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You can automate note creation and manage blocks in a SiYuan knowledge base by sending curl requests to the SiYuan kernel API. This allows you to perform search, read, create, update, and delete operations on blocks, notes, and notebooks programmatically.

To connect to a SiYuan instance via curl, you need to set the SIYUAN_TOKEN and SIYUAN_URL environment variables. These variables authenticate your session and define the target endpoint for your local or remote instance.

Yes, you can use curl to search and retrieve document content from a remote SiYuan instance. By calling standard endpoints like /api/block/getBlockKramdown, you can read and manage file trees, attributes, and content across your self-hosted knowledge base.

The best way to bulk update notes and attributes in a self-hosted knowledge base is through programmatic API access. Using curl to send requests to the SiYuan API enables automated data entry, retrieval, and maintenance without manual UI interaction.

Yes, the SiYuan API supports deleting notebooks and managing file trees programmatically. It provides standard endpoints like /api/notebook/lsNotebooks to handle create, update, and delete operations across notebooks and documents via curl.