Collection management endpoints for creating, listing, retrieving, updating, and deleting collections within a database.
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openapi: 3.2.0
info:
title: Chroma Collections API
version: 2.0.0
contact:
name: Chroma Support
url: https://docs.trychroma.com
license:
name: Apache 2.0
url: https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
termsOfService: https://www.trychroma.com/terms
description: 'Operations tagged Collections across 2 of this provider''s published API definitions: chroma-cloud-api-openapi.yml, chroma-server-api-openapi.yml. Each path carries the servers of the definition it was published in.'
servers:
- url: https://api.trychroma.com
description: Chroma Cloud Production
- url: http://localhost:8000
description: Local Chroma Server
tags:
- name: Collections
description: Collection management endpoints for creating, listing, retrieving, updating, and deleting collections within a database.
paths:
/api/v2/tenants/{tenantName}/databases/{databaseName}/collections:
get:
operationId: listCollections
summary: List collections
description: Returns a list of all collections within the specified database and tenant.
tags:
- Collections
parameters:
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/tenantName'
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/databaseName'
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/limit'
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/offset'
responses:
'200':
description: List of collections
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: array
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Collection'
security:
- bearerAuth: []
post:
operationId: createCollection
summary: Create a collection
description: Creates a new collection within the specified database and tenant.
tags:
- Collections
parameters:
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/tenantName'
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/databaseName'
requestBody:
required: true
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/CreateCollectionRequest'
responses:
'200':
description: Collection created successfully
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Collection'
'409':
description: Collection already exists
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
security:
- bearerAuth: []
servers:
- url: https://api.trychroma.com
description: Chroma Cloud Production
/api/v2/tenants/{tenantName}/databases/{databaseName}/collections/{collectionId}:
get:
operationId: getCollection
summary: Get a collection
description: Returns an existing collection by its unique identifier.
tags:
- Collections
parameters:
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/tenantName'
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/databaseName'
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/collectionId'
responses:
'200':
description: Collection details
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Collection'
'404':
description: Collection not found
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
security:
- bearerAuth: []
put:
operationId: updateCollection
summary: Update a collection
description: Updates an existing collection's name or metadata.
tags:
- Collections
parameters:
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/tenantName'
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/databaseName'
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/collectionId'
requestBody:
required: true
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/UpdateCollectionRequest'
responses:
'200':
description: Collection updated successfully
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Collection'
'404':
description: Collection not found
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
security:
- bearerAuth: []
delete:
operationId: deleteCollection
summary: Delete a collection
description: Deletes an existing collection and all its records.
tags:
- Collections
parameters:
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/tenantName'
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/databaseName'
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/collectionId'
responses:
'200':
description: Collection deleted successfully
'404':
description: Collection not found
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
security:
- bearerAuth: []
servers:
- url: https://api.trychroma.com
description: Chroma Cloud Production
components:
schemas:
Error:
type: object
properties:
error:
type: string
description: Error message describing what went wrong
message:
type: string
description: Detailed error message
required:
- error
UpdateCollectionRequest:
type: object
properties:
new_name:
type: string
description: The new name for the collection
new_metadata:
type: object
nullable: true
additionalProperties: true
description: New metadata to replace the existing collection metadata
CreateCollectionRequest:
type: object
properties:
name:
type: string
description: The name for the new collection
metadata:
type: object
nullable: true
additionalProperties: true
description: Optional metadata to associate with the collection
get_or_create:
type: boolean
default: false
description: If true, return the existing collection if one with the same name already exists
required:
- name
Collection:
type: object
properties:
id:
type: string
format: uuid
description: The unique identifier of the collection
name:
type: string
description: The name of the collection
metadata:
type: object
nullable: true
additionalProperties: true
description: Arbitrary metadata associated with the collection
tenant:
type: string
description: The tenant this collection belongs to
database:
type: string
description: The database this collection belongs to
required:
- id
- name
CreateCollectionRequest_2:
type: object
properties:
name:
type: string
description: The name for the new collection
metadata:
type: object
nullable: true
additionalProperties: true
description: Optional metadata to associate with the collection
get_or_create:
type: boolean
default: false
description: If true, return the existing collection if one with the same name already exists instead of raising an error
required:
- name
Collection_2:
type: object
properties:
id:
type: string
format: uuid
description: The unique identifier of the collection
name:
type: string
description: The name of the collection
metadata:
type: object
nullable: true
additionalProperties: true
description: Arbitrary metadata associated with the collection, stored as key-value pairs
tenant:
type: string
description: The tenant this collection belongs to
database:
type: string
description: The database this collection belongs to
required:
- id
- name
parameters:
limit:
name: limit
in: query
required: false
description: Maximum number of items to return
schema:
type: integer
minimum: 1
tenantName:
name: tenantName
in: path
required: true
description: The name of the tenant
schema:
type: string
offset:
name: offset
in: query
required: false
description: Number of items to skip before returning results
schema:
type: integer
minimum: 0
collectionId:
name: collectionId
in: path
required: true
description: The unique identifier of the collection
schema:
type: string
format: uuid
databaseName:
name: databaseName
in: path
required: true
description: The name of the database
schema:
type: string
tenantName_2:
name: tenantName
in: path
required: true
description: The name of the tenant
schema:
type: string
default: default_tenant
databaseName_2:
name: databaseName
in: path
required: true
description: The name of the database
schema:
type: string
default: default_database
securitySchemes:
bearerAuth:
type: http
scheme: bearer
description: Bearer token authentication for Chroma Cloud. Obtain tokens from the Chroma Cloud dashboard.
tokenAuth:
type: apiKey
in: header
name: X-Chroma-Token
description: Static token authentication via the X-Chroma-Token header.
basicAuth:
type: http
scheme: basic
description: HTTP Basic authentication using RFC 7617 with a user:password base64-encoded Authorization header.
x-refined-from:
- chroma-cloud-api-openapi.yml
- chroma-server-api-openapi.yml