insert

Summary

Insert content into the document. Two input shapes: text-based (value + type) inserts inline content at a SelectionTarget or ref position within an existing block; structural SDFragment (content) inserts one or more blocks as siblings relative to a BlockNodeAddress target. When target/ref is omitted, content appends at the end of the document. Text mode supports text (default), markdown, and html content types via the type field. Structural mode uses placement (before/after/insideStart/insideEnd) to position relative to the target block.

Operation ID: insert
API member path: editor.doc.insert(...)
Mutates document: yes
Idempotency: non-idempotent
Supports tracked mode: yes
Supports dry run: yes
Deterministic target resolution: yes

Expected result

Returns an SDMutationReceipt with applied status; resolution reports the inserted TextAddress for text insertion or a BlockNodeAddress for structural insertion. Receipt reports NO_OP if the insertion point is invalid or content is empty.

Input fields

Variant 1.1 (target.kind=“selection”)

Field	Type	Required	Description
`in`	StoryLocator	no	StoryLocator
`target`	SelectionTarget	yes	SelectionTarget
`target.end`	SelectionPoint	yes	SelectionPoint
`target.kind`	`"selection"`	yes	Constant: `"selection"`
`target.start`	SelectionPoint	yes	SelectionPoint
`type`	enum	no	`"text"`, `"markdown"`, `"html"`
`value`	string	yes

Variant 1.2 (required: ref, value)

Field	Type	Required	Description
`in`	StoryLocator	no	StoryLocator
`ref`	string	yes
`type`	enum	no	`"text"`, `"markdown"`, `"html"`
`value`	string	yes

Variant 1.3 (required: value)

Field	Type	Required	Description
`in`	StoryLocator	no	StoryLocator
`type`	enum	no	`"text"`, `"markdown"`, `"html"`
`value`	string	yes

Variant 2 (target.kind=“block”)

Field	Type	Required	Description
`content`	object \	object[]	yes	One of: object, object[]
`in`	StoryLocator	no	StoryLocator
`nestingPolicy`	object	no
`nestingPolicy.tables`	enum	no	`"forbid"`, `"allow"`
`placement`	enum	no	`"before"`, `"after"`, `"insideStart"`, `"insideEnd"`
`target`	BlockNodeAddress	no	BlockNodeAddress
`target.kind`	`"block"`	no	Constant: `"block"`
`target.nodeId`	string	no
`target.nodeType`	enum	no	`"paragraph"`, `"heading"`, `"listItem"`, `"table"`, `"tableRow"`, `"tableCell"`, `"tableOfContents"`, `"image"`, `"sdt"`

Example request

{
  "content": {
    "content": [
      {
        "text": "example",
        "type": "text"
      }
    ],
    "type": "paragraph"
  },
  "placement": "after",
  "target": {
    "kind": "block",
    "nodeId": "node-def456",
    "nodeType": "paragraph"
  }
}

Output fields

Variant 1 (success=true)

Field	Type	Required	Description
`evaluatedRevision`	object	no
`evaluatedRevision.after`	string	no
`evaluatedRevision.before`	string	no
`resolution`	object	no
`resolution.range`	TextMutationRange	no	TextMutationRange
`resolution.range.from`	integer	no
`resolution.range.to`	integer	no
`resolution.selectionTarget`	SelectionTarget	no	SelectionTarget
`resolution.selectionTarget.end`	SelectionPoint	no	SelectionPoint
`resolution.selectionTarget.kind`	`"selection"`	no	Constant: `"selection"`
`resolution.selectionTarget.start`	SelectionPoint	no	SelectionPoint
`resolution.target`	TextAddress \	BlockNodeAddress	no	One of: TextAddress, BlockNodeAddress
`success`	`true`	yes	Constant: `true`

Variant 2 (success=false)

