Add a follow-up instruction to a running task
curl --request POST \
--url https://api.valyu.ai/v1/deepresearch/tasks/{id}/update \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'X-API-Key: <api-key>' \
--data '
{
"instruction": "Also compare the safety profiles across all trials"
}
'import requests
url = "https://api.valyu.ai/v1/deepresearch/tasks/{id}/update"
payload = { "instruction": "Also compare the safety profiles across all trials" }
headers = {
"X-API-Key": "<api-key>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {'X-API-Key': '<api-key>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({instruction: 'Also compare the safety profiles across all trials'})
};
fetch('https://api.valyu.ai/v1/deepresearch/tasks/{id}/update', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.valyu.ai/v1/deepresearch/tasks/{id}/update",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'instruction' => 'Also compare the safety profiles across all trials'
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Content-Type: application/json",
"X-API-Key: <api-key>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.valyu.ai/v1/deepresearch/tasks/{id}/update"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"instruction\": \"Also compare the safety profiles across all trials\"\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("X-API-Key", "<api-key>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.valyu.ai/v1/deepresearch/tasks/{id}/update")
.header("X-API-Key", "<api-key>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"instruction\": \"Also compare the safety profiles across all trials\"\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.valyu.ai/v1/deepresearch/tasks/{id}/update")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["X-API-Key"] = '<api-key>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"instruction\": \"Also compare the safety profiles across all trials\"\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"success": true,
"message": "Task updated successfully",
"deepresearch_id": "a1b2c3d4-e5f6-7890-abcd-ef1234567890"
}{
"success": false,
"error": "Invalid request parameters"
}{
"success": false,
"error": "Invalid API key"
}{
"success": false,
"error": "API key does not have inference permission"
}{
"success": false,
"error": "Task not found"
}{
"success": false,
"error": "Internal server error. Please try again later."
}DeepResearch
Update Task
Reference for adding follow-up instructions to a running task via POST /v1/deepresearch/tasks/{id}/update.
POST
/
v1
/
deepresearch
/
tasks
/
{id}
/
update
Add a follow-up instruction to a running task
curl --request POST \
--url https://api.valyu.ai/v1/deepresearch/tasks/{id}/update \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'X-API-Key: <api-key>' \
--data '
{
"instruction": "Also compare the safety profiles across all trials"
}
'import requests
url = "https://api.valyu.ai/v1/deepresearch/tasks/{id}/update"
payload = { "instruction": "Also compare the safety profiles across all trials" }
headers = {
"X-API-Key": "<api-key>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {'X-API-Key': '<api-key>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({instruction: 'Also compare the safety profiles across all trials'})
};
fetch('https://api.valyu.ai/v1/deepresearch/tasks/{id}/update', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.valyu.ai/v1/deepresearch/tasks/{id}/update",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'instruction' => 'Also compare the safety profiles across all trials'
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Content-Type: application/json",
"X-API-Key: <api-key>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.valyu.ai/v1/deepresearch/tasks/{id}/update"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"instruction\": \"Also compare the safety profiles across all trials\"\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("X-API-Key", "<api-key>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.valyu.ai/v1/deepresearch/tasks/{id}/update")
.header("X-API-Key", "<api-key>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"instruction\": \"Also compare the safety profiles across all trials\"\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.valyu.ai/v1/deepresearch/tasks/{id}/update")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["X-API-Key"] = '<api-key>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"instruction\": \"Also compare the safety profiles across all trials\"\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"success": true,
"message": "Task updated successfully",
"deepresearch_id": "a1b2c3d4-e5f6-7890-abcd-ef1234567890"
}{
"success": false,
"error": "Invalid request parameters"
}{
"success": false,
"error": "Invalid API key"
}{
"success": false,
"error": "API key does not have inference permission"
}{
"success": false,
"error": "Task not found"
}{
"success": false,
"error": "Internal server error. Please try again later."
}Authorizations
API key for authentication. Get yours at platform.valyu.ai.
Path Parameters
DeepResearch task ID.
Body
application/json
Follow-up instruction to guide a running research task. Can only be sent before the writing phase begins.
Follow-up instruction for the research agent.
Example:
"Also compare the safety profiles across all trials"
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