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 12 more developer resources.

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22.9/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 28/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
AccessSelf serve
1 APIs 1 MCP Servers
SearchSite SearchApp SearchFull Text SearchAutocompleteWeb CrawlerAnalyticsDeveloper ToolsElastic

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
Composite quality — 22.9/100 · emerging
Contract Quality 0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 10.9 / 20
Commercial Clarity 0.0 / 20
Operational Transparency 2.7 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 9.3 / 10
Agent readiness — 28/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15
MCP Server 12 / 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
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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.yml

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

MCPServer
MCPServer
 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

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
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
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Self-serve signup
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
specificationVersion: '0.20'
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
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: 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: MCPServer
  url: mcp/swiftype-mcp.yml
- 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