Indexes

The /indexes route allows you to create, manage, and delete your indexes.

The /indexes route allows you to create, manage, and delete your indexes.

Learn more about indexes.

Index object

{
  "uid": "movies",
  "createdAt": "2022-02-10T07:45:15.628261Z",
  "updatedAt": "2022-02-21T15:28:43.496574Z",
  "primaryKey": "id"
}

Name	Type	Default value	Description
uid	String	N/A	Unique identifier of the index. Once created, it cannot be changed
createdAt	String	N/A	Creation date of the index, represented in RFC 3339 format. Auto-generated on index creation
updatedAt	String	N/A	Latest date of index update, represented in RFC 3339 format. Auto-generated on index creation or update
primaryKey	String / null	null	Primary key of the index. If not specified, Meilisearch guesses your primary key from the first document you add to the index

List all indexes

GET

/indexes

List all indexes. Results can be paginated by using the offset and limit query parameters.

Query parameters

Query parameter	Description	Default value
offset	Number of indexes to skip	0
limit	Number of indexes to return	20

Response

Name	Type	Description
results	Array	An array of indexes
offset	Integer	Number of indexes skipped
limit	Integer	Number of indexes returned
total	Integer	Total number of indexes

Example

cURL

curl \
  -X GET 'MEILISEARCH_URL/indexes?limit=3'

Response: 200 Ok

{
  "results": [
    {
      "uid": "books",
      "createdAt": "2022-03-08T10:00:27.377346Z",
      "updatedAt": "2022-03-08T10:00:27.391209Z",
      "primaryKey": "id"
    },
    {
      "uid": "meteorites",
      "createdAt": "2022-03-08T10:00:44.518768Z",
      "updatedAt": "2022-03-08T10:00:44.582083Z",
      "primaryKey": "id"
    },
    {
      "uid": "movies",
      "createdAt": "2022-02-10T07:45:15.628261Z",
      "updatedAt": "2022-02-21T15:28:43.496574Z",
      "primaryKey": "id"
    }
  ],
  "offset": 0,
  "limit": 3,
  "total": 5
}  

Get one index

GET

/indexes/{index_uid}

Get information about an index.

Path parameters

Name	Type	Description
index_uid *	String	uid of the requested index

Example

cURL

curl \
  -X GET 'MEILISEARCH_URL/indexes/movies'

Response: 200 Ok

{
  "uid": "movies",
  "createdAt": "2022-02-10T07:45:15.628261Z",
  "updatedAt": "2022-02-21T15:28:43.496574Z",
  "primaryKey": "id"
}

Create an index

POST

/indexes

Create an index.

Body

Name	Type	Default value	Description
uid *	String	N/A	uid of the requested index
primaryKey	String / null	null	Primary key of the requested index

{
  "uid": "movies",
  "primaryKey": "id"
}

Example

cURL

curl \
  -X POST 'MEILISEARCH_URL/indexes' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data-binary '{
    "uid": "movies",
    "primaryKey": "id"
  }'

Response: 202 Accepted

{
  "taskUid": 0,
  "indexUid": "movies",
  "status": "enqueued",
  "type": "indexCreation",
  "enqueuedAt": "2021-08-12T10:00:00.000000Z"
}

You can use the response’s taskUid to track the status of your request.

Update an index

PATCH

/indexes/{index_uid}

Update an index’s primary key. You can freely update the primary key of an index as long as it contains no documents.

To change the primary key of an index that already contains documents, you must first delete all documents in that index. You may then change the primary key and index your dataset again.

It is not possible to change an index’s uid.

Path parameters

Name	Type	Description
index_uid *	String	uid of the requested index

Body

Name	Type	Default value	Description
primaryKey *	String / null	N/A	Primary key of the requested index

Example

cURL

curl \
  -X PATCH 'MEILISEARCH_URL/indexes/movies' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data-binary '{ "primaryKey": "id" }'

Response: 202 Accepted

{
  "taskUid": 1,
  "indexUid": "movies",
  "status": "enqueued",
  "type": "indexUpdate",
  "enqueuedAt": "2021-08-12T10:00:00.000000Z"
}

You can use the response’s taskUid to track the status of your request.

Delete an index

DELETE

/indexes/{index_uid}

Delete an index.

Path parameters

Name	Type	Description
index_uid *	String	uid of the requested index

Example

cURL

curl \
  -X DELETE 'MEILISEARCH_URL/indexes/movies'

Response: 202 Accepted

{
  "taskUid": 1,
  "indexUid": "movies",
  "status": "enqueued",
  "type": "indexDeletion",
  "enqueuedAt": "2021-08-12T10:00:00.000000Z"
}

You can use the response’s taskUid to track the status of your request.

Swap indexes

POST /swap-indexes

POST

/swap-indexes

Swap the documents, settings, and task history of two or more indexes. You can only swap indexes in pairs. However, a single request can swap as many index pairs as you wish.

Swapping indexes is an atomic transaction: either all indexes are successfully swapped, or none are.

Swapping indexA and indexB will also replace every mention of indexA by indexB and vice-versa in the task history. enqueued tasks are left unmodified.

To learn more about index swapping, refer to this short guide.

Body

An array of objects. Each object has only one key: indexes.

Name	Type	Default value	Description
indexes*	Array of strings	N/A	Array of the two indexUids to be swapped

Each indexes array must contain only two elements: the indexUids of the two indexes to be swapped. Sending an empty array ([]) is valid, but no swap operation will be performed.

You can swap multiple pairs of indexes with a single request. To do so, there must be one object for each pair of indexes to be swapped.

Example

cURL

curl \
  -X POST 'MEILISEARCH_URL/swap-indexes' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data-binary '[
    {
      "indexes": [
        "indexA",
        "indexB"
      ]
    },
    {
      "indexes": [
        "indexX",
        "indexY"
      ]
    }
  ]'

Response

{
  "taskUid": 3,
  "indexUid": null,
  "status": "enqueued",
  "type": "indexSwap",
  "enqueuedAt": "2021-08-12T10:00:00.000000Z"
}

Since indexSwap is a global task, the indexUid is always null.

You can use the response’s taskUid to track the status of your request.