JSONKnowledgeSource Error Failed to upsert documents: Request URL is missing a URL scheme

TL;DR

Contributor Vidit-Ostwal identified a bug in crewai 0.121.0 specific to.ipynb notebooks: reporter fzozyurt confirmed 'the problem was solved when I tried it in Python' (.py files instead of the notebook).

Steps

1. Issue crewAIInc/crewAI#2746 (closed, 21 comments): ### Description Hello, I call Knowledge with JSONKnowledgeSource(filepaths=["log.json"]) in CrewAI, and I use Huggingface as Embedding, but I get an error like the one below. When I use StringKnowledgeSource instead of JSON, it does not give this error and does the operation. I think there is a problem with JSON. The error I get is: [2025-04-26 14:27:54][ERROR]: Failed to upsert documents: Request URL is missing an 'http://' or 'https://' protocol. in upsert. Code: ` jsonsource = JSONKnowledgeSource(filepaths=["log.json"]) crew = Crew( agents=[agent], tasks=[sampletask], process=Process.se
2. Contributor Vidit-Ostwal identified a bug in crewai 0.121.0 specific to .ipynb notebooks: reporter fzozyurt confirmed 'the problem was solved when I tried it in Python' (.py files instead of the notebook). If hitting the upsert error, run as a plain Python script or upgrade past 0.121.0; also verify the embedder config uses an api_url with http(s):// for HuggingFace TEI embeddings.

When to use

You are seeing this: I think there is a problem with JSON. Use this skill when you run into "[BUG] JSONKnowledgeSource Error Failed to upsert documents: Request URL is missing an 'http://' or 'https://' protocol".

When not to use

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Versions

Versions mentioned in the source: crewai 0.121.0. If you are on something much newer or older, the details may have shifted.

Why this happens

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In gh:crewAIInc/crewAI#2746 (https://github.com/crewAIInc/crewAI/issues/2746), someone reported: Issue crewAIInc/crewAI#2746 (closed, 21 comments): ### Description Hello, I call Knowledge with JSONKnowledgeSource(filepaths=["log.json"]) in CrewAI, and I use Huggingface as Embedding, but I get an error like the one below. When I use StringKnowledgeSource instead of JSON, it does not give this error and does the operation. I think there is a problem with JSON. The error I get is: [2025-04-26 14:27:54][ERROR]: Failed to upsert documents: Request URL is missing an 'http://' or 'https://' protocol. in upsert. Code: ` jsonsource = JSONKnowledgeSource(filepaths=["log.json"]) crew = Crew( agents=[agent], tasks=[sampletask], process=Process.se The verified resolution from the thread: Contributor Vidit-Ostwal identified a bug in crewai 0.121.0 specific to .ipynb notebooks: reporter fzozyurt confirmed 'the problem was solved when I tried it in Python' (.py files instead of the notebook). If hitting the upsert error, run as a plain Python script or upgrade past 0.121.0; also verify the embedder config uses an api_url with http(s):// for HuggingFace TEI embeddings.