Create memories directly

Create memories directly, bypassing the document ingestion workflow. Generates embeddings and makes them immediately searchable.

POST /v4/memories

Create memories directly

JavaScript

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({
    memories: [
      {
        content: 'John prefers dark mode',
        isStatic: false,
        metadata: {},
        forgetAfter: '2026-06-01T00:00:00Z',
        forgetReason: 'temporary project deadline',
        temporalContext: {documentDate: '<string>', eventDate: ['<string>']}
      }
    ],
    containerTag: 'user_123'
  })
};

fetch('https://api.supermemory.ai/v4/memories', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

import requests

url = "https://api.supermemory.ai/v4/memories"

payload = {
    "memories": [
        {
            "content": "John prefers dark mode",
            "isStatic": False,
            "metadata": {},
            "forgetAfter": "2026-06-01T00:00:00Z",
            "forgetReason": "temporary project deadline",
            "temporalContext": {
                "documentDate": "<string>",
                "eventDate": ["<string>"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "containerTag": "user_123"
}
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.supermemory.ai/v4/memories \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "memories": [
    {
      "content": "John prefers dark mode",
      "isStatic": false,
      "metadata": {},
      "forgetAfter": "2026-06-01T00:00:00Z",
      "forgetReason": "temporary project deadline",
      "temporalContext": {
        "documentDate": "<string>",
        "eventDate": [
          "<string>"
        ]
      }
    }
  ],
  "containerTag": "user_123"
}
'

201

{
  "documentId": "<string>",
  "memories": [
    {
      "id": "<string>",
      "memory": "<string>",
      "isStatic": true,
      "createdAt": "<string>",
      "forgetAfter": "<string>",
      "forgetReason": "<string>"
    }
  ]
}

{
  "error": "Invalid request parameters",
  "details": "Query must be at least 1 character long"
}

{
  "error": "Invalid request parameters",
  "details": "Query must be at least 1 character long"
}

{
  "error": "Invalid request parameters",
  "details": "Query must be at least 1 character long"
}

{
  "error": "Invalid request parameters",
  "details": "Query must be at least 1 character long"
}

Authorizations

Authorization · string · header · required

Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer <token>, where <token> is your auth token.

Body

application/json

memories · object[] · required

Array of memories to create

Required array length: 1 - 100 elements

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containerTag · string · required

The space / container tag these memories belong to.

Maximum string length: 100

Pattern: ^[a-zA-Z0-9_:-]+$

Example:

"user_123"

Response

201

application/json

Memories created successfully

Response after creating memories

documentId · string | null · required

ID of the source document created

memories · object[] · required

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