Field	Type	Required	Description
`evaluatedRevision`	object	no
`evaluatedRevision.after`	string	no
`evaluatedRevision.before`	string	no
`failure`	object	yes
`failure.code`	enum	yes	`"INVALID_TARGET"`, `"NO_OP"`, `"CAPABILITY_UNAVAILABLE"`, `"UNSUPPORTED_ENVIRONMENT"`, `"INVALID_NESTING"`, `"INVALID_PLACEMENT"`, `"INVALID_PAYLOAD"`, `"CAPABILITY_UNSUPPORTED"`, `"ADDRESS_STALE"`, `"DUPLICATE_ID"`, `"INVALID_CONTEXT"`, `"RAW_MODE_REQUIRED"`, `"PRESERVE_ONLY_VIOLATION"`, `"INVALID_INPUT"`
`failure.details`	any	no
`failure.message`	string	yes
`resolution`	object	no
`resolution.range`	TextMutationRange	no	TextMutationRange
`resolution.range.from`	integer	no
`resolution.range.to`	integer	no
`resolution.selectionTarget`	SelectionTarget	no	SelectionTarget
`resolution.selectionTarget.end`	SelectionPoint	no	SelectionPoint
`resolution.selectionTarget.kind`	`"selection"`	no	Constant: `"selection"`
`resolution.selectionTarget.start`	SelectionPoint	no	SelectionPoint
`resolution.target`	TextAddress \	BlockNodeAddress	no	One of: TextAddress, BlockNodeAddress
`success`	`false`	yes	Constant: `false`

Example response

{
  "evaluatedRevision": {
    "after": "rev-002",
    "before": "rev-001"
  },
  "resolution": {
    "range": {
      "from": 42,
      "to": 42
    },
    "target": {
      "kind": "block",
      "nodeId": "node-def456",
      "nodeType": "paragraph"
    }
  },
  "success": true
}

Pre-apply throws

TARGET_NOT_FOUND
CAPABILITY_UNAVAILABLE
INVALID_TARGET
INVALID_INPUT
ADDRESS_STALE
DUPLICATE_ID
RAW_MODE_REQUIRED
PRESERVE_ONLY_VIOLATION
CAPABILITY_UNSUPPORTED
STORY_NOT_FOUND
STORY_MISMATCH
STORY_NOT_SUPPORTED
CROSS_STORY_PLAN
MATERIALIZATION_FAILED

Non-applied failure codes

INVALID_TARGET
NO_OP
CAPABILITY_UNAVAILABLE
UNSUPPORTED_ENVIRONMENT
INVALID_NESTING
INVALID_PLACEMENT
INVALID_PAYLOAD
CAPABILITY_UNSUPPORTED
ADDRESS_STALE
DUPLICATE_ID
INVALID_CONTEXT
RAW_MODE_REQUIRED
PRESERVE_ONLY_VIOLATION
INVALID_INPUT

