate` integer, required — The sampling rate of the audio.
      - MxbaiOmniApiRoutesV1DeprecatedVectorStoresModelsScoredVideoUrlInputChunk — Scored video chunk for deprecated API.
        - `chunk_index` integer, required — position of the chunk in a file
        - `mime_type` string — mime type of the chunk
        - `generated_metadata` union — metadata of the chunk
          - MarkdownChunkGeneratedMetadata
            - `type` 'markdown'
            - `file_type` 'text/markdown'
            - `language` string, nullable
            - `word_count` integer, nullable
            - `file_size` integer, nullable
            - `chunk_headings` MarkdownHeading[]
              - …
            - `heading_context` MarkdownHeading[]
              - …
            - `start_line` integer
            - `num_lines` integer
            - `file_extension` string, nullable
            - `frontmatter` object
          - TextChunkGeneratedMetadata
            - `type` 'text'
            - `file_type` 'text/plain' | 'message/rfc822'
            - `language` string, nullable
            - `word_count` integer, nullable
            - `file_size` integer, nullable
            - `start_line` integer
            - `num_lines` integer
            - `file_extension` string, nullable
          - PDFChunkGeneratedMetadata
            - `type` 'pdf'
            - `file_type` 'application/pdf'
            - `total_pages` integer, nullable
            - `total_size` integer, nullable
            - `file_extension` string, nullable
            - `layout` LayoutMetadata — Per-page layout for chunks parsed in high-quality (visual) mode. ``elements`` are ordered by reading order (list position == reading order). ``width``/``height`` are the page-image dimensions the ``bbox`` coords are relative to, so consumers can normalize/render without a second fetch. Layout is part of the generated metadata payload and is returned with the chunk whenever present.
              - …
          - CodeChunkGeneratedMetadata
            - `type` 'code'
            - `file_type` string, required
            - `language` string, nullable
            - `word_count` integer, nullable
            - `file_size` integer, nullable
            - `start_line` integer
            - `num_lines` integer
            - `file_extension` string, nullable
          - AudioChunkGeneratedMetadata
            - `type` 'audio'
            - `file_type` string
            - `file_size` integer, nullable
            - `total_duration_seconds` number, nullable
            - `sample_rate` integer, nullable
            - `channels` integer, nullable
            - `audio_format` integer, nullable
            - `bpm` integer, nullable
            - `file_extension` string, nullable
          - VideoChunkGeneratedMetadata
            - `type` 'video'
            - `file_type` string
            - `file_size` integer, nullable
            - `total_duration_seconds` number, nullable
            - `fps` number, nullable
            - `width` integer, nullable
            - `height` integer, nullable
            - `frame_count` integer, nullable
            - `has_audio_stream` boolean
            - `bpm` integer, nullable
            - `file_extension` string, nullable
          - ImageChunkGeneratedMetadata
            - `type` 'image'
            - `file_type` string
            - `file_size` integer, nullable
            - `width` integer, nullable
            - `height` integer, nullable
            - `file_extension` string, nullable
            - `layout` LayoutMetadata — Per-page layout for chunks parsed in high-quality (visual) mode. ``elements`` are ordered by reading order (list position == reading order). ``width``/``height`` are the page-image dimensions the ``bbox`` coords are relative to, so consumers can normalize/render without a second fetch. Layout is part of the generated metadata payload and is returned with the chunk whenever present.
              - …
        - `model` string, nullable — model used for this chunk
        - `score` number, required — score of the chunk
        - `file_id` string, required — file id
        - `filename` string, required — filename
        - `vector_store_id` string, required — store id
        - `metadata` unknown
        - `type` 'video_url' — Input type identifier
        - `transcription` string, nullable — speech recognition (sr) text of the video
        - `context` string, nullable — LLM-generated context that situates this video chunk within its source file
        - `summary` string, nullable — summary of the video
        - `video_url` VideoUrl — Model for video URL validation.
          - `url` string, required — The video URL. Can be either a URL or a Data URI.

## Other responses

- `422` — Validation Error

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