Quickwit

Quickwit Index Templates API

Manage index templates for automatic index creation

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https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/quickwit/refs/heads/main/openapi/quickwit-index-templates-api-openapi.yml

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quickwit-index-templates-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Quickwit REST Cluster Index Templates API
  description: 'The Quickwit REST API provides endpoints for indexing NDJSON documents, executing full-text and aggregation search queries, managing indexes and data sources, streaming field values, deleting documents by query, and monitoring cluster health. Quickwit is a cloud-native search engine for log management and full-text search at petabyte scale.

    '
  version: 0.8.2
  license:
    name: Apache 2.0
    url: https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
  contact:
    name: Quickwit, Inc.
    email: hello@quickwit.io
  x-api-evangelist-rating:
    designScore: 70
    reliability: 80
    documentation: 75
servers:
- url: http://localhost:7280/api/v1
  description: Local Quickwit node
tags:
- name: Index Templates
  description: Manage index templates for automatic index creation
paths:
  /templates:
    get:
      operationId: listIndexTemplates
      summary: List index templates
      description: Returns all index templates.
      tags:
      - Index Templates
      responses:
        '200':
          description: List of index templates
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/IndexTemplate'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/InternalError'
    post:
      operationId: createIndexTemplate
      summary: Create an index template
      description: Creates a new index template used to auto-configure new indexes.
      tags:
      - Index Templates
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/IndexTemplate'
          application/yaml:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/IndexTemplate'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Template created successfully
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/IndexTemplate'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/InternalError'
  /templates/{template_id}:
    get:
      operationId: getIndexTemplate
      summary: Get an index template
      description: Returns a specific index template.
      tags:
      - Index Templates
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/templateId'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Index template
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/IndexTemplate'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/InternalError'
    put:
      operationId: updateIndexTemplate
      summary: Update an index template
      description: Updates an existing index template.
      tags:
      - Index Templates
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/templateId'
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/IndexTemplate'
          application/yaml:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/IndexTemplate'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Template updated successfully
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/IndexTemplate'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/InternalError'
    delete:
      operationId: deleteIndexTemplate
      summary: Delete an index template
      description: Deletes an index template.
      tags:
      - Index Templates
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/templateId'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Template deleted successfully
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/InternalError'
components:
  parameters:
    templateId:
      name: template_id
      in: path
      description: The index template identifier
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
      example: my-template
  schemas:
    IndexTemplate:
      type: object
      required:
      - version
      - template_id
      - index_id_patterns
      properties:
        version:
          type: string
          description: Template format version
        template_id:
          type: string
          description: Unique template identifier
        index_id_patterns:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
          description: Glob patterns matching index IDs this template applies to
        priority:
          type: integer
          description: Priority when multiple templates match (higher wins)
          default: 0
        description:
          type: string
          description: Human-readable template description
        doc_mapping:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/DocMapping'
        indexing_settings:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/IndexingSettings'
        search_settings:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/SearchSettings'
        retention:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/RetentionPolicy'
    RetentionPolicy:
      type: object
      properties:
        period:
          type: string
          description: Retention period (e.g. "90 days")
        schedule:
          type: string
          description: Cron schedule for retention enforcement
    SearchSettings:
      type: object
      properties:
        default_search_fields:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
          description: Fields searched when no field is specified in the query
    IndexingSettings:
      type: object
      properties:
        commit_timeout_secs:
          type: integer
          description: Maximum time before committing a split (seconds)
        split_num_docs_target:
          type: integer
          description: Target number of docs per split
        merge_policy:
          type: object
          description: Merge policy configuration
        resources:
          type: object
          description: Resource limits for indexing
    ApiError:
      type: object
      required:
      - message
      properties:
        message:
          type: string
          description: Human-readable error message
      example:
        message: Index 'my-index' not found
    DocMapping:
      type: object
      properties:
        field_mappings:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              name:
                type: string
              type:
                type: string
                enum:
                - text
                - u64
                - i64
                - f64
                - bool
                - datetime
                - json
                - bytes
                - ip
              fast:
                type: boolean
              indexed:
                type: boolean
              stored:
                type: boolean
        timestamp_field:
          type: string
          description: Field used as the document timestamp
        tag_fields:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        store_source:
          type: boolean
          description: Whether to store the original source document
        dynamic_mapping:
          type: object
          description: Configuration for dynamic field mapping
  responses:
    BadRequest:
      description: Bad request - invalid parameters or body
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiError'
    NotFound:
      description: Resource not found
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiError'
    InternalError:
      description: Internal server error
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiError'