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Docs: Clarify which flows are backed up automatically, and suggest UTF-8 encoding for URLs with special characters
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1. If you modified the built-in flows or created custom flows in your [OpenRAG Langflow instance](/agents), and you want to preserve those changes, then you must [export your flows](https://docs.langflow.org/concepts-flows-import) before starting this process. Afterwards, you can import your flows or reference the exported flow JSON as needed. 1. If you modified the built-in flows or created custom flows in your [OpenRAG Langflow instance](/agents), [export your flows](https://docs.langflow.org/concepts-flows-import) before starting this process. Although OpenRAG can preserve changes to the built-in flows, it doesn't preserve user-created flows. As a general best practice, exporting your flows is recommended to create backups of your customizations. Afterwards, you can reimport your flows or reference the exported flow JSON as needed.

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## Ingest knowledge from URLs {#url-flow} ## Ingest knowledge from URLs {#url-flow}
When using the OpenRAG chat, you can enter URLs into the chat to be ingested in real-time during your conversation.
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Use [UTF-8 encoding](https://www.w3schools.com/tags/ref_urlencode.ASP) for URLs with special characters other than the standard slash, period, and colon characters.
For example, use `https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caf%C3%A9` instead of `https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Café` or `https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffee%5Fculture` instead of `https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffee_culture`.
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The **OpenSearch URL Ingestion** flow is used to ingest web content from URLs. The **OpenSearch URL Ingestion** flow is used to ingest web content from URLs.
This flow isn't directly accessible from the OpenRAG user interface. This flow isn't directly accessible from the OpenRAG user interface.
Instead, this flow is called by the [**OpenRAG OpenSearch Agent** flow](/chat#flow) as a Model Context Protocol (MCP) tool. Instead, this flow is called by the [**OpenRAG OpenSearch Agent** flow](/chat#flow) as a Model Context Protocol (MCP) tool.
The agent can call this component to fetch web content from a given URL, and then ingest that content into your OpenSearch knowledge base. The agent can call this component to fetch web content from a given URL, and then ingest that content into your OpenSearch knowledge base.
Like all OpenRAG flows, you can [inspect the flow in Langflow](/agents#inspect-and-modify-flows), and you can customize it. Like all OpenRAG flows, you can [inspect the flow in Langflow](/agents#inspect-and-modify-flows), and you can customize it.
For more information about MCP in Langflow, see the Langflow documentation on [MCP clients](https://docs.langflow.org/mcp-client) and [MCP servers](https://docs.langflow.org/mcp-tutorial). For more information about MCP in Langflow, see the Langflow documentation on [MCP clients](https://docs.langflow.org/mcp-client) and [MCP servers](https://docs.langflow.org/mcp-tutorial).
## Monitor ingestion ## Monitor ingestion

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3. Repeat the [setup process](/install#setup) to restart the services and launch the OpenRAG app. Your OpenRAG passwords, OAuth credentials (if previously set), and onboarding configuration are restored from the `.env` file. 3. Repeat the [setup process](/install#setup) to restart the services and launch the OpenRAG app. Your OpenRAG passwords, OAuth credentials (if previously set), and onboarding configuration are restored from the `.env` file.
4. If you exported customized flows, [import your flows](https://docs.langflow.org/concepts-flows-import) into Langflow after completing the onboarding process.
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