Orama Search API

Run full-text, vector, and hybrid search queries.

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orama-search-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.0.1
info:
  title: Orama Cloud Answer Search API
  description: 'Specification of the Orama Cloud REST API. Orama Cloud is the hosted, managed platform built on the open-source Orama search engine. It exposes three host families: a webhook management API for index administration and document ingestion (api.askorama.ai), a per-index search host (cloud.orama.run), and an answer/RAG host (answer.api.orama.com). The open-source @orama/orama library itself is a JavaScript library invoked via function calls and is not modeled here as an HTTP API.'
  termsOfService: https://orama.com/terms
  contact:
    name: Orama Support
    url: https://orama.com
  license:
    name: Apache 2.0
    url: https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
  version: '1.0'
servers:
- url: https://api.askorama.ai
  description: Index management and document ingestion (webhooks). Private (write) API key.
- url: https://cloud.orama.run
  description: Per-index search host. Public (read) API key.
- url: https://answer.api.orama.com
  description: Answer engine / RAG host. Public (read) API key.
security:
- bearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: Search
  description: Run full-text, vector, and hybrid search queries.
paths:
  /v1/indexes/{indexId}/search:
    post:
      operationId: search
      tags:
      - Search
      summary: Search an index
      description: Run a full-text, vector, or hybrid search against a deployed index. The public (read) API key is supplied as the `api-key` query parameter.
      servers:
      - url: https://cloud.orama.run
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/IndexId'
      - name: api-key
        in: query
        required: true
        description: Public (read) API key for the index.
        schema:
          type: string
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/SearchRequest'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Search results.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/SearchResponse'
components:
  schemas:
    SearchResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        count:
          type: integer
          description: Total number of matching documents.
        elapsed:
          type: object
          properties:
            raw:
              type: integer
            formatted:
              type: string
        hits:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              id:
                type: string
              score:
                type: number
              document:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Document'
    SearchRequest:
      type: object
      required:
      - term
      properties:
        term:
          type: string
          description: The search query string.
        mode:
          type: string
          description: Search mode.
          enum:
          - fulltext
          - vector
          - hybrid
          default: fulltext
        where:
          type: object
          description: Filter conditions applied to document properties.
          additionalProperties: true
        limit:
          type: integer
          description: Maximum number of results to return.
          default: 10
        offset:
          type: integer
          description: Number of results to skip (pagination).
          default: 0
        threshold:
          type: number
          description: Relevance threshold controlling how many results are returned.
        sortBy:
          type: object
          properties:
            property:
              type: string
            order:
              type: string
              enum:
              - ASC
              - DESC
    Document:
      type: object
      description: An arbitrary JSON document. Must include an `id` for upsert/remove matching.
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
      additionalProperties: true
  parameters:
    IndexId:
      name: indexId
      in: path
      required: true
      description: The Orama Cloud index identifier.
      schema:
        type: string
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: 'Private (write) API key sent as `Authorization: Bearer {key}` for management and ingestion endpoints on api.askorama.ai. Search and answer endpoints instead use a public (read) API key supplied via the `api-key` query parameter.'