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{protocol}://{domain}:{port}
/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_geoobject to add geo coordinates to a document._geois an object made oflatandlngfield.Use the reserved
_vectorsarrays of floats to add embeddings to a document._vectorsis an array of floats or multiple arrays of floats in an outer array.
| 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. |
| csvDelimiter | query | optional | string | Customize the csv delimiter when importing CSV documents. By default its a comma “,” |
application/json
DocumentsAddOrUpdateBatchRequest1
of object
Accepted
Unauthorized
Payload Too Large
PUT /indexes/{indexUid}/documents
/indexes/{indexUid}/settings/displayed-attributes
Update the displayed attributes of an index.
info
If the provided index does not exist, it will be created.
| Name | In | Required | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indexUid | path | optional | string | Index Unique Identifier |
application/json
displayedAttributes
of string
Accepted
Unauthorized
Not Found
PUT /indexes/{indexUid}/settings/displayed-attributes
/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.
| Name | In | Required | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indexUid | path | optional | string | Index Unique Identifier |
application/json
distinctAttribute
Accepted
Unauthorized
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PUT /indexes/{indexUid}/settings/distinct-attribute
/indexes/{indexUid}/settings/filterable-attributes
Update the filterable attributes of an index.
info
In order to enable filtering capabilities on geographic data, the_geofield must be added as a filterableAttribute.
info
If the provided index does not exist, it will be created.
| Name | In | Required | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indexUid | path | optional | string | Index Unique Identifier |
application/json
filterableAttributes
of string
Accepted
Unauthorized
Not Found
PUT /indexes/{indexUid}/settings/filterable-attributes
/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.
attribute_name:ascattribute_name:descinfo
If the provided index does not exist, it will be created.
| Name | In | Required | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indexUid | path | optional | string | Index Unique Identifier |
application/json
rankingRules
of string
Accepted
Unauthorized
Not Found
PUT /indexes/{indexUid}/settings/ranking-rules
/indexes/{indexUid}/settings/searchable-attributes
Update the searchable attributes of an index.
info
If the provided index does not exist, it will be created.
| Name | In | Required | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indexUid | path | optional | string | Index Unique Identifier |
application/json
searchableAttributes
of string
Accepted
Unauthorized
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PUT /indexes/{indexUid}/settings/searchable-attributes
/indexes/{indexUid}/settings/sortable-attributes
Update the list of sortableAttributes of an index.
info
In order to enable sorting capabilities on geographic data, the_geofield must be added as a sortableAttribute.
| Name | In | Required | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indexUid | path | required | string | Index Unique Identifier |
application/json
sortableAttributes
of string
Accepted
Unauthorized
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PUT /indexes/{indexUid}/settings/sortable-attributes
/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.
| Name | In | Required | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indexUid | path | optional | string | Index Unique Identifier |
application/json
stopWords
of string
Accepted
Unauthorized
Not Found
PUT /indexes/{indexUid}/settings/stop-words
/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.
| Name | In | Required | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indexUid | path | optional | string | Index Unique Identifier |
application/json
synonyms
| Property | Type | Required |
|---|---|---|
| wow | array | optional |
| logan | array | optional |
| wolverine | array | optional |
Accepted
Unauthorized
Not Found
PUT /indexes/{indexUid}/settings/synonyms
DocumentsAddOrUpdateBatchRequest
{
"type": "array",
"items": {
"description": "WARNING: Missing items property in array schema. Missing items property has been filled with this AnyType schema."
}
}
DocumentsAddOrUpdateBatchRequest1
{
"type": "array",
"items": {
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/document"
}
}
DocumentsDeleteSelectionBasedFilterRequest
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"filter": {
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/filter"
}
}
}
DocumentsDeleteSelectionByFilterRequest
{
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": [
"string",
"number"
]
},
"description": "An array of document ids to delete"
}
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"
}
}
}
}
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": {
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/filter"
},
"offset": {
"type": "number",
"default": 0,
"description": "Number of documents to skip."
