diff --git a/fern/openapi/openapi.json b/fern/openapi/openapi.json
index 0fa73d5c..6c6635b9 100644
--- a/fern/openapi/openapi.json
+++ b/fern/openapi/openapi.json
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@
           "Ingestion"
         ],
         "summary": "Ingest",
-        "description": "Ingests and processes a file, storing its chunks to be used as context.\n\nThe context obtained from files is later used in\n`/chat/completions`, `/completions`, and `/chunks` APIs.\n\nMost common document\nformats are supported, but you may be prompted to install an extra dependency to\nmanage a specific file type.\n\nA file can generate different Documents (for example a PDF generates one Document\nper page). All Documents IDs are returned in the response, together with the\nextracted Metadata (which is later used to improve context retrieval). Those IDs\ncan be used to filter the context used to create responses in\n`/chat/completions`, `/completions`, and `/chunks` APIs.",
+        "description": "Ingests and processes a file.\n\nDeprecated. Use ingest/file instead.",
         "operationId": "ingest_v1_ingest_post",
         "requestBody": {
           "content": {
@@ -149,6 +149,91 @@
           },
           "required": true
         },
+        "responses": {
+          "200": {
+            "description": "Successful Response",
+            "content": {
+              "application/json": {
+                "schema": {
+                  "$ref": "#/components/schemas/IngestResponse"
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          },
+          "422": {
+            "description": "Validation Error",
+            "content": {
+              "application/json": {
+                "schema": {
+                  "$ref": "#/components/schemas/HTTPValidationError"
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          }
+        },
+        "deprecated": true
+      }
+    },
+    "/v1/ingest/file": {
+      "post": {
+        "tags": [
+          "Ingestion"
+        ],
+        "summary": "Ingest File",
+        "description": "Ingests and processes a file, storing its chunks to be used as context.\n\nThe context obtained from files is later used in\n`/chat/completions`, `/completions`, and `/chunks` APIs.\n\nMost common document\nformats are supported, but you may be prompted to install an extra dependency to\nmanage a specific file type.\n\nA file can generate different Documents (for example a PDF generates one Document\nper page). All Documents IDs are returned in the response, together with the\nextracted Metadata (which is later used to improve context retrieval). Those IDs\ncan be used to filter the context used to create responses in\n`/chat/completions`, `/completions`, and `/chunks` APIs.",
+        "operationId": "ingest_file_v1_ingest_file_post",
+        "requestBody": {
+          "content": {
+            "multipart/form-data": {
+              "schema": {
+                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Body_ingest_file_v1_ingest_file_post"
+              }
+            }
+          },
+          "required": true
+        },
+        "responses": {
+          "200": {
+            "description": "Successful Response",
+            "content": {
+              "application/json": {
+                "schema": {
+                  "$ref": "#/components/schemas/IngestResponse"
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          },
+          "422": {
+            "description": "Validation Error",
+            "content": {
+              "application/json": {
+                "schema": {
+                  "$ref": "#/components/schemas/HTTPValidationError"
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    },
+    "/v1/ingest/text": {
+      "post": {
+        "tags": [
+          "Ingestion"
+        ],
+        "summary": "Ingest Text",
+        "description": "Ingests and processes a text, storing its chunks to be used as context.\n\nThe context obtained from files is later used in\n`/chat/completions`, `/completions`, and `/chunks` APIs.\n\nA Document will be generated with the given text. The Document\nID is returned in the response, together with the\nextracted Metadata (which is later used to improve context retrieval). That ID\ncan be used to filter the context used to create responses in\n`/chat/completions`, `/completions`, and `/chunks` APIs.",
+        "operationId": "ingest_text_v1_ingest_text_post",
+        "requestBody": {
+          "content": {
+            "application/json": {
+              "schema": {
+                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/IngestTextBody"
+              }
+            }
+          },
+          "required": true
+        },
         "responses": {
           "200": {
             "description": "Successful Response",
@@ -303,6 +388,20 @@
   },
   "components": {
     "schemas": {
+      "Body_ingest_file_v1_ingest_file_post": {
+        "properties": {
+          "file": {
+            "type": "string",
+            "format": "binary",
+            "title": "File"
+          }
+        },
+        "type": "object",
+        "required": [
+          "file"
+        ],
+        "title": "Body_ingest_file_v1_ingest_file_post"
+      },
       "Body_ingest_v1_ingest_post": {
         "properties": {
           "file": {
@@ -735,6 +834,30 @@
         ],
         "title": "IngestResponse"
       },
+      "IngestTextBody": {
+        "properties": {
+          "file_name": {
+            "type": "string",
+            "title": "File Name",
+            "examples": [
+              "Avatar: The Last Airbender"
+            ]
+          },
+          "text": {
+            "type": "string",
+            "title": "Text",
+            "examples": [
+              "Avatar is set in an Asian and Arctic-inspired world in which some people can telekinetically manipulate one of the four elements\u2014water, earth, fire or air\u2014through practices known as 'bending', inspired by Chinese martial arts."
+            ]
+          }
+        },
+        "type": "object",
+        "required": [
+          "file_name",
+          "text"
+        ],
+        "title": "IngestTextBody"
+      },
       "IngestedDoc": {
         "properties": {
           "object": {
diff --git a/private_gpt/server/ingest/ingest_router.py b/private_gpt/server/ingest/ingest_router.py
index 5e1f94bf..56adba46 100644
--- a/private_gpt/server/ingest/ingest_router.py
+++ b/private_gpt/server/ingest/ingest_router.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from typing import Literal
 
