# Configure Collection

## Configure Collection

You can easily enable/disable whether a collection is publicly readable, or update the description of a collection.

{% hint style="info" %}
The `public_read` flag makes the collection publicly readable. You could send an ask request with no `Api-Key`. This is useful when you want to expose such as a chatbot on your website to automatically answer questions from customers.
{% endhint %}

{% hint style="info" %}
<https://github.com/ChatBees/chatbees-chat-widget>, the simple chatbot, you can customize and add to your website.
{% endhint %}

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="HTTP" %}

```
POST /collections/configure HTTP/1.1
Api-Key: my_api_key
Content-Type: application/json
Host: my_account_id.us-west-2.aws.chatbees.ai

{
  "namespace_name": "string",
  "collection_name": "string",
  // description is Optional
  "description": "string" or null,
  // Optional, whether the collection is publicly readable
  "public_read": bool or null,
}

Response:
{}
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Python" %}

```
import chatbees as cb

# Configure to use the API key
cb.init(api_key="my_api_key", account_id='my_account_id')

# set public_read to true, if you want the collection to 
# be publicly readable
cb.configure_collection(collection_name='llm_research', public_read=True)
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}


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