Meilisearch Core API

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Version
1.7.0
OpenAPI
3.0.3
Endpoints
73
Schemas
71
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PUT /indexes/{indexUid}/documents

Add a list of documents or update them if they already exist.

If you send an already existing document (same id) the old document will be only partially updated according to the fields of the new document. Thus, any fields not present in the new document are kept and remained unchanged.

To completely overwrite a document, see Add or replace documents route.

info
If the provided index does not exist, it will be created.

info
Use the reserved _geo object to add geo coordinates to a document. _geo is an object made of lat and lng field.

Use the reserved _vectors arrays of floats to add embeddings to a document. _vectors is an array of floats or multiple arrays of floats in an outer array.

operationId: Documents_addOrUpdateBatch

Parameters

Name In Required Type Description
indexUid path optional string

Index Unique Identifier

primaryKey query optional string

The primary key of the documents. primaryKey is optional.
If you want to set the primary key of your index through this route, it only has to be done the first time you add documents to the index. After which it will be ignored if given.

csvDelimiter query optional string

Customize the csv delimiter when importing CSV documents. By default its a comma “,”

Request Body

required
application/json
schema DocumentsAddOrUpdateBatchRequest1
array of object

Responses

202

Accepted

401

Unauthorized

413

Payload Too Large

PUT /indexes/{indexUid}/documents

Settings 8 endpoints

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

Update the displayed attributes of an index.

info
If the provided index does not exist, it will be created.

operationId: Settings_updateDisplayedAttributes

Parameters

Name In Required Type Description
indexUid path optional string

Index Unique Identifier

Request Body

required
application/json
schema displayedAttributes
array of string

Responses

202

Accepted

401

Unauthorized

404

Not Found

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

Update the distinct attribute field of an index.

info
If the provided index does not exist, it will be created.

operationId: Settings_updateDistinctAttribute

Parameters

Name In Required Type Description
indexUid path optional string

Index Unique Identifier

Request Body

required
application/json
schema distinctAttribute
string

Responses

202

Accepted

401

Unauthorized

404

Not Found

PUT /indexes/{indexUid}/settings/distinct-attribute
PUT /indexes/{indexUid}/settings/filterable-attributes

Update the filterable attributes of an index.

info
In order to enable filtering capabilities on geographic data, the _geo field must be added as a filterableAttribute.

info
If the provided index does not exist, it will be created.

operationId: Settings_updateFilterableAttributes

Parameters

Name In Required Type Description
indexUid path optional string

Index Unique Identifier

Request Body

application/json
schema filterableAttributes
array of string

Responses

202

Accepted

401

Unauthorized

404

Not Found

PUT /indexes/{indexUid}/settings/filterable-attributes
PUT /indexes/{indexUid}/settings/ranking-rules

Update the ranking rules of an index.

To add your own ranking rule, you have to communicate either asc for ascending order or desc for descending order followed by the field name in brackets.

  • To apply an ascending custom ranking rule: attribute_name:asc
  • To apply a descending custom ranking rule: attribute_name:desc

info
If the provided index does not exist, it will be created.

operationId: Settings_updateRankingRules

Parameters

Name In Required Type Description
indexUid path optional string

Index Unique Identifier

Request Body

required
application/json
schema rankingRules
array of string

Responses

202

Accepted

401

Unauthorized

404

Not Found

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

Update the searchable attributes of an index.

info
If the provided index does not exist, it will be created.

operationId: Settings_updateSearchableAttributes

Parameters

Name In Required Type Description
indexUid path optional string

Index Unique Identifier

Request Body

required
application/json
schema searchableAttributes
array of string

Responses

202

Accepted

401

Unauthorized

404

Not Found

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

Update the list of sortableAttributes of an index.

info
In order to enable sorting capabilities on geographic data, the _geo field must be added as a sortableAttribute.

operationId: Settings_updateSortableAttributes

Parameters

Name In Required Type Description
indexUid path required string

Index Unique Identifier

Request Body

required
application/json
schema sortableAttributes
array of string

Responses

202

Accepted

401

Unauthorized

404

Not Found

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

Update the list of stop-words of an index.

If a list of stop-words already exists it will be overwritten (replaced).

info
If the provided index does not exist, it will be created.

operationId: Settings_updateStopWords

Parameters

Name In Required Type Description
indexUid path optional string

Index Unique Identifier

Request Body

required
application/json
schema stopWords
array of string

Responses

202

Accepted

401

Unauthorized

404

Not Found

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

Update the list of synonyms of an index. Synonyms are normalized.

info
If the provided index does not exist, it will be created.

operationId: Settings_updateSynonyms

Parameters

Name In Required Type Description
indexUid path optional string

Index Unique Identifier

Request Body

required
application/json
schema synonyms
Property Type Required
wow array optional
logan array optional
wolverine array optional

Responses

202

Accepted

401

Unauthorized

404

Not Found

PUT /indexes/{indexUid}/settings/synonyms

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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1.7.0 73 71 2026-05-11 current
1.7.0 73 71 2026-04-16