Open Web UIInstall

Summary

Update the retrieval configuration in Open Web UI by sending a POST request with a JSON body containing configuration fields such as PDF extraction, Google Drive integration, file settings, content extraction, chunking parameters, YouTube loader options, and web search settings.

Inputs

• skipAuthentication — Boolean to skip authentication for the request; defaults to false.
• method (required) — HTTP method to use; for this operation, typically POST.
• requestBody (required) — A collection of optional configuration fields to update the retrieval config. Includes pdf_extract_images (boolean/null), enable_google_drive_integration (boolean/null), file config (max_size, max_count), content_extraction config (engine, tika_server_url), chunk parameters (text_splitter, chunk_size, chunk_overlap), YouTube loader config (language array, translation, proxy_url), and web search config (enabled, engine, API keys, filters, SSL verification).
• mediaType (required) — The media type of the payload, fixed to application/json.

Output shape

a single JSON object representing the updated retrieval configuration or API response

Returns the JSON response from the Open Web UI server after the POST request to the path /api/v1/retrieval/config/update. The shape depends on the server response and may reflect the updated configuration or a status message.

Links

• n8n community nodes installation guide