Meilisearch Core API

Search engine API

www.meilisearch.com/docs/reference/api ↗
Version
1.7.0
OpenAPI
3.0.3
Endpoints
73
Schemas
71
85
Quality
Updated
3 days ago
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Server URLs

{protocol}://{domain}:{port}

Endpoints

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Documents 2 endpoints

GET /indexes/{indexUid}/documents

Get documents by batch.

operationId: Documents_getByBatch

Parameters

Name In Required Type Description
indexUid path optional string

Index Unique Identifier

limit query optional number

Maximum number of results to return.

offset query optional number

Number of results to skip.

fields query optional string

Comma-separated list of fields to display for an API resource. By default it contains all fields of an API resource.

filter query optional

Attribute(s) to filter on.

Can be made of 3 syntaxes

  • Nested Array: ["something > 1", "genres=comedy", ["genres=horror", "title=batman"]]
  • String: something > 1 AND genres=comedy AND (genres=horror OR title=batman)
  • Mixed: ["something > 1 AND genres=comedy", "genres=horror OR title=batman"]

info
_geoRadius({lat}, {lng}, {distance_in_meters}) and _geoBoundingBox([{lat, lng}], [{lat}, {lng}]) built-in filter rules can be used to filter documents within geo shapes.

warn
Attribute(s) used in filter should be declared as filterable attributes. See Filtering and Faceted Search.

Responses

200

Ok

401

Unauthorized

404

Not Found

GET /indexes/{indexUid}/documents
GET /indexes/{indexUid}/documents/{documentId}

Get one document using its unique id.

operationId: Documents_getById

Parameters

Name In Required Type Description
indexUid path optional string

Index Unique Identifier

documentId path optional any

The document identifier

fields query optional string

Comma-separated list of fields to display for an API resource. By default it contains all fields of an API resource.

Responses

200

Ok

401

Unauthorized

404

Not Found

GET /indexes/{indexUid}/documents/{documentId}

Experimental 1 endpoints

GET /experimental-features

Get the status of all experimental features that can be toggled at runtime

operationId: Experimental_runtimeFeaturesGet

Responses

200

Ok

401

Unauthorized

GET /experimental-features

Health 1 endpoints

GET /health

Get health of the Meilisearch instance.

operationId: Health_checkMeilisearchInstance

Responses

200

Ok

GET /health

Indexes 2 endpoints

GET /indexes

List all indexes.

operationId: Indexes_list

Parameters

Name In Required Type Description
limit query optional number

Maximum number of results to return.

offset query optional number

Number of results to skip.

Responses

200

Ok

401

Unauthorized

GET /indexes
GET /indexes/{indexUid}

Get information about an index.

operationId: Indexes_getIndex

Parameters

Name In Required Type Description
indexUid path optional string

Index Unique Identifier

Responses

200

OK

401

Unauthorized

404

Not Found

GET /indexes/{indexUid}

Keys 2 endpoints

GET /keys

Get API Keys

operationId: Keys_get

Parameters

Name In Required Type Description
limit query optional number

Maximum number of results to return.

offset query optional number

Number of results to skip.

Responses

200

Ok

401

Unauthorized

GET /keys
GET /keys/{uid_or_key}

Get an API Key

operationId: Keys_getApiKey

Parameters

Name In Required Type Description
uidOrKey path required string

The uid or the key field value of the API Key.

Responses

200

OK

GET /keys/{uid_or_key}

Settings 12 endpoints

GET /indexes/{indexUid}/settings

Get the settings of an index.

Learn more about the settings.

operationId: Settings_getSettings

Parameters

Name In Required Type Description
indexUid path optional string

Index Unique Identifier

Responses

200

Ok

401

Unauthorized

404

Not Found

GET /indexes/{indexUid}/settings
GET /indexes/{indexUid}/settings/displayed-attributes

Get the displayed attributes of an index.

operationId: Settings_getDisplayedAttributes

Parameters

Name In Required Type Description
indexUid path optional string

Index Unique Identifier

Responses

200

Ok

401

Unauthorized

404

Not Found

GET /indexes/{indexUid}/settings/displayed-attributes
GET /indexes/{indexUid}/settings/distinct-attribute

