diff --git a/docs/backend/native_api.ipynb b/docs/backend/native_api.ipynb
index 57ffa14af..798ba248a 100644
--- a/docs/backend/native_api.ipynb
+++ b/docs/backend/native_api.ipynb
@@ -4,18 +4,19 @@
    "cell_type": "markdown",
    "metadata": {},
    "source": [
-    "# Native API\n",
+    "# Native APIs\n",
     "\n",
-    "Apart from the OpenAI compatible API, the SGLang Runtime also provides its native server API. We introduce these following API:\n",
+    "Apart from the OpenAI compatible APIs, the SGLang Runtime also provides its native server APIs. We introduce these following APIs:\n",
     "\n",
     "- `/generate`\n",
-    "- `/update_weights`\n",
     "- `/get_server_args`\n",
     "- `/get_model_info`\n",
     "- `/health`\n",
     "- `/health_generate`\n",
     "- `/flush_cache`\n",
     "- `/get_memory_pool_size`\n",
+    "- `/update_weights`\n",
+    "- `/encode`\n",
     "\n",
     "We mainly use `requests` to test these APIs in the following examples. You can also use `curl`."
    ]
@@ -68,7 +69,7 @@
     "import requests\n",
     "\n",
     "url = \"http://localhost:30010/generate\"\n",
-    "data = {\"text\": \"List 3 countries and their capitals.\"}\n",
+    "data = {\"text\": \"What is the capital of France?\"}\n",
     "\n",
     "response = requests.post(url, json=data)\n",
     "print_highlight(response.text)"
@@ -78,7 +79,7 @@
    "cell_type": "markdown",
    "metadata": {},
    "source": [
-    "# Get Server Args\n",
+    "## Get Server Args\n",
     "\n",
     "Used to get the serving args when the server is launched."
    ]
@@ -252,13 +253,57 @@
     ")"
    ]
   },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "markdown",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "source": [
+    "## Encode\n",
+    "\n",
+    "Used to encode text into embeddings. Note that this API is only available for [embedding models](./openai_embedding_api.ipynb) and will raise an error for generation models.\n",
+    "Therefore, we launch a new server to server an embedding model.\n"
+   ]
+  },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": 22,
+   "execution_count": null,
    "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [],
    "source": [
-    "terminate_process(server_process)"
+    "terminate_process(server_process)\n",
+    "\n",
+    "embedding_process = execute_shell_command(\n",
+    "    \"\"\"\n",
+    "python -m sglang.launch_server --model-path Alibaba-NLP/gte-Qwen2-7B-instruct \\\n",
+    "    --port 30020 --host 0.0.0.0 --is-embedding\n",
+    "\"\"\"\n",
+    ")\n",
+    "\n",
+    "wait_for_server(\"http://localhost:30020\")"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": null,
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [],
+   "source": [
+    "# successful encode for embedding model\n",
+    "\n",
+    "url = \"http://localhost:30020/encode\"\n",
+    "data = {\"model\": \"Alibaba-NLP/gte-Qwen2-7B-instruct\", \"text\": \"Once upon a time\"}\n",
+    "\n",
+    "response = requests.post(url, json=data)\n",
+    "response_json = response.json()\n",
+    "print_highlight(f\"Text embedding (first 10): {response_json['embedding'][:10]}\")"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": 43,
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [],
+   "source": [
+    "terminate_process(embedding_process)"
    ]
   }
  ],
diff --git a/docs/backend/openai_api_embeddings.ipynb b/docs/backend/openai_api_embeddings.ipynb
index 41ed3f775..8769d1710 100644
--- a/docs/backend/openai_api_embeddings.ipynb
+++ b/docs/backend/openai_api_embeddings.ipynb
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@
   },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": null,
+   "execution_count": 6,
    "metadata": {
     "execution": {
      "iopub.execute_input": "2024-11-01T02:48:01.875204Z",
diff --git a/docs/start/send_request.ipynb b/docs/start/send_request.ipynb
index 0d4f7474a..df2187ca0 100644
--- a/docs/start/send_request.ipynb
+++ b/docs/start/send_request.ipynb
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
    "cell_type": "markdown",
    "metadata": {},
    "source": [
-    "## Using Requests"
+    "## Using Python Requests"
    ]
   },
   {