Swiftype

Swiftype is a hosted site-search and app-search platform founded in 2012, backed by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) and DCVC, and acquired by Elastic in 2017 where it now operates as Elastic Site Search. Swiftype gives websites and applications relevance-tuned full-text search, autocomplete, a managed web crawler, document indexing, result ranking/weighting controls, synonyms, and query and click analytics. Developers integrate through the Site Search REST API at https://search-api.swiftype.com/api/v1/ using a private auth_token for full read/write access or a public engine_key for read-only client-side search, with official client libraries for PHP, Python, Node.js, and Ruby published under the Elastic GitHub organization.

Swiftype publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Search, Site Search, App Search, Full-Text Search, and Autocomplete.

Swiftype’s developer surface includes documentation, API reference, support, authentication, and 13 more developer resources.

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20.5/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 5/100 human only library Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-09-08 · rubric v0.20.0

1 APIs 1 MCP Servers

Search Site SearchApp SearchFull-Text Search AutocompleteWeb CrawlerAnalytics Developer ToolsElastic

Kin Score

Kin Score How this is scored →
scored 2026-09-08 · rubric v0.20.0

Composite quality — 20.5/100 · emerging

Contract Quality 0.0 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 10.0 / 20

Access Clarity 0.0 / 20

Operational Transparency 2.4 / 13

Contract Governance 0.5 / 12

Discoverability 7.6 / 10

Agent readiness — 5/100 · human only

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 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

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APIs 1

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

Swiftype Site Search API

REST API for managing Swiftype search engines, indexing documents, controlling the web crawler and domains, running search and autocomplete queries, and retrieving query/click a...

MCP Servers 1

Model Context Protocol servers that expose these APIs to AI agents.

Swiftype MCP Server

MCP SERVER

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Swiftype Rate Limits

0 limits

RATE LIMITS

Security Posture 2

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

Swiftype Authentication

apiKey/http · 2 schemes

SECURITY

Swiftype Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Resources

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

DeveloperPortal

DeveloperPortal

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

APIReference

APIReference

Agent Surfaces 2

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

X-MCPServerCandidate

X-MCPServerCandidate

LLMsTxt

LLMsTxt

Design & Contract 3

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Conventions

Conventions

Lifecycle

Lifecycle

Conformance

Conformance

Build 3

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

Packages

Packages

SDKs

SDKs

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

Operate 3

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support

Support

StatusPage

StatusPage

RateLimits

RateLimits

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

ParentCompany

ParentCompany

Source (apis.yml)

aid: swiftype
name: Swiftype
description: Swiftype is a hosted site-search and app-search platform founded in 2012, backed by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z)
  and DCVC, and acquired by Elastic in 2017 where it now operates as Elastic Site Search. Swiftype gives websites and applications
  relevance-tuned full-text search, autocomplete, a managed web crawler, document indexing, result ranking/weighting controls,
  synonyms, and query and click analytics. Developers integrate through the Site Search REST API at https://search-api.swiftype.com/api/v1/
  using a private auth_token for full read/write access or a public engine_key for read-only client-side search, with official
  client libraries for PHP, Python, Node.js, and Ruby published under the Elastic GitHub organization.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/swiftype/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- a16z
- dcvc
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
deliveryModel:
  model: library
  open_source: false
  commercial: false
  callable_host: false
  label: Library · distributed through package registries, no callable service
  confidence: low
  source:
  - none
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source:
  - authentication
  - rate-limits
  - security
  generated: '2026-09-03'
  method: derived
specificationVersion: '0.23'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-21'
image: https://swiftype.com/favicon.ico
tags:
- Search
- Site Search
- App Search
- Full-Text Search
- Autocomplete
- Web Crawler
- Analytics
- Developer Tools
- Elastic
tags_raw:
- Search
- Site Search
- App Search
- Full Text Search
- Autocomplete
- Web Crawler
- Analytics
- Developer Tools
- Elastic
apis:
- aid: swiftype:swiftype-site-search-api
  name: Swiftype Site Search API
  humanURL: https://swiftype.com/documentation/site-search/overview
  baseURL: https://search-api.swiftype.com/api/v1/
  tags:
  - Search
  - Site Search
  - Autocomplete
  - Indexing
  - Analytics
  description: REST API for managing Swiftype search engines, indexing documents, controlling the web crawler and domains,
    running search and autocomplete queries, and retrieving query/click analytics. Authenticated with a private auth_token
    or a public read-only engine_key.
  properties:
  - url: https://swiftype.com/documentation
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://swiftype.com/documentation/site-search/overview
    type: APIReference
  - url: authentication/swiftype-authentication.yml
    type: Authentication
  - url: conventions/swiftype-conventions.yml
    type: Conventions
  - url: rate-limits/swiftype-rate-limits.yml
    type: RateLimits
  - url: mcp/swiftype-mcp.yml
    type: MCPServer
common:
- type: ParentCompany
  url: https://apis.io/providers/elastic/
  name: Elastic
  x-relationship: acquired
  x-evidence: Swiftype is a hosted site-search and app-search platform founded in 2012, backed by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z)
    and DCVC, and acquired by Elastic in 2017 where it now operates as Elastic Site Search.
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/swiftype-domain-security.yml
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://swiftype.com/documentation
- type: Documentation
  url: https://swiftype.com/documentation
- type: APIReference
  url: https://swiftype.com/documentation/site-search/overview
- type: Support
  url: https://discuss.elastic.co/
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/elastic
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://www.swiftypestatus.com/
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/swiftype-authentication.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/swiftype-conventions.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/swiftype-rate-limits.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/swiftype-lifecycle.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/swiftype-conformance.yml
- type: Packages
  url: packages/swiftype-packages.yml
- type: SDKs
  url: packages/swiftype-packages.yml
- type: X-MCPServerCandidate
  url: mcp/swiftype-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: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/swiftype-llms.txt
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-21'
  status: enriched
  artifacts_added: 10
  pass: local-v1

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