Get the distinct attribute field of an index.

operationId: Settings_getDistinctAttribute

Parameters

Name In Required Type Description
indexUid path optional string

Index Unique Identifier

Responses

200

Ok

401

Unauthorized

404

Not Found

GET /indexes/{indexUid}/settings/distinct-attribute
GET /indexes/{indexUid}/settings/faceting

Get the faceting configuration of an index.

operationId: Settings_getFacetingConfiguration

Parameters

Name In Required Type Description
indexUid path optional string

Index Unique Identifier

Responses

200

Ok

401

Unauthorized

404

Not Found

GET /indexes/{indexUid}/settings/faceting
GET /indexes/{indexUid}/settings/filterable-attributes

Get the filterable attributes of an index.

operationId: Settings_getFilterableAttributes

Parameters

Name In Required Type Description
indexUid path optional string

Index Unique Identifier

Responses

200

Ok

401

Unauthorized

404

Not Found

GET /indexes/{indexUid}/settings/filterable-attributes
GET /indexes/{indexUid}/settings/pagination

Get the pagination configuration of an index.

operationId: Settings_getPaginationConfiguration

Parameters

Name In Required Type Description
indexUid path optional string

Index Unique Identifier

Responses

200

Ok

401

Unauthorized

404

Not Found

GET /indexes/{indexUid}/settings/pagination
GET /indexes/{indexUid}/settings/ranking-rules

Get the ranking rules of an index.

operationId: Settings_getRankingRules

Parameters

Name In Required Type Description
indexUid path optional string

Index Unique Identifier

Responses

200

Ok

401

Unauthorized

404

Not Found

GET /indexes/{indexUid}/settings/ranking-rules
GET /indexes/{indexUid}/settings/searchable-attributes

Get the searchable attributes of an index.

operationId: Settings_getSearchableAttributes

Parameters

Name In Required Type Description
indexUid path optional string

Index Unique Identifier

Responses

200

Ok

401

Unauthorized

404

Not Found

GET /indexes/{indexUid}/settings/searchable-attributes
GET /indexes/{indexUid}/settings/sortable-attributes

Get the list of sortableAttributes of an index.

operationId: Settings_getSortableAttributes

Parameters

Name In Required Type Description
indexUid path required string

Index Unique Identifier

Responses

200

Ok

401

Unauthorized

404

Not Found

GET /indexes/{indexUid}/settings/sortable-attributes
GET /indexes/{indexUid}/settings/stop-words

Get the list of stop-words of an index.

operationId: Settings_getStopWords

Parameters

Name In Required Type Description
indexUid path optional string

Index Unique Identifier

Responses

200

Ok

401

Unauthorized

404

Not Found

GET /indexes/{indexUid}/settings/stop-words
GET /indexes/{indexUid}/settings/synonyms

Get the list of synonyms of an index.

operationId: Settings_getSynonyms

Parameters

Name In Required Type Description
indexUid path optional string

Index Unique Identifier

Responses

200

Ok

401

Unauthorized

404

Not Found

GET /indexes/{indexUid}/settings/synonyms
GET /indexes/{indexUid}/settings/typo-tolerance

Get the typo tolerance configuration of an index.

operationId: Settings_getTypoToleranceConfiguration

Parameters

Name In Required Type Description
indexUid path optional string

Index Unique Identifier

Responses

200

Ok

401

Unauthorized

404

Not Found

GET /indexes/{indexUid}/settings/typo-tolerance

Stats 3 endpoints

GET /stats

Get stats of all indexes.

operationId: Stats_getAllIndexesStats

Responses

200

Ok

401

Unauthorized

GET /stats
GET /metrics
operationId: Stats_getPrometheusMetrics

Responses

200

OK

GET /metrics
GET /indexes/{indexUid}/stats

Get stats of an index.

operationId: Stats_getIndexStats

Parameters

Name In Required Type Description
indexUid path optional string

Index Unique Identifier

Responses

200

Ok

401

Unauthorized

404

Not Found

GET /indexes/{indexUid}/stats

Tasks 2 endpoints

GET /tasks

Get all tasks

operationId: Tasks_getAll

Parameters

Name In Required Type Description
limit query optional number

Maximum number of results to return.

