How to integrate Coco AI with your own datasource #

This guide will walk you through the process of creating a custom datasource and building a simple connector to integrate it with the system.

Obtain API Token #

Make sure you have a valid API token before continue.

Create a simple connector #

curl -H'X-API-TOKEN: cv9bb63q50k5eikkq43gp07lmg60gn2nor7uf650xpxazd6a6nns8uttymz52uvnplhmtaf829x71lph51li' -XPOST http://localhost:9000/connector/ -d'{
    "name": "My Connector"
}'

Response

{
  "_id": "cv9bc23q50k5eikkq4c0",
  "result": "created"
}

Create a datasource for this connector #

curl -H'X-API-TOKEN: cv9bb63q50k5eikkq43gp07lmg60gn2nor7uf650xpxazd6a6nns8uttymz52uvnplhmtaf829x71lph51li'  -H 'Content-Type: application/json'   -XPOST http://localhost:9000/datasource/ -d'
{
    "name":"My Datasource",
    "type":"connector",
    "connector":{
        "id":"cv9bc23q50k5eikkq4c0"
    }
}'

Response

{
  "_id": "cv9bcjrq50k5eikkq4h0",
  "result": "created"
}

Insert document to this datasource #

curl -H'X-API-TOKEN: cv9bb63q50k5eikkq43gp07lmg60gn2nor7uf650xpxazd6a6nns8uttymz52uvnplhmtaf829x71lph51li'  -H 'Content-Type: application/json'   -XPOST http://localhost:9000/datasource/cv9bcjrq50k5eikkq4h0/_doc -d'
{
   "title": "I am just a Coco doc that you can search",
   "summary": "Nothing but great start",
   "content": "Coco is a unified private search engien that you can trust."
}'

Response

{
  "_id": "cv9be7jq50k5eikkq4vg",
  "result": "created"
}

Search via App #

Now you are ready to consume your document through Coco AI app.

Search via API #

You may search via API.

curl -H'X-API-TOKEN: cv9bb63q50k5eikkq43gp07lmg60gn2nor7uf650xpxazd6a6nns8uttymz52uvnplhmtaf829x71lph51li'  -XGET http://localhost:9000/query/_search\?query\=coco&datasource=cv9bcjrq50k5eikkq4h0

Response

{"took":4,"timed_out":false,"_shards":{"total":1,"successful":1,"skipped":0,"failed":0},"hits":{"total":{"value":1,"relation":"eq"},"max_score":33.31594,"hits":[{"_index":"coco_document","_type":"_doc","_id":"cv9be7jq50k5eikkq4vg","_score":33.31594,"_source":{"summary":"Nothing but great start","created":"2025-03-13T18:44:46.600896+08:00","id":"cv9be7jq50k5eikkq4vg","source":{"name":"My Datasource","id":"cv9bcjrq50k5eikkq4h0","type":"connector"},"title":"I am just a Coco doc that you can search","updated":"2025-03-13T18:44:46.600908+08:00"}}]}}