Milvus Indexes API

The Indexes API from Milvus — 4 operation(s) for indexes.

Operations 4

POST /v2/vectordb/indexes/create Create an index #
POST /v2/vectordb/indexes/drop Drop an index #
POST /v2/vectordb/indexes/list List indexes for a collection #
POST /v2/vectordb/indexes/describe Describe an index #

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OpenAPI Specification

milvus-indexes-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Milvus REST Collections Indexes API
  description: 'RESTful API for the Milvus vector database (v2). Covers collections, entities,

    indexes, partitions, users, and roles. Sourced from

    https://milvus.io/api-reference/restful/v2.5.x.

    '
  version: 2.5.x
  contact:
    name: Milvus
    url: https://milvus.io
servers:
- url: http://localhost:19530
  description: Default local Milvus instance
security:
- BearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: Indexes
paths:
  /v2/vectordb/indexes/create:
    post:
      summary: Create an index
      operationId: createIndex
      tags:
      - Indexes
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                collectionName:
                  type: string
                indexParams:
                  type: array
                  items:
                    type: object
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Index created
  /v2/vectordb/indexes/drop:
    post:
      summary: Drop an index
      operationId: dropIndex
      tags:
      - Indexes
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                collectionName:
                  type: string
                indexName:
                  type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Index dropped
  /v2/vectordb/indexes/list:
    post:
      summary: List indexes for a collection
      operationId: listIndexes
      tags:
      - Indexes
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                collectionName:
                  type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Indexes
  /v2/vectordb/indexes/describe:
    post:
      summary: Describe an index
      operationId: describeIndex
      tags:
      - Indexes
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                collectionName:
                  type: string
                indexName:
                  type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Index details
components:
  securitySchemes:
    BearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: 'Bearer token of the form `username:password` (e.g. `root:milvus`) when

        authentication is enabled.

        '