from query optional number

Fetch the next set of results from the given uid.

uids query optional number

Permits to filter tasks by their uid. By default, when the uids query parameter is not set, all task uids are returned. It’s possible to specify several uids by separating them with the , character.

indexUids query optional string

Permits to filter tasks by their related index. By default, when indexUids query parameter is not set, the tasks of all the indexes are returned. It is possible to specify several indexes by separating them with the , character.

statuses query optional string

Permits to filter tasks by their status. By default, when statuses query parameter is not set, all task statuses are returned. It’s possible to specify several statuses by separating them with the , character.

types query optional string

Permits to filter tasks by their related type. By default, when types query parameter is not set, all task types are returned. It’s possible to specify several types by separating them with the , character.

canceledBy query optional string

Permits to filter tasks using the uid of the task that canceled them. It’s possible to specify several task uids by separating them with the , character.

beforeEnqueuedAt query optional string

Permits to filter tasks based on their enqueuedAt time. Matches tasks enqueued before the given date. Supports RFC 3339 date format.

afterEnqueuedAt query optional string

Permits to filter tasks based on their enqueuedAt time. Matches tasks enqueued after the given date. Supports RFC 3339 date format.

beforeStartedAt query optional string

Permits to filter tasks based on their startedAt time. Matches tasks started before the given date. Supports RFC 3339 date format.

afterStartedAt query optional string

Permits to filter tasks based on their startedAt time. Matches tasks started after the given date. Supports RFC 3339 date format.

beforeFinishedAt query optional string

Permits to filter tasks based on their finishedAt time. Matches tasks finished before the given date. Supports RFC 3339 date format.

afterFinishedAt query optional string

Permits to filter tasks based on their finishedAt time. Matches tasks finished after the given date. Supports RFC 3339 date format.

Responses

200

OK

GET /tasks
GET /tasks/:taskUid

Get a task

operationId: Tasks_getTask

Parameters

Name In Required Type Description
taskUid path optional integer

The task identifier

Responses

200

OK

401

Unauthorized

404

Not Found

GET /tasks/:taskUid

Version 1 endpoints

GET /version

Get version of Meilisearch.

