OpenMetadata

OpenMetadata Search API

APIs related to search and suggest.

GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 15

GET /v1/search/aggregate Get aggregated fields #
POST /v1/search/aggregate Get aggregated Search Request #
DELETE /v1/search/stats/orphan Clean orphan indexes #
GET /v1/search/export Export search results as CSV (streaming) #
GET /v1/search/entityTypeCounts Get exact entity type counts #
GET /v1/search/stats Get search cluster statistics #
POST /v1/search/preview Preview Search Results #
POST /v1/search/reindexEntities Only Reindex the selected entities in Elasticsearch #
GET /v1/search/query Search entities #
GET /v1/search/fieldQuery Search entities #
GET /v1/search/sourceUrl Search entities #
GET /v1/search/get/{index}/doc/{id} Search entities in ES index with Id #
GET /v1/search/nlq/query Search entities using Natural Language Query (NLQ) #
PUT /v1/search/templates Sync all index templates #
PUT /v1/search/templates/{entityType} Sync index template for a specific entity type #

Documentation

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Documentation
https://docs.open-metadata.org/latest/main-concepts/metadata-standard/apis
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Authentication
https://docs.open-metadata.org/latest/main-concepts/metadata-standard/apis

Specifications

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

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OpenAPI Specification

openmetadata-search-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: OpenMetadata Search API
  description: Common types and API definition for OpenMetadata
  contact:
    name: OpenMetadata
    url: https://open-metadata.org
    email: openmetadata-dev@googlegroups.com
  license:
    name: Apache 2.0
    url: https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
  version: '1.13'
servers:
- url: /api
  description: Current Host
- url: http://localhost:8585/api
  description: Endpoint URL
security:
- BearerAuth: []
tags:


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