Raw schemas

Raw input schema

{
  "oneOf": [
    {
      "oneOf": [
        {
          "additionalProperties": false,
          "properties": {
            "in": {
              "$ref": "#/$defs/StoryLocator"
            },
            "target": {
              "$ref": "#/$defs/SelectionTarget",
              "description": "Selection target: {kind:'selection', start:{kind:'text', blockId, offset}, end:{kind:'text', blockId, offset}}."
            },
            "type": {
              "description": "Content format: 'text' (default), 'markdown', or 'html'.",
              "enum": [
                "text",
                "markdown",
                "html"
              ],
              "type": "string"
            },
            "value": {
              "description": "Text content to insert.",
              "type": "string"
            }
          },
          "required": [
            "target",
            "value"
          ],
          "type": "object"
        },
        {
          "additionalProperties": false,
          "properties": {
            "in": {
              "$ref": "#/$defs/StoryLocator"
            },
            "ref": {
              "description": "Handle ref from superdoc_search result (pass handle.ref value directly). Preferred over building a target object.",
              "type": "string"
            },
            "type": {
              "description": "Content format: 'text' (default), 'markdown', or 'html'.",
              "enum": [
                "text",
                "markdown",
                "html"
              ],
              "type": "string"
            },
            "value": {
              "description": "Text content to insert.",
              "type": "string"
            }
          },
          "required": [
            "ref",
            "value"
          ],
          "type": "object"
        },
        {
          "additionalProperties": false,
          "properties": {
            "in": {
              "$ref": "#/$defs/StoryLocator"
            },
            "type": {
              "description": "Content format: 'text' (default), 'markdown', or 'html'.",
              "enum": [
                "text",
                "markdown",
                "html"
              ],
              "type": "string"
            },
            "value": {
              "description": "Text content to insert.",
              "type": "string"
            }
          },
          "required": [
            "value"
          ],
          "type": "object"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "additionalProperties": false,
      "properties": {
        "content": {
          "description": "Document fragment to insert (structured content).",
          "oneOf": [
            {
              "type": "object"
            },
            {
              "items": {
                "type": "object"
              },
              "type": "array"
            }
          ]
        },
        "in": {
          "$ref": "#/$defs/StoryLocator"
        },
        "nestingPolicy": {
          "additionalProperties": false,
          "description": "Controls nesting behavior. tables: 'allow' permits inserting tables inside other tables.",
          "properties": {
            "tables": {
              "enum": [
                "forbid",
                "allow"
              ]
            }
          },
          "type": "object"
        },
        "placement": {
          "description": "Where to place content relative to target: 'before', 'after', 'insideStart', or 'insideEnd'.",
          "enum": [
            "before",
            "after",
            "insideStart",
            "insideEnd"
          ]
        },
        "target": {
          "$ref": "#/$defs/BlockNodeAddress",
          "description": "Block address for structural insertion: {kind:'block', nodeType:'...', nodeId:'...'}."
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "content"
      ],
      "type": "object"
    }
  ]
}

Raw output schema

{
  "oneOf": [
    {
      "additionalProperties": false,
      "properties": {
        "evaluatedRevision": {
          "additionalProperties": false,
          "properties": {
            "after": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "before": {
              "type": "string"
            }
          },
          "required": [
            "before",
            "after"
          ],
          "type": "object"
        },
        "resolution": {
          "additionalProperties": false,
          "properties": {
            "range": {
              "$ref": "#/$defs/TextMutationRange"
            },
            "selectionTarget": {
              "$ref": "#/$defs/SelectionTarget"
            },
            "target": {
              "oneOf": [
                {
                  "$ref": "#/$defs/TextAddress"
                },
                {
                  "$ref": "#/$defs/BlockNodeAddress"
                }
              ]
            }
          },
          "required": [
            "target",
            "range"
          ],
          "type": "object"
        },
        "success": {
          "const": true
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "success"
      ],
      "type": "object"
    },
    {
      "additionalProperties": false,
      "properties": {
        "evaluatedRevision": {
          "additionalProperties": false,
          "properties": {
            "after": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "before": {
              "type": "string"
            }
          },
          "required": [
            "before",
            "after"
          ],
          "type": "object"
        },
        "failure": {
          "additionalProperties": false,
          "properties": {
            "code": {
              "enum": [
                "INVALID_TARGET",
                "NO_OP",
                "CAPABILITY_UNAVAILABLE",
                "UNSUPPORTED_ENVIRONMENT",
                "INVALID_NESTING",
                "INVALID_PLACEMENT",
                "INVALID_PAYLOAD",
                "CAPABILITY_UNSUPPORTED",
                "ADDRESS_STALE",
                "DUPLICATE_ID",
                "INVALID_CONTEXT",
                "RAW_MODE_REQUIRED",
                "PRESERVE_ONLY_VIOLATION",
                "INVALID_INPUT"
              ]
            },
            "details": {},
            "message": {
              "type": "string"
            }
          },
          "required": [
            "code",
            "message"
          ],
          "type": "object"
        },
        "resolution": {
          "additionalProperties": false,
          "properties": {
            "range": {
              "$ref": "#/$defs/TextMutationRange"
            },
            "selectionTarget": {
              "$ref": "#/$defs/SelectionTarget"
            },
            "target": {
              "oneOf": [
                {
                  "$ref": "#/$defs/TextAddress"
                },
                {
                  "$ref": "#/$defs/BlockNodeAddress"
                }
              ]
            }
          },
          "required": [
            "target",
            "range"
          ],
          "type": "object"
        },
        "success": {
          "const": false
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "success",
        "failure"
      ],
      "type": "object"
    }
  ]
}