operationId: Version_getMeilisearchVersion

Responses

200

Ok

401

Unauthorized

GET /version

Schemas

array DocumentsAddOrUpdateBatchRequest
{
  "type": "array",
  "items": {
    "description": "WARNING: Missing items property in array schema. Missing items property has been filled with this AnyType schema."
  }
}
array DocumentsAddOrUpdateBatchRequest1
{
  "type": "array",
  "items": {
    "$ref": "#/components/schemas/document"
  }
}
object DocumentsDeleteSelectionBasedFilterRequest
{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "filter": {
      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/filter"
    }
  }
}
array DocumentsDeleteSelectionByFilterRequest
{
  "type": "array",
  "items": {
    "type": [
      "string",
      "number"
    ]
  },
  "description": "An array of document ids to delete"
}
object DocumentsGetByBatch200Response
{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "results",
    "limit",
    "offset",
    "total"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "limit": {
      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/limit"
    },
    "total": {
      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/total"
    },
    "offset": {
      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/offset"
    },
    "results": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "$ref": "#/components/schemas/document"
      }
    }
  }
}
object DocumentsGetByBatchRequest
{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "limit": {
      "type": "number",
      "default": 20,
      "description": "Maximum number of documents returned."
    },
    "fields": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "string",
        "default": "[\"*\"]",
        "example": "[\"title\", \"overview\"]"
      },
      "description": "Array of attributes whose fields will be present in the returned documents. By default all attributes will be returned."
    },
    "filter": {
      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/filter"
    },
    "offset": {
      "type": "number",
      "default": 0,
      "description": "Number of documents to skip."
    }
  }
}
object DocumentsGetByBatchResponse
{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "results",
    "limit",
    "offset",
    "total"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "limit": {
      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/limit"
    },
    "total": {
      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/total"
    },
    "offset": {
      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/offset"
    },
    "results": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "$ref": "#/components/schemas/document"
      }
    }
  }
}
object ExperimentalRuntimeFeaturesGetResponse
{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "vectorStore",
    "metrics",
    "exportPuffinReports"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "metrics": {
      "type": "boolean"
    },
    "vectorStore": {
      "type": "boolean"
    },
    "exportPuffinReports": {
      "type": "boolean"
    }
  }
}
object ExperimentalSetRuntimeExperimentalFeaturesRequest
{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "metrics": {
      "type": "boolean"
    },
    "vectorStore": {
      "type": "boolean"
    },
    "exportPuffinReports": {
      "type": "boolean"
    }
  }
}
object ExperimentalSetRuntimeExperimentalFeaturesResponse
{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "vectorStore",
    "metrics",
    "exportPuffinReports"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "metrics": {
      "type": "boolean"
    },
    "vectorStore": {
      "type": "boolean"
    },
    "exportPuffinReports": {
      "type": "boolean"
    }
  }
}
object HealthCheckMeilisearchInstanceResponse
{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "status"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "status": {
      "enum": [
        "available"
      ],
      "type": "string"
    }
  }
}
object IndexesCreateIndexRequest
{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "uid"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "uid": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "primaryKey": {
      "type": "string"
    }
  }
}
object IndexesListResponse
{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "results",
    "limit",
    "offset",
    "total"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "limit": {
      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/limit"
    },
    "total": {
      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/total"
    },
    "offset": {
      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/offset"
    },
    "results": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "$ref": "#/components/schemas/index"
      }
    }
  }
}
object IndexesUpdateIndexPrimaryKeyRequest
{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "primaryKey"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "primaryKey": {
      "type": "string"
    }
  }
}
object KeysGetResponse
{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "results",
    "limit",
    "offset",
    "total"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "limit": {
      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/limit"
    },
    "total": {
      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/total"
    },
    "offset": {
      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/offset"
    },
    "results": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "$ref": "#/components/schemas/key"
      }
    }
  }
}
object KeysUpdateApiKeyRequest
{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "name": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ]
    },
    "description": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ]
    }
  }
}
object MultiSearchRequest
{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "queries"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "queries": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "examples": {
