Amazon Kendra

Amazon Kendra Queries API

Operations for querying the search index

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POST /indexes/{IndexId}/query Amazon Kendra Query #

POST /indexes/{IndexId}/retrieve Amazon Kendra Retrieve #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Amazon Kendra Data Sources Queries API
  description: The Amazon Kendra API enables programmatic management of intelligent enterprise search indexes, data source connectors, query execution, relevance tuning, and experience configuration for ML-powered search across organizational knowledge bases.
  version: '2019-02-03'
  contact:
    name: AWS Support
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/premiumsupport/
  license:
    name: Apache 2.0
    url: https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html
  x-logo:
    url: https://a0.awsstatic.com/libra-css/images/logos/aws_logo_smile_1200x630.png
servers:
- url: https://kendra.{region}.amazonaws.com
  description: Amazon Kendra regional endpoint
  variables:
    region:
      default: us-east-1
      description: AWS region
      enum:
      - us-east-1
      - us-east-2
      - us-west-2
      - eu-west-1
      - ap-southeast-1
      - ap-southeast-2
      - ap-northeast-1
security:
- sigv4: []
tags:
- name: Queries
  description: Operations for querying the search index
paths:
  /indexes/{IndexId}/query:
    post:
      operationId: Query
      summary: Amazon Kendra Query
      description: Searches an active index with a query and returns relevant documents and answers.
      tags:
      - Queries
      parameters:
      - name: IndexId
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
        description: The identifier of the index.
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              required:
              - QueryText
              properties:
                QueryText:
                  type: string
                  description: The input query text for the search.
                  example: example-value
                AttributeFilter:
                  type: object
                  description: Filters the search results based on document attributes.
                PageNumber:
                  type: integer
                  description: Query results are paginated. The maximum number of results returned depends on the index.
                PageSize:
                  type: integer
                  description: Sets the number of results that are returned for each page of results.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
        '400':
          description: Bad request - invalid input parameters
        '403':
          description: Access denied - insufficient permissions
        '500':
          description: Internal server error
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 0
        dispatcher: FALLBACK
  /indexes/{IndexId}/retrieve:
    post:
      operationId: Retrieve
      summary: Amazon Kendra Retrieve
      description: Retrieves relevant passages or text excerpts given an input query for use in RAG applications.
      tags:
      - Queries
      parameters:
      - name: IndexId
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
        description: The identifier of the index.
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              required:
              - QueryText
              properties:
                QueryText:
                  type: string
                  description: The input query text to retrieve passages for.
                  example: example-value
                AttributeFilter:
                  type: object
                  description: Filters results based on document attributes.
                PageNumber:
                  type: integer
                  description: The page number of results.
                PageSize:
                  type: integer
                  description: The number of results to retrieve per page.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
        '400':
          description: Bad request - invalid input parameters
        '403':
          description: Access denied - insufficient permissions
        '500':
          description: Internal server error
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 0
        dispatcher: FALLBACK
components:
  securitySchemes:
    sigv4:
      type: apiKey
      name: Authorization
      in: header
      description: AWS Signature Version 4 authentication

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