# OpenSearch Search and Indexing REST API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/opensearch/opensearch-search-api/  
**Provider:** OpenSearch — https://apis.io/providers/opensearch/  
**Base URL:** https://{cluster-host}:9200  
**Documentation:** https://docs.opensearch.org/latest/api-reference/

OpenSearch Search and Indexing REST API is one of 15 APIs that [OpenSearch](https://apis.io/providers/opensearch/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Search, Indexing, Vector Search, and Aggregations. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation and an API reference.

The core OpenSearch REST API for indexing documents, performing search queries (full text, vector, hybrid), aggregations, and managing indices, mappings, templates, aliases, and snapshots.

## Machine-readable artifacts (4)

- **Documentation** — https://docs.opensearch.org/latest/api-reference/
- **Documentation** — https://docs.opensearch.org/latest/search-plugins/
- **Reference** — https://docs.opensearch.org/latest/api-reference/search/
- **APIsJSON** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/opensearch/refs/heads/main/apis.yml

## Other OpenSearch APIs (12)

- [OpenSearch Account API](https://apis.io/apis/opensearch/opensearch-account-api/)
- [OpenSearch Action Groups API](https://apis.io/apis/opensearch/opensearch-action-groups-api/)
- [OpenSearch Allowlist API](https://apis.io/apis/opensearch/opensearch-allowlist-api/)
- [OpenSearch Audit API](https://apis.io/apis/opensearch/opensearch-audit-api/)
- [OpenSearch Cache API](https://apis.io/apis/opensearch/opensearch-cache-api/)
- [OpenSearch Certificates API](https://apis.io/apis/opensearch/opensearch-certificates-api/)
- [OpenSearch Health API](https://apis.io/apis/opensearch/opensearch-health-api/)
- [OpenSearch Internal Users API](https://apis.io/apis/opensearch/opensearch-internal-users-api/)
- [OpenSearch Nodes DN API](https://apis.io/apis/opensearch/opensearch-nodes-dn-api/)
- [OpenSearch Role Mappings API](https://apis.io/apis/opensearch/opensearch-role-mappings-api/)
- [OpenSearch Roles API](https://apis.io/apis/opensearch/opensearch-roles-api/)
- [OpenSearch Security Config API](https://apis.io/apis/opensearch/opensearch-security-config-api/)

## Tags

Search, Indexing, Vector Search, Aggregations

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