          "Example": {
            "value": {
              "$ref": "#components/schemas/searchQuery/examples/Example/value",
              "indexUid": "movies"
            }
          }
        },
        "required": [
          "indexUid"
        ],
        "properties": {
          "indexUid": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "The unique identifier of the index to be searched."
          }
        }
      },
      "description": "Array of the search queries to be performed."
    }
  }
}
object MultiSearchResponse
{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "results": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "indexUid": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "The unique identifier of the searched index."
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}
object SettingsGetSettingsResponse
{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "rankingRules",
    "distinctAttribute",
    "searchableAttributes",
    "displayedAttributes",
    "stopWords",
    "synonyms",
    "filterableAttributes",
    "sortableAttributes",
    "typoTolerance",
    "pagination",
    "faceting"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "faceting": {
      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/faceting"
    },
    "synonyms": {
      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/synonyms"
    },
    "stopWords": {
      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/stopWords"
    },
    "pagination": {
      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/pagination"
    },
    "rankingRules": {
      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/rankingRules"
    },
    "typoTolerance": {
      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/typoTolerance"
    },
    "distinctAttribute": {
      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/distinctAttribute"
    },
    "sortableAttributes": {
      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/sortableAttributes"
    },
    "displayedAttributes": {
      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/displayedAttributes"
    },
    "filterableAttributes": {
      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/filterableAttributes"
    },
    "searchableAttributes": {
      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/searchableAttributes"
    }
  }
}
object SettingsUpdateSettingsRequest
{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "faceting": {
      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/faceting"
    },
    "synonyms": {
      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/synonyms"
    },
    "stopWords": {
      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/stopWords"
    },
    "pagination": {
      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/pagination"
    },
    "rankingRules": {
      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/rankingRules"
    },
    "typoTolerance": {
      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/typoTolerance"
    },
    "distinctAttribute": {
      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/distinctAttribute"
    },
    "sortableAttributes": {
      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/sortableAttributes"
    },
    "displayedAttributes": {
      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/displayedAttributes"
    },
    "filterableAttributes": {
      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/filterableAttributes"
    },
    "searchableAttributes": {
      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/searchableAttributes"
    }
  }
}
object StatsGetAllIndexesStatsResponse
{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "databaseSize",
    "lastUpdate",
    "indexes"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "indexes": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "indexUid": {
          "$ref": "#/components/schemas/stats"
        }
      }
    },
    "lastUpdate": {
      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/timestamp"
    },
    "databaseSize": {
      "type": "number"
    }
  }
}
object TasksGetAllResponse
{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "results",
    "total",
    "limit",
    "from",
    "next"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "from": {
      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/from"
    },
    "next": {
      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/next"
    },
    "limit": {
      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/limit"
    },
    "total": {
      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/total"
    },
    "results": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "$ref": "#/components/schemas/task"
      }
    }
  }
}
object VersionGetMeilisearchVersionResponse
{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "commitSha",
    "commitDate",
    "pkgVersion"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "commitSha": {
      "type": "string",
      "example": "b46889b5f0f2f8b91438a08a358ba8f05fc09fc1"
    },
    "commitDate": {
      "type": "string",
      "example": "2021-07-08"
    },
    "pkgVersion": {
      "type": "string",
      "example": "0.1.1"
    }
  }
}
object customRankingRuleDetails
{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "order",
    "value"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "order": {
      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/order"
    },
    "value": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "number",
        "point"
      ],
      "description": "The value that was used for sorting this document"
    },
    "distance": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "The distance between the target point and the geoPoint in the document"
    },
    "similarity": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "the similarity score between the target vector and the value vector.\n\n1.0 means a perfect similarity, 0.0 a perfect dissimilarity.\n"