Raw success schema

{
  "additionalProperties": false,
  "properties": {
    "evaluatedRevision": {
      "additionalProperties": false,
      "properties": {
        "after": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "before": {
          "type": "string"
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "before",
        "after"
      ],
      "type": "object"
    },
    "resolution": {
      "additionalProperties": false,
      "properties": {
        "range": {
          "$ref": "#/$defs/TextMutationRange"
        },
        "selectionTarget": {
          "$ref": "#/$defs/SelectionTarget"
        },
        "target": {
          "oneOf": [
            {
              "$ref": "#/$defs/TextAddress"
            },
            {
              "$ref": "#/$defs/BlockNodeAddress"
            }
          ]
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "target",
        "range"
      ],
      "type": "object"
    },
    "success": {
      "const": true
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "success"
  ],
  "type": "object"
}

Raw failure schema

{
  "additionalProperties": false,
  "properties": {
    "evaluatedRevision": {
      "additionalProperties": false,
      "properties": {
        "after": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "before": {
          "type": "string"
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "before",
        "after"
      ],
      "type": "object"
    },
    "failure": {
      "additionalProperties": false,
      "properties": {
        "code": {
          "enum": [
            "INVALID_TARGET",
            "NO_OP",
            "CAPABILITY_UNAVAILABLE",
            "UNSUPPORTED_ENVIRONMENT",
            "INVALID_NESTING",
            "INVALID_PLACEMENT",
            "INVALID_PAYLOAD",
            "CAPABILITY_UNSUPPORTED",
            "ADDRESS_STALE",
            "DUPLICATE_ID",
            "INVALID_CONTEXT",
            "RAW_MODE_REQUIRED",
            "PRESERVE_ONLY_VIOLATION",
            "INVALID_INPUT"
          ]
        },
        "details": {},
        "message": {
          "type": "string"
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "code",
        "message"
      ],
      "type": "object"
    },
    "resolution": {
      "additionalProperties": false,
      "properties": {
        "range": {
          "$ref": "#/$defs/TextMutationRange"
        },
        "selectionTarget": {
          "$ref": "#/$defs/SelectionTarget"
        },
        "target": {
          "oneOf": [
            {
              "$ref": "#/$defs/TextAddress"
            },
            {
              "$ref": "#/$defs/BlockNodeAddress"
            }
          ]
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "target",
        "range"
      ],
      "type": "object"
    },
    "success": {
      "const": false
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "success",
    "failure"
  ],
  "type": "object"
}

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Summary

Expected result

Input fields

Variant 1.1 (target.kind=“selection”)

Variant 1.2 (required: ref, value)

Variant 1.3 (required: value)

Variant 2 (target.kind=“block”)

Example request

Output fields

Variant 1 (success=true)

Variant 2 (success=false)

Example response

Pre-apply throws

Non-applied failure codes

Raw schemas

Getting Started

Core

Document Engine

Modules

Extensions

Solutions

Guides

Resources

​Summary

​Expected result

​Input fields

​Variant 1.1 (target.kind=“selection”)

​Variant 1.2 (required: ref, value)

​Variant 1.3 (required: value)

​Variant 2 (target.kind=“block”)

​Example request

​Output fields

​Variant 1 (success=true)

​Variant 2 (success=false)

​Example response

​Pre-apply throws

​Non-applied failure codes

​Raw schemas

Summary

Expected result

Input fields

Variant 1.1 (target.kind=“selection”)

Variant 1.2 (required: ref, value)

Variant 1.3 (required: value)

Variant 2 (target.kind=“block”)

Example request

Output fields

Variant 1 (success=true)

Variant 2 (success=false)

Example response

Pre-apply throws

Non-applied failure codes

Raw schemas