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# Add Fact Triple

POST https://api.getzep.com/api/v2/graph/add-fact-triple
Content-Type: application/json

Add a fact triple for a user or group

Reference: https://help.getzep.com/sdk-reference/graph/add-fact-triple

## Request

### Body (application/json)

This endpoint expects a graphiti.AddTripleRequest.

- `fact` (string, required) — The fact relating the two nodes that this edge represents
- `fact_name` (string, required) — The name of the edge to add. Should be all caps using snake case (eg RELATES_TO)
- `target_node_name` (string, required) — The name of the target node to add
- `created_at` (string, optional) — The timestamp of the message
- `expired_at` (string, optional) — The time (if any) at which the edge expires
- `fact_uuid` (string, optional) — The uuid of the edge to add
- `group_id` (string, optional)
- `invalid_at` (string, optional) — The time (if any) at which the fact stops being true
- `source_node_name` (string, optional) — The name of the source node to add
- `source_node_summary` (string, optional) — The summary of the source node to add
- `source_node_uuid` (string, optional) — The source node uuid
- `target_node_summary` (string, optional) — The summary of the target node to add
- `target_node_uuid` (string, optional) — The target node uuid
- `user_id` (string, optional)
- `valid_at` (string, optional) — The time at which the fact becomes true

## Response

### 200

Resulting triple

- `edge` (graphiti.EntityEdge, optional)
- `source_node` (graphiti.EntityNode, optional)
- `target_node` (graphiti.EntityNode, optional)

## Errors

### 400 Bad Request Error

Bad Request

- `message` (string, optional)

### 500 Internal Server Error

Internal Server Error

- `message` (string, optional)

## Types

### graphiti.EntityEdge

- `created_at` (string, required) — Creation time of the edge
- `fact` (string, required) — Fact representing the edge and nodes that it connects
- `name` (string, required) — Name of the edge, relation name
- `source_node_uuid` (string, required) — UUID of the source node
- `target_node_uuid` (string, required) — UUID of the target node
- `uuid` (string, required) — UUID of the edge
- `attributes` (map from string to any, optional) — Additional attributes of the edge. Dependent on edge types
- `episodes` (list of string, optional) — List of episode ids that reference these entity edges
- `expired_at` (string, optional) — Datetime of when the node was invalidated
- `invalid_at` (string, optional) — Datetime of when the fact stopped being true
- `valid_at` (string, optional) — Datetime of when the fact became true

### graphiti.EntityNode

- `created_at` (string, required) — Creation time of the node
- `name` (string, required) — Name of the node
- `summary` (string, required) — Regional summary of surrounding edges
- `uuid` (string, required) — UUID of the node
- `attributes` (map from string to any, optional) — Additional attributes of the node. Dependent on node labels
- `labels` (list of string, optional) — Labels associated with the node

## Examples

**Request**

```json
{
  "fact": "is_manager_of",
  "fact_name": "IS_MANAGER_OF",
  "target_node_name": "Engineering Team"
}
```

**Response**

```json
{
  "edge": {
    "created_at": "2024-06-01T09:00:00Z",
    "fact": "is_manager_of",
    "name": "IS_MANAGER_OF",
    "source_node_uuid": "a1b2c3d4-e5f6-7890-abcd-ef1234567890",
    "target_node_uuid": "f0e1d2c3-b4a5-6789-0abc-def123456789",
    "uuid": "123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000",
    "attributes": {},
    "episodes": [
      "episode-1234"
    ],
    "expired_at": "2025-06-01T09:00:00Z",
    "invalid_at": "2025-06-01T09:00:00Z",
    "valid_at": "2024-06-01T09:00:00Z"
  },
  "source_node": {
    "created_at": "2023-01-15T08:30:00Z",
    "name": "Alice Johnson",
    "summary": "Senior software engineer and team lead",
    "uuid": "a1b2c3d4-e5f6-7890-abcd-ef1234567890",
    "attributes": {},
    "labels": [
      "User",
      "Employee"
    ]
  },
  "target_node": {
    "created_at": "2022-11-20T10:00:00Z",
    "name": "Engineering Team",
    "summary": "Team responsible for product development and maintenance",
    "uuid": "f0e1d2c3-b4a5-6789-0abc-def123456789",
    "attributes": {},
    "labels": [
      "Group",
      "Department"
    ]
  }
}
```

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