    }
  },
  "description": "Custom rule in the form of either `attribute:direction`, `vectorSort(vector)` or `_geoPoint(lat, lng):direction`."
}
array dictionary
{
  "type": "array",
  "items": {
    "type": "string"
  },
  "example": [
    "J.K",
    "Dr.",
    "G/Box"
  ],
  "description": "List of words on which the segmentation will be overridden."
}
array displayedAttributes
{
  "type": "array",
  "items": {
    "type": "string"
  },
  "example": [
    "title",
    "description",
    "genre",
    "release_date"
  ],
  "description": "Fields displayed in the returned documents."
}
string distinctAttribute
{
  "type": "string",
  "nullable": true,
  "description": "Search returns documents with distinct (different) values of the given field."
}
object document
{
  "type": "object",
  "example": {
    "id": 25684,
    "title": "American Ninja 5",
    "poster": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w1280/iuAQVI4mvjI83wnirpD8GVNRVuY.jpg",
    "overview": "When a scientists daughter is kidnapped, American Ninja, attempts to find her, but this time he teams up with a youngster he has trained in the ways of the ninja.",
    "release_date": 725846400
  },
  "description": "A document made of attribute. The maximum number of attribute for a document is 65,535.",
  "additionalProperties": true
}
object documentId
{
  "oneOf": [
    {
      "type": "number"
    },
    {
      "type": "string"
    }
  ],
  "example": 468219
}
object error
{
  "type": "object",
  "title": "error",
  "required": [
    "message",
    "code",
    "type",
    "link"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "code": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "link": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "type": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "message": {
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "description": ""
}
object facetHit
{
  "type": "object",
  "example": {
    "count": 25,
    "value": "Romance"
  },
  "properties": {
    "count": {
      "type": "integer",
      "description": "The number of document containing the matched facet value."
    },
    "value": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The facet value being matched.",
      "additionalProperties": true
    }
  },
  "x-examples": [
    {
      "count": 25,
      "value": "Romance"
    }
  ],
  "description": "FacetHit object represents a matched facet value for a facet search.",
  "additionalProperties": true
}
object facetSearchQuery
{
  "type": "object",
  "examples": {
    "Example": {
      "value": {
        "facetName": "genres",
        "facetQuery": "Romance"
      }
    }
  },
  "properties": {
    "q": {
      "type": "string",
      "default": "\"\"",
      "example": "\"Back to the future\"",
      "description": "Additional search parameter. If additional search parameters are set, the method will return facet values that both: - Match the face query - Are contained in the records matching the additional search parameters"
    },
    "filter": {
      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/filter"
    },
    "facetName": {
      "type": "string",
      "example": "\"genres\"",
      "description": "Query string."
    },
    "facetQuery": {
      "type": "string",
      "default": "\"\"",
      "example": "\"Horror\"",
      "description": null
    },
    "matchingStrategy": {
      "type": "string",
      "default": "last",
      "description": "Additional search parameter. If additional search parameters are set, the method will return facet values that both: - Match the face query - Are contained in the records matching the additional search parameters"
    }
  }
}
object facetSearchResponse
{
  "type": "object",
  "title": "",
  "required": [
    "facetHits",
    "facetQuery",
    "processingTimeMs"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "facetHits": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "$ref": "#/components/schemas/facetHit"
      },
      "description": "Array of facet hits"
    },
    "facetQuery": {
      "type": "string",
      "example": "ninja",
      "description": "Facet query originating the response."
    },
    "processingTimeMs": {
      "type": "integer",
      "description": "Processing time of the facet search query."
    }
  }
}
object faceting
{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "maxValuesPerFacet": {
      "type": "integer",
      "default": 100,
      "nullable": false,
      "description": "Define maximum number of value returned for a facet for a **search query**. It means that with the default value of `100`, it is not possible to have `101` different colors if the `color`` field is defined as a facet at search time."
    },
    "sortFacetValuesBy": {
      "type": "object",
      "example": {
        "*": "alpha",
        "genres": "count"
      },
      "description": "Defines how facet values are sorted. By default, all facets (`*`) are sorted by name, alphanumerically in ascending order (`alpha`). `count` sorts facet values by the number of documents containing a facet value in descending order."
    }
  },
  "description": "Customize faceting settings"
}
object filter
{
  "oneOf": [
    {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "string",
        "pattern": "^[^:]+:[^:]+$"
      }
    },
    {
      "type": "string",
      "pattern": "^[^:]+:[^:]+$",
      "properties": {}
    },
    {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "anyOf": [
          {
            "type": "array",
            "items": {}
          },
          {
            "type": "string"
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  ],
  "title": "filter",
  "example": [
    "director:Mati Diop",
    [
      "genres:Comedy",
      "genres:Romance"
    ]
  ],
