# OpenMetadata Search Index API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/openmetadata/openmetadata-search-index-api/  
**Provider:** OpenMetadata — https://apis.io/providers/openmetadata/  
**Base URL:** https://{your-host}/api/v1  
**Documentation:** https://docs.open-metadata.org/latest/main-concepts/metadata-standard/apis

OpenMetadata Search Index API is one of 88 APIs that [OpenMetadata](https://apis.io/providers/openmetadata/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. Tagged areas include Search Index. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and authentication docs.

A `SearchIndex` is a index mapping for indexing documents in a `Search Service`.

## Operations (20)

| Method | Path | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| PUT | `/v1/searchIndexes/{id}/followers` | Add a follower |
| GET | `/v1/searchIndexes/{id}/sampleData` | Get sample data |
| PUT | `/v1/searchIndexes/{id}/sampleData` | Add sample data |
| PUT | `/v1/searchIndexes/bulk` | Bulk create or update search indexes |
| GET | `/v1/searchIndexes` | List searchIndexes |
| PUT | `/v1/searchIndexes` | Update SearchIndex |
| POST | `/v1/searchIndexes` | Create a SearchIndex |
| GET | `/v1/searchIndexes/name/{fqn}` | Get a SearchIndex by fully qualified name |
| DELETE | `/v1/searchIndexes/name/{fqn}` | Delete a SearchIndex by fully qualified name |
| PATCH | `/v1/searchIndexes/name/{fqn}` | Update a SearchIndex using name |
| GET | `/v1/searchIndexes/{id}` | Get a SearchIndex by id |
| DELETE | `/v1/searchIndexes/{id}` | Delete a SearchIndex by id |
| PATCH | `/v1/searchIndexes/{id}` | Update a SearchIndex |
| DELETE | `/v1/searchIndexes/async/{id}` | Asynchronously delete a SearchIndex by id |
| DELETE | `/v1/searchIndexes/{id}/followers/{userId}` | Remove a follower |
| GET | `/v1/searchIndexes/{id}/versions/{version}` | Get a version of the SearchIndex |
| GET | `/v1/searchIndexes/history` | List all entity versions within a time range |
| GET | `/v1/searchIndexes/{id}/versions` | List SearchIndex versions |
| PUT | `/v1/searchIndexes/restore` | Restore a soft deleted SearchIndex |
| PUT | `/v1/searchIndexes/{id}/vote` | Update Vote for a Entity |

## Machine-readable artifacts (3)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/openmetadata/refs/heads/main/openapi/openmetadata-search-index-api-openapi.yml
- **Documentation** — https://docs.open-metadata.org/latest/main-concepts/metadata-standard/apis
- **Authentication** — https://docs.open-metadata.org/latest/main-concepts/metadata-standard/apis

## Other OpenMetadata APIs (12)

- [OpenMetadata Agent Executions API](https://apis.io/apis/openmetadata/openmetadata-agent-executions-api/)
- [OpenMetadata AI Applications API](https://apis.io/apis/openmetadata/openmetadata-ai-applications-api/)
- [OpenMetadata AI Governance Policies API](https://apis.io/apis/openmetadata/openmetadata-ai-governance-policies-api/)
- [OpenMetadata API Collections API](https://apis.io/apis/openmetadata/openmetadata-api-collections-api/)
- [OpenMetadata API Endpoint API](https://apis.io/apis/openmetadata/openmetadata-api-endpoint-api/)
- [OpenMetadata API Services API](https://apis.io/apis/openmetadata/openmetadata-api-services-api/)
- [OpenMetadata Apps API](https://apis.io/apis/openmetadata/openmetadata-apps-api/)
- [OpenMetadata Audit Logs API](https://apis.io/apis/openmetadata/openmetadata-audit-logs-api/)
- [OpenMetadata Bots API](https://apis.io/apis/openmetadata/openmetadata-bots-api/)
- [OpenMetadata ChangeSummary API](https://apis.io/apis/openmetadata/openmetadata-changesummary-api/)
- [OpenMetadata Charts API](https://apis.io/apis/openmetadata/openmetadata-charts-api/)
- [OpenMetadata Classifications API](https://apis.io/apis/openmetadata/openmetadata-classifications-api/)

## Tags

Search Index

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