 from fastapi import APIRouter, Depends, HTTPException, Request, UploadFile
-from pydantic import BaseModel
+from pydantic import BaseModel, Field
 
 from private_gpt.server.ingest.ingest_service import IngestService
 from private_gpt.server.ingest.model import IngestedDoc
@@ -10,14 +10,35 @@ from private_gpt.server.utils.auth import authenticated
 ingest_router = APIRouter(prefix="/v1", dependencies=[Depends(authenticated)])
 
 
+class IngestTextBody(BaseModel):
+    file_name: str = Field(examples=["Avatar: The Last Airbender"])
+    text: str = Field(
+        examples=[
+            "Avatar is set in an Asian and Arctic-inspired world in which some "
+            "people can telekinetically manipulate one of the four elements—water, "
+            "earth, fire or air—through practices known as 'bending', inspired by "
+            "Chinese martial arts."
+        ]
+    )
+
+
 class IngestResponse(BaseModel):
     object: Literal["list"]
     model: Literal["private-gpt"]
     data: list[IngestedDoc]
 
 
-@ingest_router.post("/ingest", tags=["Ingestion"])
+@ingest_router.post("/ingest", tags=["Ingestion"], deprecated=True)
 def ingest(request: Request, file: UploadFile) -> IngestResponse:
+    """Ingests and processes a file.
+
+    Deprecated. Use ingest/file instead.
+    """
+    return ingest_file(request, file)
+
+
+@ingest_router.post("/ingest/file", tags=["Ingestion"])
+def ingest_file(request: Request, file: UploadFile) -> IngestResponse:
     """Ingests and processes a file, storing its chunks to be used as context.
 
     The context obtained from files is later used in
@@ -40,6 +61,26 @@ def ingest(request: Request, file: UploadFile) -> IngestResponse:
     return IngestResponse(object="list", model="private-gpt", data=ingested_documents)
 
 
+@ingest_router.post("/ingest/text", tags=["Ingestion"])
+def ingest_text(request: Request, body: IngestTextBody) -> IngestResponse:
+    """Ingests and processes a text, storing its chunks to be used as context.
+
+    The context obtained from files is later used in
+    `/chat/completions`, `/completions`, and `/chunks` APIs.
+
+    A Document will be generated with the given text. The Document
+    ID is returned in the response, together with the
+    extracted Metadata (which is later used to improve context retrieval). That ID
+    can be used to filter the context used to create responses in
+    `/chat/completions`, `/completions`, and `/chunks` APIs.
+    """
+    service = request.state.injector.get(IngestService)
+    if len(body.file_name) == 0:
+        raise HTTPException(400, "No file name provided")
+    ingested_documents = service.ingest_text(body.file_name, body.text)
+    return IngestResponse(object="list", model="private-gpt", data=ingested_documents)
+
+
 @ingest_router.get("/ingest/list", tags=["Ingestion"])
 def list_ingested(request: Request) -> IngestResponse:
     """Lists already ingested Documents including their Document ID and metadata.
diff --git a/private_gpt/server/ingest/ingest_service.py b/private_gpt/server/ingest/ingest_service.py
index 4112024e..3b8373d4 100644
--- a/private_gpt/server/ingest/ingest_service.py
+++ b/private_gpt/server/ingest/ingest_service.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import logging
 import tempfile
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import BinaryIO
+from typing import AnyStr, BinaryIO
 
 from injector import inject, singleton
 from llama_index import (
@@ -53,16 +53,7 @@ class IngestService:
             self.storage_context, self.ingest_service_context, settings=settings()
         )
 