  "description": "Attribute(s) to filter on.\n\nCan be made of 3 syntaxes\n\n- Nested Array: `[\"something > 1\", \"genres=comedy\", [\"genres=horror\", \"title=batman\"]]`\n- String: `\"something > 1 AND genres=comedy AND (genres=horror OR title=batman)\"`\n- Mixed: `[\"something > 1 AND genres=comedy\", \"genres=horror OR title=batman\"]`\n\n> info\n> _geoRadius({lat}, {lng}, {distance_in_meters}) and _geoBoundingBox([{lat, lng}], [{lat}, {lng}]) built-in filter rules can be used to filter documents within geo shapes.\n\n> warn\n> Attribute(s) used in `filter` should be declared as filterable attributes. See [Filtering and Faceted Search](https://docs.meilisearch.com/reference/features/filtering_and_faceted_search.html).\n"
}
array filterableAttributes
{
  "type": "array",
  "items": {
    "type": "string"
  },
  "title": "filterableAttributes",
  "example": [
    "genres",
    "director"
  ],
  "description": "Attributes to use for faceting and filtering. See [Filtering and Faceted Search](https://docs.meilisearch.com/reference/features/filtering_and_faceted_search.html).\n"
}
integer from
{
  "type": "integer",
  "example": 999,
  "description": "The first task uid returned."
}
object hit
{
  "type": "object",
  "example": {
    "id": 25684,
    "title": "American Ninja 5",
    "poster": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w1280/iuAQVI4mvjI83wnirpD8GVNRVuY.jpg",
    "overview": "When a scientists daughter is kidnapped, American Ninja, attempts to find her, but this time he teams up with a youngster he has trained in the ways of the ninja.",
    "_formatted": {
      "id": 25684,
      "title": "American Ninja 5",
      "poster": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w1280/iuAQVI4mvjI83wnirpD8GVNRVuY.jpg",
      "overview": "When a scientists daughter is kidnapped, American <em>Ninja</em>, attempts to find her, but this time he teams up with a youngster he has trained in the ways of the <em>ninja</em>.",
      "release_date": 725846400
    },
    "release_date": 725846400,
    "_matchesPosition": {
      "overview": [
        {
          "start": 49,
          "length": 5
        },
        {
          "start": 155,
          "length": 5
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "properties": {
    "attribute": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "number"
      ],
      "description": "Retrieve attributes of a search result. `attributesToRetrieve` controls these fields."
    },
    "_formatted": {
      "type": "object",
      "description": "Only present if `attributesToHighlight`/`attributesToCrop` is not empty. Return highlighted and cropped fields.",
      "additionalProperties": true
    },
    "_geoDistance": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Using _geoPoint({lat}, {lng}) built-in sort rule at search leads the engine to return a _geoDistance within the search results. This field represents the distance in meters of the document from the specified _geoPoint."
    },
    "_rankingScore": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Only present if showRankingScore = `true`. The ranking score of that document."
    },
    "_matchesPosition": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "": {
          "$ref": "#/components/schemas/matchesPosition"
        }
      },
      "description": "Only present if showMatchesPosition = `true`. Array of all search query occurrences in all fields."
    },
    "_rankingScoreDetails": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "": {
          "$ref": "#/components/schemas/rankingScoreDetails"
        }
      },
      "description": "Only present if showRankingScoreDetails = `true`. The ranking score of each ranking rule for that document."
    }
  },
  "x-examples": [
    {
      "id": 25684,
      "title": "American Ninja 5",
      "poster": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w1280/iuAQVI4mvjI83wnirpD8GVNRVuY.jpg",
      "overview": "When a scientists daughter is kidnapped, American Ninja, attempts to find her, but this time he teams up with a youngster he has trained in the ways of the ninja.",
      "_formatted": {
        "id": 25684,
        "title": "American Ninja 5",
        "poster": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w1280/iuAQVI4mvjI83wnirpD8GVNRVuY.jpg",
        "overview": "When a scientists daughter is kidnapped, American <em>Ninja</em>, attempts to find her, but this time he teams up with a youngster he has trained in the ways of the <em>ninja</em>.",
        "release_date": 725846400
      },
      "release_date": 725846400,
      "_matchesPosition": {
        "overview": [
          {
            "start": 49,
            "length": 5
          },
          {
            "start": 155,
            "length": 5
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  ],
  "description": "",
  "additionalProperties": true
}
integer hitsPerPage
{
  "type": "integer",
  "example": 20,
  "description": "Sets the number of results returned per page. If hitsPerPage is not provided as a query parameter, this parameter is ignored."
}
object index
{
  "type": "object",
  "title": "",
  "example": {
    "uid": "movies",
    "createdAt": "2019-11-20T09:40:33.711324Z",
    "updatedAt": "2019-11-20T09:40:33.711324Z",
    "primaryKey": "movie_id"
  },
  "required": [
    "uid",
    "createdAt",
    "updatedAt"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "uid": {
      "type": "string",
      "example": "movies",
      "description": "Unique identifier for the index"
    },
    "createdAt": {
      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/timestamp"
    },
    "updatedAt": {
      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/timestamp"
    },
    "primaryKey": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ],
      "example": "movie_id",
      "nullable": true,
      "description": "Custom primaryKey for documents"
    }
  },
  "x-examples": [
    {
      "uid": "movies",
      "createdAt": "2019-11-20T09:40:33.711324Z",
      "updatedAt": "2019-11-20T09:40:33.711324Z",
      "primaryKey": "movie_id"
    }
  ],
  "description": ""
}
object key
{
  "type": "object",
  "title": "key",
  "required": [
    "actions",
    "indexes",
