Azure AI Search Documents API

The Documents API from Azure AI Search — 2 operation(s) for documents.

OpenAPI Specification

microsoft-azure-search-documents-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Azure AI Search REST Documents API
  description: Azure AI Search (formerly Cognitive Search) REST API enables managing indexes, indexers, data sources, skillsets, synonym maps, and querying documents.
  version: '2024-07-01'
servers:
- url: https://{search-service}.search.windows.net
  variables:
    search-service:
      default: myservice
security:
- apiKey: []
tags:
- name: Documents
paths:
  /indexes('{indexName}')/docs/search.index:
    parameters:
    - name: indexName
      in: path
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
    - name: api-version
      in: query
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
    post:
      operationId: indexDocuments
      summary: Search Index documents
      description: Adds, merges, or deletes documents in an index.
      tags:
      - Documents
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                value:
                  type: array
                  items:
                    type: object
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Indexing result
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
  /indexes('{indexName}')/docs:
    parameters:
    - name: indexName
      in: path
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
    - name: api-version
      in: query
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
    get:
      operationId: searchDocuments
      summary: Search Search documents
      description: Searches documents in an index.
      tags:
      - Documents
      parameters:
      - name: search
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Search results
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
components:
  securitySchemes:
    apiKey:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: api-key
externalDocs:
  description: Azure AI Search REST API Documentation
  url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/searchservice/
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