-    def ingest(self, file_name: str, file_data: Path) -> list[IngestedDoc]:
-        logger.info("Ingesting file_name=%s", file_name)
-        documents = self.ingest_component.ingest(file_name, file_data)
-        return [IngestedDoc.from_document(document) for document in documents]
-
-    def ingest_bin_data(
-        self, file_name: str, raw_file_data: BinaryIO
-    ) -> list[IngestedDoc]:
-        logger.debug("Ingesting binary data with file_name=%s", file_name)
-        file_data = raw_file_data.read()
+    def _ingest_data(self, file_name: str, file_data: AnyStr) -> list[IngestedDoc]:
         logger.debug("Got file data of size=%s to ingest", len(file_data))
         # llama-index mainly supports reading from files, so
         # we have to create a tmp file to read for it to work
@@ -74,11 +65,27 @@ class IngestService:
                     path_to_tmp.write_bytes(file_data)
                 else:
                     path_to_tmp.write_text(str(file_data))
-                return self.ingest(file_name, path_to_tmp)
+                return self.ingest_file(file_name, path_to_tmp)
             finally:
                 tmp.close()
                 path_to_tmp.unlink()
 
+    def ingest_file(self, file_name: str, file_data: Path) -> list[IngestedDoc]:
+        logger.info("Ingesting file_name=%s", file_name)
+        documents = self.ingest_component.ingest(file_name, file_data)
+        return [IngestedDoc.from_document(document) for document in documents]
+
+    def ingest_text(self, file_name: str, text: str) -> list[IngestedDoc]:
+        logger.debug("Ingesting text data with file_name=%s", file_name)
+        return self._ingest_data(file_name, text)
+
+    def ingest_bin_data(
+        self, file_name: str, raw_file_data: BinaryIO
+    ) -> list[IngestedDoc]:
+        logger.debug("Ingesting binary data with file_name=%s", file_name)
+        file_data = raw_file_data.read()
+        return self._ingest_data(file_name, file_data)
+
     def bulk_ingest(self, files: list[tuple[str, Path]]) -> list[IngestedDoc]:
         logger.info("Ingesting file_names=%s", [f[0] for f in files])
         documents = self.ingest_component.bulk_ingest(files)
diff --git a/scripts/ingest_folder.py b/scripts/ingest_folder.py
index 37344ea5..fc1740a2 100755
--- a/scripts/ingest_folder.py
+++ b/scripts/ingest_folder.py
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ class LocalIngestWorker:
         try:
             if changed_path.exists():
                 logger.info(f"Started ingesting file={changed_path}")
-                self.ingest_service.ingest(changed_path.name, changed_path)
+                self.ingest_service.ingest_file(changed_path.name, changed_path)
                 logger.info(f"Completed ingesting file={changed_path}")
         except Exception:
             logger.exception(
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/ingest_helper.py b/tests/fixtures/ingest_helper.py
index 4f0fbdf2..25515f4e 100644
--- a/tests/fixtures/ingest_helper.py
+++ b/tests/fixtures/ingest_helper.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ class IngestHelper:
     def ingest_file(self, path: Path) -> IngestResponse:
         files = {"file": (path.name, path.open("rb"))}
 
-        response = self.test_client.post("/v1/ingest", files=files)
+        response = self.test_client.post("/v1/ingest/file", files=files)
         assert response.status_code == 200
         ingest_result = IngestResponse.model_validate(response.json())
         return ingest_result
diff --git a/tests/server/ingest/test_ingest_routes.py b/tests/server/ingest/test_ingest_routes.py
index a844ee62..896410a1 100644
--- a/tests/server/ingest/test_ingest_routes.py
+++ b/tests/server/ingest/test_ingest_routes.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ from pathlib import Path
 
 from fastapi.testclient import TestClient
 
+from private_gpt.server.ingest.ingest_router import IngestResponse
 from tests.fixtures.ingest_helper import IngestHelper
 
 
@@ -34,3 +35,12 @@ def test_ingest_list_returns_something_after_ingestion(
     assert (
         count_ingest_after == count_ingest_before + 1
     ), "The temp doc should be returned"
+
+
+def test_ingest_plain_text(test_client: TestClient) -> None:
+    response = test_client.post(
+        "/v1/ingest/text", json={"file_name": "file_name", "text": "text"}
+    )
+    assert response.status_code == 200
+    ingest_result = IngestResponse.model_validate(response.json())
+    assert len(ingest_result.data) == 1