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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.

Amazon CloudSearch publishes 2 APIs on the APIs.io network: Domains API and Index Fields API. Tagged areas include CloudSearch, Search, Full-Text Search, and Managed.

The Amazon CloudSearch catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 2 Spectral governance rulesets.

Amazon CloudSearch’s developer surface includes developer portal, documentation, support, engineering blog, developer console, signup flow, YouTube channel, and 22 more developer resources.

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58.2/100 strong ▬ flat Agent 21/100 agent aware saas Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-09-14 · rubric v0.22.0
1 APIs 6 Features 4 Use Cases
CloudSearchSearchFull-Text SearchManaged

Kin Score

Kin Score Kin Score How this is scored →
scored 2026-09-14 · rubric v0.22.0
Composite quality — 58.2/100 · strong
Contract Quality 15.5 / 23
Developer Ergonomics 10.7 / 18
Access Clarity 10.9 / 18
Operational Transparency 2.2 / 12
Contract Governance 3.6 / 11
Discoverability 6.7 / 9
Create-or-Update Ergonomics 3.9 / 10
Agent readiness — 21/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
Documented Reversibility 0 / 6
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 8 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
Delegated User Identity 0 / 6
Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5
Registration Without a Human 0 / 6
Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5
Create-or-Update Ergonomics applies to this provider. This API accepts writes, so it carries 10 points of the composite. It is scored from the published contracts themselves: whether a caller can create-or-update in one call, whether the write accepts a key the caller already holds, and whether the response says which branch ran. Without that, every write needs a search-and-branch in front of it, and the first time that check is skipped a duplicate record is created. Scored against the observed mean rather than raw — a provider at the catalog average is unchanged by this facet, not penalised by it.
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APIs 2

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Amazon CloudSearch Domains API

Operations for creating and managing search domains

Amazon CloudSearch Index Fields API

Operations for defining and managing index fields

Open Collections 3

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

API Collection

OPEN COLLECTION

Amazon CloudSearch Domains API

OPEN COLLECTION

Amazon CloudSearch Domains Index Fields API

OPEN COLLECTION

Features 6

Notable capabilities this provider offers.

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.

Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

Amazon Cloudsearch Context

9 classes · 16 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 2

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Amazon CloudSearch API Rules

5 rules · 3 warnings 2 info

SPECTRAL

Amazon CloudSearch API Rules

24 rules · 12 errors 10 warnings 2 info

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 10

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

Amazon CloudSearch Domain

11 properties

JSON SCHEMA

CreateDomainRequest

1 properties

JSON SCHEMA

CreateDomainResponse

1 properties

JSON SCHEMA

DefineIndexFieldRequest

1 properties

JSON SCHEMA

DefineIndexFieldResponse

1 properties

JSON SCHEMA

DeleteDomainResponse

1 properties

JSON SCHEMA

DescribeDomainsResponse

1 properties

JSON SCHEMA

DescribeIndexFieldsResponse

1 properties

JSON SCHEMA

DomainStatus

11 properties

JSON SCHEMA

IndexDocumentsResponse

1 properties

JSON SCHEMA

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JSON Structure 9

JSON Structure definitions describing this provider's data shapes.

Cloudsearch Create Domain Request Structure

1 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Cloudsearch Create Domain Response Structure

1 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Cloudsearch Define Index Field Request Structure

1 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Cloudsearch Define Index Field Response Structure

1 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Cloudsearch Delete Domain Response Structure

1 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Cloudsearch Describe Domains Response Structure

1 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Cloudsearch Describe Index Fields Response Structure

1 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Cloudsearch Domain Status Structure

11 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Cloudsearch Index Documents Response Structure

1 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

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Examples 9

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

Cloudsearch Create Domain Request Example

1 fields

EXAMPLE

Cloudsearch Create Domain Response Example

1 fields

EXAMPLE

Cloudsearch Define Index Field Request Example

1 fields

EXAMPLE

Cloudsearch Define Index Field Response Example

1 fields

EXAMPLE

Cloudsearch Delete Domain Response Example

1 fields

EXAMPLE

Cloudsearch Describe Domains Response Example

1 fields

EXAMPLE

Cloudsearch Describe Index Fields Response Example

1 fields

EXAMPLE

Cloudsearch Domain Status Example

11 fields

EXAMPLE

Cloudsearch Index Documents Response Example

1 fields

EXAMPLE

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Security Posture 3

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Amazon Cloudsearch Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Amazon Cloudsearch Vulnerability Disclosure

security.txt · contact published

SECURITY

Amazon Cloudsearch Trust Center

PCI DSS, HIPAA, FedRAMP, GDPR, FIPS 140

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Amazon Cloudsearch Agentic Access

6 operations · 4 acting

6 operations · 4 acting

AGENTIC

Use Cases 4

What developers build with this provider.

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 4

Pre-built integrations with other platforms and tools.

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.

Resources

Get Started 3

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Portal
Portal
 Console
Console
 SignUp
SignUp

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation

Agent Surfaces 4

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

X-MCPServerCandidate
X-MCPServerCandidate
 AgenticAccess
AgenticAccess
 WellKnown
WellKnown
 LLMsTxt
LLMsTxt

Design & Contract 4

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Conformance
Conformance
 Lifecycle
Lifecycle
 SpectralRules
SpectralRules
 Vocabulary
Vocabulary

Build 2

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization
GitHubOrganization
 Packages
Packages

Access & Security 5

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

TrustCenter
TrustCenter
 VulnerabilityDisclosure
VulnerabilityDisclosure
 DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity
 Compliance
Compliance
 SecurityTxt
SecurityTxt

Learn 1

Tutorials, courses, talks, and written guidance

YouTube
YouTube

Operate 4

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support
Support
 StatusPage
StatusPage
 StackOverflow
StackOverflow
 Contact
Contact

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

TermsOfService
TermsOfService
 PrivacyPolicy
PrivacyPolicy

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website
Website
 Blog
Blog

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Overlay
Overlay

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
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.
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: true
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: high
  source:
  - openapi
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
specificationVersion: '0.23'
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
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:
- aid: amazon-cloudsearch:amazon-cloudsearch-domains-api
  name: Amazon CloudSearch Domains API
  description: Operations for creating and managing search domains
  humanURL: https://aws.amazon.com/cloudsearch/
  baseURL: https://cloudsearch.us-east-1.amazonaws.com
  tags:
  - Domains
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/amazon-cloudsearch-domains-api-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: ErrorCatalog
    url: errors/amazon-cloudsearch-problem-types.yml
- aid: amazon-cloudsearch:amazon-cloudsearch-index-fields-api
  name: Amazon CloudSearch Index Fields API
  description: Operations for defining and managing index fields
  humanURL: https://aws.amazon.com/cloudsearch/
  baseURL: https://cloudsearch.us-east-1.amazonaws.com
  tags:
  - Index Fields
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/amazon-cloudsearch-index-fields-api-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: ErrorCatalog
    url: errors/amazon-cloudsearch-problem-types.yml
common:
- type: X-MCPServerCandidate
  url: mcp/amazon-cloudsearch-mcp.yml
  note: 'Renamed from MCPServer 2026-09-03 (roadmap#247): the manifest self-describes as status: candidate — a tool list derived
    from the published API contracts, not an existing server. The scorer already read the manifest and reported mcp_server
    correctly; the MCPServer type was crediting the artifact-type surfaces with a server that does not exist.'
- type: Overlay
  url: overlays/amazon-cloudsearch-openapi-overlay.yaml
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/amazon-cloudsearch-agentic-access.yml
- 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
x-parent: aws
x-relationship: product

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