    "expiresAt"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "key": {
      "type": "string",
      "example": "d0552b41536279a0ad88bd595327b96f01176a60c2243e906c52ac02375f9bc4",
      "readOnly": true,
      "description": "The derived key to use in the Authorization header to authorize requests. Generated by Meilisearch with an HMAC, using an SHA-256 hash, of the uid and the master key."
    },
    "uid": {
      "type": "string",
      "example": "01b4bc42-eb33-4041-b481-254d00cce834",
      "description": "A uuid v4 to identify the API Key. If not specified, it's generated by Meilisearch."
    },
    "name": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ],
      "default": null,
      "description": "A human-readable name for the key. null if empty."
    },
    "actions": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "enum": [
          "search",
          "documents.add",
          "documents.get",
          "documents.delete",
          "indexes.create",
          "indexes.get",
          "indexes.update",
          "indexes.delete",
          "indexes.swap",
          "tasks.get",
          "tasks.cancel",
          "tasks.delete",
          "settings.get",
          "settings.update",
          "stats.get",
          "metrics.get",
          "dumps.create",
          "snapshots.create",
          "version",
          "keys.get",
          "keys.create",
          "keys.update",
          "keys.delete",
          "experimental.get",
          "experimental.update"
        ],
        "type": "string",
        "example": "documents.add"
      },
      "description": "A list of actions permitted for the key. [\"*\"] for all actions. The * character can be used as a wildcard when located at the last position. e.g. `documents.*` to authorize access on all documents endpoints.",
      "uniqueItems": false
    },
    "indexes": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "string",
        "example": "movies"
      },
      "description": "A list of accesible indexes permitted for the key. [\"*\"] for all indexes. The * character can be used as a wildcard when located at the last position. e.g. \"products_*\"\" to allow access to all indexes whose names start with \"products_\"."
    },
    "createdAt": {
      "type": "string",
      "example": "2021-11-12T10:00:00Z",
      "readOnly": true,
      "description": "Represent the date and time as RFC 3339 format when the API key has been created. Generated by Meilisearch."
    },
    "expiresAt": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ],
      "description": "Represent the expiration date and time as RFC 3339 format. null equals to no expiration time."
    },
    "updatedAt": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ],
      "default": null,
      "readOnly": true,
      "description": "Represent the date and time as RFC 3339 format when the API key has been updated. Generated by Meilisearch."
    },
    "description": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ],
      "default": null,
      "description": "A description for the key. null if empty."
    }
  },
  "description": "API keys are stored and managed by the master key holder and the default admin key holder. These are the keys used by the technical teams to interact with Meilisearch at the level of the client/server code. API keys can have restrictions on which methods can be accessed via an actions list; they can also expiresAt a specific date time and be restricted to a specific set of indexes."
}
integer limit
{
  "type": "integer",
  "example": 10,
  "description": "Limit given for the query. If limit is not provided as a query parameter, this parameter displays the default limit value."
}
object matchesPosition
{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "start",
    "length"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "start": {
      "type": "integer"
    },
    "length": {
      "type": "integer"
    }
  },
  "description": "Starting position and length in bytes of the matched term in the returned value"
}
integer next
{
  "type": "integer",
  "example": 989,
  "description": "Represents the value to send in `from` to fetch the next slice of the results. The first item for the next slice starts at this exact number. When the returned value is null, it means that all the data have been browsed in the given order."
}
array nonSeparatorTokens
{
  "type": "array",
  "items": {
    "type": "string"
  },
  "example": [
    "#",
    "-",
    "_"
  ],
  "description": "List of tokens that will not be considered as word separators by Meilisearch."
}
integer offset
{
  "type": "integer",
  "example": 0,
  "description": "Offset given for the query. If offset is not provided as a query parameter, this parameter displays the default offset value."
}
integer order
{
  "type": "integer",
  "description": "The order that this ranking rule was applied"
}
integer page
{
  "type": "integer",
  "example": 1,
  "description": "Sets the specific results page to fetch. If page is not provided as a query parameter, this parameter is ignored."
}
object pagination
{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "maxTotalHits": {
      "type": "integer",
      "default": 1000,
      "nullable": false,
      "description": "Define the maximum number of documents reachable for a search request. It means that with the default value of `1000`, it is not possible to see the `1001`st result for a **search query**."
    }
  },
  "description": "Customize pagination settings"
}
array rankingRules
{
  "type": "array",
  "items": {
    "type": "string"
  },
  "example": [
    "words",
    "typo",
    "proximity",
    "attribute",
    "sort",
    "exactness",
    "release_date:asc"
  ],
  "examples": [],
  "description": "List of ranking rules sorted by order of importance. The order is customizable.\n\n[A list of ordered built-in ranking rules](https://docs.meilisearch.com/learn/core_concepts/relevancy.html).\n"
}

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