> For clean Markdown of any page, append .md to the page URL.
> For a complete documentation index, see https://docs.livingbrain.com/api-reference/workspace/archive/llms.txt.
> For AI client integration (Claude Code, Cursor, etc.), connect to the MCP server at https://docs.livingbrain.com/_mcp/server.

# Archive a page

POST https://api.livingbrain.com/v1/brains/{brainId}/pages/{slug}/archive

Archive a page. Archived pages are hidden from lists and search until restored, but their content, versions, and connections are kept. Use `restore` to bring the page back.

Reference: https://docs.livingbrain.com/api-reference/workspace/archive

## Authentication

- `x-api-key` header (required) — Your Living Brain API key. Create one from the dashboard; keys are scoped to an organization and carry the role of the member they were issued to.

## Request

### Path parameters

- `brainId` (string, required) — Brain id
- `slug` (string, required) — Page slug

## Response

### 201

- `id` (string, required) — Page id
- `tenantId` (string, required) — Owning tenant id
- `subjectId` (string, required) — Owning subject id (host-defined)
- `brainId` (string, required) — Owning brain id
- `source` (BrainSourceDto, required, nullable) — Opaque provenance
- `pageType` (enum, required) — What kind of knowledge this page holds.
  - Allowed values: `source`, `topic`, `entity`, `project`, `decision`, `brief`
- `bucket` (enum, required) — Top-level grouping the page belongs to.
  - Allowed values: `inbox`, `notes`, `ideas`, `projects`
- `bucketSource` (enum, required) — Whether the bucket was set automatically or by the user
  - Allowed values: `auto`, `user`
- `slug` (string, required) — URL-safe identifier, unique per brain
- `title` (string, required) — Human-readable title.
- `summary` (string, required) — Short generated summary of the content.
- `body` (string, required) — Markdown body
- `entities` (list of string, required) — Named entities extracted from the body
- `sources` (list of BrainPageSourceRefDto, required) — Contributing ingest sources
- `backlinks` (list of string, required) — Wikilink slugs referenced by the body
- `embedding` (list of double, required) — Vector embedding used for semantic search (internal; can be large)
- `version` (integer, required) — Monotonic version, bumped on every compile/edit
- `pinned` (boolean, required) — Pinned pages rank first in the prompt index and are exempt from deprecation.
- `archived` (boolean, required) — Whether the page has been retired by the user.
- `status` (enum, required) — Lifecycle state. Deprecated and archived items are hidden from listings by default.
  - Allowed values: `active`, `deprecated`, `stale`, `contested`, `archived`
- `lastCompiledAt` (datetime, required) — ISO 8601 timestamp of the last time this page was recompiled from its sources.
- `lastReferencedAt` (datetime, required, nullable) — ISO 8601 timestamp of the last read. Reading a page bumps this, and it feeds the brain health score.
- `createdAt` (datetime, required) — ISO 8601 timestamp of when this record was created.
- `updatedAt` (datetime, required) — ISO 8601 timestamp of when this record was last modified.

## Errors

### 400 Bad Request Error

Validation failed (e.g. empty title/body, slug already in use)

- `statusCode` (integer, required) — HTTP status code
- `timestamp` (string, required) — ISO timestamp of the failure
- `path` (string, required) — Request path (query string stripped)
- `message` (string, required) — Human-readable error message
- `body` (ErrorResDtoBody, optional) — Original framework exception response when available, e.g. `{ statusCode, message, error }` with per-field validation messages

### 401 Unauthorized Error

Unauthorized

- `statusCode` (integer, required) — HTTP status code
- `timestamp` (string, required) — ISO timestamp of the failure
- `path` (string, required) — Request path (query string stripped)
- `message` (string, required) — Human-readable error message
- `body` (ErrorResDtoBody, optional) — Original framework exception response when available, e.g. `{ statusCode, message, error }` with per-field validation messages

### 404 Not Found Error

Brain, page, change, or connection not found

- `statusCode` (integer, required) — HTTP status code
- `timestamp` (string, required) — ISO timestamp of the failure
- `path` (string, required) — Request path (query string stripped)
- `message` (string, required) — Human-readable error message
- `body` (ErrorResDtoBody, optional) — Original framework exception response when available, e.g. `{ statusCode, message, error }` with per-field validation messages

## Types

### BrainSourceDto

- `channel` (string, required) — Provenance channel
- `ref` (string, optional, nullable) — Opaque host reference (e.g. agent id)
- `label` (string, optional, nullable) — Human-readable provenance label

### BrainPageSourceRefDto

- `ingestSourceId` (string, required) — Contributing ingest source id
- `chunkUuids` (list of string, required) — Knowledge chunk uuids backing the source
- `attachedAt` (datetime, required) — ISO 8601 timestamp of when this source was attached to the page.

### ErrorResDtoBody

Original framework exception response when available, e.g. `{ statusCode, message, error }` with per-field validation messages

## Examples

**Response**

```json
{
  "id": "string",
  "tenantId": "string",
  "subjectId": "string",
  "brainId": "string",
  "source": {
    "channel": "chat",
    "ref": "string",
    "label": "via Sales Agent"
  },
  "pageType": "source",
  "bucket": "inbox",
  "bucketSource": "auto",
  "slug": "string",
  "title": "string",
  "summary": "string",
  "body": "string",
  "entities": [
    "string"
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "ingestSourceId": "string",
      "chunkUuids": [
        "string"
      ],
      "attachedAt": "2024-01-15T09:30:00Z"
    }
  ],
  "backlinks": [
    "string"
  ],
  "embedding": [
    1.1
  ],
  "version": 1,
  "pinned": true,
  "archived": true,
  "status": "active",
  "lastCompiledAt": "2024-01-15T09:30:00Z",
  "lastReferencedAt": "2024-01-15T09:30:00Z",
  "createdAt": "2024-01-15T09:30:00Z",
  "updatedAt": "2024-01-15T09:30:00Z"
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "https://api.livingbrain.com/v1/brains/brainId/pages/slug/archive"

headers = {"x-api-key": "<apiKey>"}

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

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'https://api.livingbrain.com/v1/brains/brainId/pages/slug/archive';
const options = {method: 'POST', headers: {'x-api-key': '<apiKey>'}};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.livingbrain.com/v1/brains/brainId/pages/slug/archive"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, nil)

	req.Header.Add("x-api-key", "<apiKey>")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.livingbrain.com/v1/brains/brainId/pages/slug/archive")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["x-api-key"] = '<apiKey>'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.livingbrain.com/v1/brains/brainId/pages/slug/archive")
  .header("x-api-key", "<apiKey>")
  .asString();
```

```php
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('POST', 'https://api.livingbrain.com/v1/brains/brainId/pages/slug/archive', [
  'headers' => [
    'x-api-key' => '<apiKey>',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://api.livingbrain.com/v1/brains/brainId/pages/slug/archive");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.POST);
request.AddHeader("x-api-key", "<apiKey>");
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let headers = ["x-api-key": "<apiKey>"]

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://api.livingbrain.com/v1/brains/brainId/pages/slug/archive")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "POST"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```