Ask a question to a specific bot

Available since Strategy ONE (June 2025)

Use this API to submit a question to a specific Auto Bot and receive an question ID.

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Obtain the authorization token needed to execute the request using POST /api/auth/login.

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Sample Request Headers:

Header	Required	Description	Sample Value
X-MSTR-AuthToken	Yes	Authorization Token	t40ltbk411923ipk85r8r0tace
Prefer	Yes	The response mode, which must be respond-async.	respond-async
Content-Type	Yes	Type of content being sent	application/json

Sample Request Body:

Field	Required	Description	Sample Value
question	Yes	The question text	Which customer has the highest revenue?
bots	Yes	The bot to which the question is directed. Only one bot is supported.	[{"id": "065B007500614D158B41B0D020C96966", "projectId": "B7CA92F04B9FAE8D941C3E9B7E0CD754"}]
answers.images	No	Optional. If not specified, the image is not generated. Supports one image.	[{"width": 800, "height": 600}]
history	No	Optional. Previous questions and answers. Supports up to 5 entries.	[{"id": "B7CA92F04B9FAE8D941C3E9B7E0CD754:065B007500614D158B41B0D020C96966:E41CC2178F6042BCAAD72E322E802A90", "question": "show the monthly percentage development of the revenue in euros compared to the previous month for branch a013.. today's date is 04-march-2025. make sure to do correct datetime based calculation.", "text": "The monthly percentage development of revenue in euros for branch A013 shows fluctuations over the observed period. Starting in September 2024, there was an 8% decrease in revenue compared to the previous month. This was followed by a smaller decline of 3% in October 2024. November 2024 saw a slight increase of 1%, while December 2024 experienced a significant rise of 42%. However, in January 2025, there was a notable decrease of 19% in revenue compared to December 2024." }, {"id": "B7CA92F04B9FAE8D941C3E9B7E0CD754:065B007500614D158B41B0D020C96966:5720DC60EBB648FFAFCDE05A7363395B", "question": "what was the revenue in euros for branch a013 in december 2024?", "text": "The revenue in euros for branch A013 in December 2024 was €4,519,521." }]

note

Get the history questions by GET /api/questions?botId={botId}.

{
  "question": "What was the Umsatz in Euro in Kristallhöhle during 2024/10 Okt?",
  "bots": [
    {
      "id": "065B007500614D158B41B0D020C96966",
      "projectId": "B7CA92F04B9FAE8D941C3E9B7E0CD754"
    }
  ],
  "answers": {
    "images": [
      {
        "width": 800,
        "height": 600
      }
    ]
  },
  "history": [
    {
      "id": "B7CA92F04B9FAE8D941C3E9B7E0CD754:065B007500614D158B41B0D020C96966:E41CC2178F6042BCAAD72E322E802A90",
      "question": "show the monthly percentage development of the revenue in euros compared to the previous month for branch a013.. today's date is 04-march-2025. make sure to do correct datetime based calculation.",
      "text": "The monthly percentage development of revenue in euros for branch A013 shows fluctuations over the observed period. Starting in September 2024, there was an 8% decrease in revenue compared to the previous month. This was followed by a smaller decline of 3% in October 2024. November 2024 saw a slight increase of 1%, while December 2024 experienced a significant rise of 42%. However, in January 2025, there was a notable decrease of 19% in revenue compared to December 2024."
    },
    {
      "id": "B7CA92F04B9FAE8D941C3E9B7E0CD754:065B007500614D158B41B0D020C96966:5720DC60EBB648FFAFCDE05A7363395B",
      "question": "what was the revenue in euros for branch a013 in december 2024?",
      "text": "The revenue in euros for branch A013 in December 2024 was €4,519,521."
    }
  ]
}

Sample Curl:

curl 'https://demo.microstrategy.com/MicroStrategyLibrary/api/questions' \
-X 'POST' \
--header 'X-MSTR-AuthToken: t40ltbk411923ipk85r8r0tace' \
--header 'X-MSTR-ProjectID: FCC1924411EAABC39C6C0080EFA54501' \
--header 'Prefer: respond-async' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '{
    "question": "What was the Umsatz in Euro in Kristallhöhle during 2024/10 Okt?",
    "bots": [
        {
            "id": "065B007500614D158B41B0D020C96966",
            "projectId": "B7CA92F04B9FAE8D941C3E9B7E0CD754"
        }
    ],
    "answers": {
      "images": [
        {
          "width": 800,
          "height": 600
        }
      ]
    },
    "history": [
        {
          "id": "B7CA92F04B9FAE8D941C3E9B7E0CD754:065B007500614D158B41B0D020C96966:E41CC2178F6042BCAAD72E322E802A90",
          "question": "show the monthly percentage development of the revenue in euros compared to the previous month for branch a013.. today's date is 04-march-2025. make sure to do correct datetime based calculation.",
          "text": "The monthly percentage development of revenue in euros for branch A013 shows fluctuations over the observed period. Starting in September 2024, there was an 8% decrease in revenue compared to the previous month. This was followed by a smaller decline of 3% in October 2024. November 2024 saw a slight increase of 1%, while December 2024 experienced a significant rise of 42%. However, in January 2025, there was a notable decrease of 19% in revenue compared to December 2024."
        },
        {
          "id": "B7CA92F04B9FAE8D941C3E9B7E0CD754:065B007500614D158B41B0D020C96966:5720DC60EBB648FFAFCDE05A7363395B",
          "question": "what was the revenue in euros for branch a013 in december 2024?",
          "text": "The revenue in euros for branch A013 in December 2024 was €4,519,521."
        }
    ]
}'

Sample Response:

Response Code	Status
202	Successfully accepted the question
400	Error in accepting the question
401	Authorization failed
404	No bot found

Sample Response Body on success:

{
  "id": "9161386651E84054A6230796C84E12C5:68696ADB633946B4B430ABD959433B3B:FCC1C28296014AB19ABD877E60590890"
}

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