Amazon CloudSearch

Amazon CloudSearch is a managed search service that makes it easy to set up, manage, and scale a search solution for your website or application. Supports full-text search, Boolean search, faceted search, autocomplete, geospatial search, and 34 languages.

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APIs

Amazon CloudSearch API

API for creating and managing CloudSearch domains, uploading documents, configuring search fields and suggesters, and executing search queries.

MCP Servers

Features

Managed Search Infrastructure

Set up, manage, and scale search without becoming a search expert.

Multi-Language Support

Full-text search across 34 languages with language-specific analyzers.

Faceted Search

Narrow search results by category with faceted navigation.

Autocomplete Suggestions

Real-time search suggestions as users type.

Automatic Scaling

Automatically scale resources as data volume and query traffic change.

High Availability

Distribute search traffic across multiple availability zones with Multi-AZ.

Use Cases

Website Search

Add powerful full-text search capabilities to websites and web applications.

E-Commerce Product Search

Enable customers to find products with faceted filtering and relevance ranking.

Document Search

Search across large document repositories with Boolean and proximity search.

Geospatial Search

Find resources by location with geospatial search queries.

Integrations

Amazon S3

Index documents stored in S3 buckets.

Amazon DynamoDB

Search DynamoDB data by exporting to CloudSearch.

AWS IAM

Control access to search domains with IAM policies.

Amazon CloudFront

Cache search results at CloudFront edge for lower latency.

Semantic Vocabularies

Amazon Cloudsearch Context

9 classes · 16 properties

JSON-LD

API Governance Rules

Amazon CloudSearch API Rules

19 rules · 12 errors 6 warnings 1 info

SPECTRAL

JSON Structure

Cloudsearch Create Domain Request Structure

1 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Cloudsearch Create Domain Response Structure

1 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Cloudsearch Delete Domain Response Structure

1 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Cloudsearch Domain Status Structure

11 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Example Payloads

Resources

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TrustCenter
TrustCenter
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VulnerabilityDisclosure
VulnerabilityDisclosure
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DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity
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Portal
Portal
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Website
Website
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Documentation
Documentation
📜
TermsOfService
TermsOfService
📜
PrivacyPolicy
PrivacyPolicy
💬
Support
Support
📰
Blog
Blog
👥
GitHubOrganization
GitHubOrganization
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Console
Console
📝
SignUp
SignUp
🟢
StatusPage
StatusPage
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YouTube
YouTube
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StackOverflow
StackOverflow
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Contact
Contact
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Compliance
Compliance
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Packages
Packages
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WellKnown
WellKnown
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SecurityTxt
SecurityTxt
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LLMsTxt
LLMsTxt
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Conformance
Conformance
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Lifecycle
Lifecycle
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SpectralRules
SpectralRules
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Vocabulary
Vocabulary

Sources

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name: Amazon CloudSearch
description: Amazon CloudSearch is a managed search service that makes it easy to set up, manage, and scale a search solution
  for your website or application. Supports full-text search, Boolean search, faceted search, autocomplete, geospatial search,
  and 34 languages.
image: https://a0.awsstatic.com/libra-css/images/logos/aws_logo_smile_1200x630.png
url: https://aws.amazon.com/cloudsearch/
created: '2024-01-15'
modified: '2026-06-20'
apis:
- name: Amazon CloudSearch API
  description: API for creating and managing CloudSearch domains, uploading documents, configuring search fields and suggesters,
    and executing search queries.
  image: https://a0.awsstatic.com/libra-css/images/logos/aws_logo_smile_1200x630.png
  humanURL: https://aws.amazon.com/cloudsearch/
  baseURL: https://cloudsearch.us-east-1.amazonaws.com
  tags:
  - AWS
  - CloudSearch
  - Search
  - Full-Text Search
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/amazon-cloudsearch-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cloudsearch/latest/developerguide/what-is-cloudsearch.html
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/cloudsearch/getting-started/
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/cloudsearch/pricing/
  - type: FAQ
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/cloudsearch/faqs/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cloudsearch/latest/developerguide/what-is-cloudsearch.html
  - type: CLI
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/cloudsearch/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/cloudsearch-create-domain-request-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/cloudsearch-create-domain-response-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/cloudsearch-describe-domains-response-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/cloudsearch-delete-domain-response-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/cloudsearch-domain-status-schema.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/amazon-cloudsearch-context.jsonld
  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/amazon-cloudsearch-openapi-overlay.yaml
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: errors/amazon-cloudsearch-problem-types.yml
  - type: MCPServer
    url: mcp/amazon-cloudsearch-mcp.yml
common:
- type: TrustCenter
  url: security/amazon-cloudsearch-trust-center.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/amazon-cloudsearch-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/amazon-cloudsearch-domain-security.yml
- type: Portal
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/
- type: Website
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/cloudsearch/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cloudsearch/latest/developerguide/what-is-cloudsearch.html
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/service-terms/
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/privacy/
- type: Support
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/premiumsupport/
- type: Blog
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/compute/
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/aws
- type: Console
  url: https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudsearch/
- type: SignUp
  url: https://signin.aws.amazon.com/signup?request_type=register
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://health.aws.amazon.com/health/status
- type: YouTube
  url: https://www.youtube.com/user/AmazonWebServices
- type: StackOverflow
  url: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/amazon-cloudsearch
- type: Contact
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/contact-us/
- type: Compliance
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/compliance/
- type: Packages
  url: packages/amazon-cloudsearch-packages.yml
- type: WellKnown
  url: well-known/amazon-cloudsearch-well-known.yml
- type: SecurityTxt
  url: well-known/amazon-cloudsearch-security.txt
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/amazon-cloudsearch-llms.txt
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/amazon-cloudsearch-conformance.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/amazon-cloudsearch-lifecycle.yml
- type: SpectralRules
  url: rules/amazon-cloudsearch-spectral-rules.yml
- type: Vocabulary
  url: vocabulary/amazon-cloudsearch-vocabulary.yaml
- type: Features
  data:
  - name: Managed Search Infrastructure
    description: Set up, manage, and scale search without becoming a search expert.
  - name: Multi-Language Support
    description: Full-text search across 34 languages with language-specific analyzers.
  - name: Faceted Search
    description: Narrow search results by category with faceted navigation.
  - name: Autocomplete Suggestions
    description: Real-time search suggestions as users type.
  - name: Automatic Scaling
    description: Automatically scale resources as data volume and query traffic change.
  - name: High Availability
    description: Distribute search traffic across multiple availability zones with Multi-AZ.
- type: UseCases
  data:
  - name: Website Search
    description: Add powerful full-text search capabilities to websites and web applications.
  - name: E-Commerce Product Search
    description: Enable customers to find products with faceted filtering and relevance ranking.
  - name: Document Search
    description: Search across large document repositories with Boolean and proximity search.
  - name: Geospatial Search
    description: Find resources by location with geospatial search queries.
- type: Integrations
  data:
  - name: Amazon S3
    description: Index documents stored in S3 buckets.
  - name: Amazon DynamoDB
    description: Search DynamoDB data by exporting to CloudSearch.
  - name: AWS IAM
    description: Control access to search domains with IAM policies.
  - name: Amazon CloudFront
    description: Cache search results at CloudFront edge for lower latency.
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
  url: https://apievangelist.com
tags:
- AWS
- CloudSearch
- Search
- Full-Text Search
- Managed