}
}
}
DocumentsGetByBatchResponse
{
"type": "object",
"required": [
"results",
"limit",
"offset",
"total"
],
"properties": {
"limit": {
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/limit"
},
"total": {
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/total"
},
"offset": {
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/offset"
},
"results": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/document"
}
}
}
}
ExperimentalRuntimeFeaturesGetResponse
{
"type": "object",
"required": [
"vectorStore",
"metrics",
"exportPuffinReports"
],
"properties": {
"metrics": {
"type": "boolean"
},
"vectorStore": {
"type": "boolean"
},
"exportPuffinReports": {
"type": "boolean"
}
}
}
ExperimentalSetRuntimeExperimentalFeaturesRequest
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"metrics": {
"type": "boolean"
},
"vectorStore": {
"type": "boolean"
},
"exportPuffinReports": {
"type": "boolean"
}
}
}
ExperimentalSetRuntimeExperimentalFeaturesResponse
{
"type": "object",
"required": [
"vectorStore",
"metrics",
"exportPuffinReports"
],
"properties": {
"metrics": {
"type": "boolean"
},
"vectorStore": {
"type": "boolean"
},
"exportPuffinReports": {
"type": "boolean"
}
}
}
HealthCheckMeilisearchInstanceResponse
{
"type": "object",
"required": [
"status"
],
"properties": {
"status": {
"enum": [
"available"
],
"type": "string"
}
}
}
IndexesCreateIndexRequest
{
"type": "object",
"required": [
"uid"
],
"properties": {
"uid": {
"type": "string"
},
"primaryKey": {
"type": "string"
}
}
}
IndexesListResponse
{
"type": "object",
"required": [
"results",
"limit",
"offset",
"total"
],
"properties": {
"limit": {
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/limit"
},
"total": {
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/total"
},
"offset": {
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/offset"
},
"results": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/index"
}
}
}
}
IndexesUpdateIndexPrimaryKeyRequest
{
"type": "object",
"required": [
"primaryKey"
],
"properties": {
"primaryKey": {
"type": "string"
}
}
}
KeysGetResponse
{
"type": "object",
"required": [
"results",
"limit",
"offset",
"total"
],
"properties": {
"limit": {
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/limit"
},
"total": {
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/total"
},
"offset": {
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/offset"
},
"results": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/key"
}
}
}
}
KeysUpdateApiKeyRequest
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"name": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"description": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
}
}
}
MultiSearchRequest
{
"type": "object",
"required": [
"queries"
],
"properties": {
"queries": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "object",
"examples": {
"Example": {
"value": {
"$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."
}
}
}
MultiSearchResponse
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"results": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"indexUid": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The unique identifier of the searched index."
}
}
}
}
}
}
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": {
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/searchableAttributes"
}
}
}
SettingsUpdateSettingsRequest
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"faceting": {
"$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"
}
}
}
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"
}
}
}
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": {
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/task"
}
}
}
}
VersionGetMeilisearchVersionResponse
{
"type": "object",
"required": [
"commitSha",
"commitDate",
"pkgVersion"
],
"properties": {
"commitSha": {
"type": "string",
"example": "b46889b5f0f2f8b91438a08a358ba8f05fc09fc1"
},
"commitDate": {
"type": "string",
"example": "2021-07-08"
},
"pkgVersion": {
"type": "string",
"example": "0.1.1"
}
}
}
customRankingRuleDetails
{
"type": "object",
"required": [
"order",
"value"
],
"properties": {
"order": {
"$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`."
}
dictionary
{
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
},
"example": [
"J.K",
"Dr.",
"G/Box"
],
"description": "List of words on which the segmentation will be overridden."
}
displayedAttributes
{
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
},
"example": [
"title",
"description",
"genre",
"release_date"
],
"description": "Fields displayed in the returned documents."
}
distinctAttribute
{
"type": "string",
"nullable": true,
"description": "Search returns documents with distinct (different) values of the given field."
}
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
}
documentId
{
"oneOf": [
{
"type": "number"
},
{
"type": "string"
}
],
"example": 468219
}
error
{
"type": "object",
"title": "error",
"required": [
"message",
"code",
"type",
"link"
],
"properties": {
"code": {
"type": "string"
},
"link": {
"type": "string"
},
"type": {
"type": "string"
},
"message": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"description": ""
}
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
}
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": {
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/filter"
},
"facetName": {
"type": "string",
"example": "\"genres\"",
"description": "Query string."
},
"facetQuery": {
"type": "string",
"default": "\"\"",
"example": "\"Horror\"",
"description": null
},
"matchingStrategy": {
"type": "string",
"default": "last",
"description": "Additional search parameter. If additional search parameters are set, the method will return facet values that both: - Match the face query - Are contained in the records matching the additional search parameters"
}
}
}
facetSearchResponse
{
"type": "object",
"title": "",
"required": [
"facetHits",
"facetQuery",
"processingTimeMs"
],
"properties": {
"facetHits": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"$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."
}
}
}
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"
}
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"
}
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"
}
from
{
"type": "integer",
"example": 999,
"description": "The first task uid returned."
}
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
}
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."
}
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": ""
}
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."
}
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."
}
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"
}
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."
}
nonSeparatorTokens
{
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
},
"example": [
"#",
"-",
"_"
],
"description": "List of tokens that will not be considered as word separators by Meilisearch."
}
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."
}
order
{
"type": "integer",
"description": "The order that this ranking rule was applied"
}
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."
}
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"
}
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"
}
| Version | Endpoints | Schemas | Ingested | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.7.0 | 73 | 71 | 2026-05-11 | current |
| 1.7.0 | 73 | 71 | 2026-04-16 |