ArangoDB

ArangoDB Collections API

Manage collections for organizing documents

GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 20

GET /_db/{database-name}/_api/collection List all collections #
POST /_db/{database-name}/_api/collection Create a collection #
DELETE /_db/{database-name}/_api/collection/{collection-name} Drop a collection #
GET /_db/{database-name}/_api/collection/{collection-name} Get the collection information #
GET /_db/{database-name}/_api/collection/{collection-name}/checksum Get the collection checksum #
PUT /_db/{database-name}/_api/collection/{collection-name}/compact Compact a collection #
GET /_db/{database-name}/_api/collection/{collection-name}/count Get the document count of a collection #
GET /_db/{database-name}/_api/collection/{collection-name}/figures Get the collection statistics #
PUT /_db/{database-name}/_api/collection/{collection-name}/load Load a collection #
PUT /_db/{database-name}/_api/collection/{collection-name}/loadIndexesIntoMemory Load collection indexes into memory #
GET /_db/{database-name}/_api/collection/{collection-name}/properties Get the properties of a collection #
PUT /_db/{database-name}/_api/collection/{collection-name}/properties Change the properties of a collection #
PUT /_db/{database-name}/_api/collection/{collection-name}/recalculateCount Recalculate the document count of a collection #
PUT /_db/{database-name}/_api/collection/{collection-name}/rename Rename a collection #
PUT /_db/{database-name}/_api/collection/{collection-name}/responsibleShard Get the responsible shard for a document #
GET /_db/{database-name}/_api/collection/{collection-name}/revision Get the collection revision ID #
GET /_db/{database-name}/_api/collection/{collection-name}/shards Get the shard IDs of a collection #
PUT /_db/{database-name}/_api/collection/{collection-name}/truncate Truncate a collection #
PUT /_db/{database-name}/_api/collection/{collection-name}/unload Unload a collection #
GET /_db/{database-name}/_api/key-generators Get the available key generators #

Documentation

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Documentation
https://docs.arango.ai/arangodb/stable/develop/http-api/

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/arangodb/refs/heads/main/openapi/arangodb-collections-api-openapi.yml

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OpenAPI Specification

arangodb-collections-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  contact:
    name: ArangoDB Inc.
    url: https://arango.ai
  license:
    name: Business Source License 1.1
    url: https://github.com/arangodb/arangodb/blob/devel/LICENSE
  summary: The HTTP API of the ArangoDB graph database system
  title: ArangoDB Core Collections API
  version: 3.12.10 (API v0)
  description: Manage collections for organizing documents
tags:


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