Schema API
editSchema API
editWant to start with the core concepts? Give our Indexing Documents guide a read.
Alter the schema fields of your Engine.
Before you begin, familiarize yourself with the schema design principles within the API Overview.
Authentication
editFor authentication, the Schema endpoint requires...
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The name of your Engine:
[ENGINE]
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A Private API Key:
[PRIVATE_API_KEY]
curl -X GET '<ENTERPRISE_SEARCH_BASE_URL>/api/as/v1/engines/[ENGINE]/schema' \ -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \ -H 'Authorization: Bearer [PRIVATE_API_KEY]'
List Schema
editGET <ENTERPRISE_SEARCH_BASE_URL>/api/as/v1/engines/{ENGINE_NAME}/schema
Example - A GET
request to return the whole schema.
curl -X GET '<ENTERPRISE_SEARCH_BASE_URL>/api/as/v1/engines/national-parks-demo/schema' \ -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \ -H 'Authorization: Bearer private-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'
Example Response
{ "description": "text", "nps_link": "text", "states": "text", "title": "text", "visitors": "number", "world_heritage_site": "text", "location": "geolocation", "acres": "number", "date_established": "date", "square_km": "number" }
Update Schema
editWhen updating a Schema, you can either...
Updates an Existing Schema
editPOST <ENTERPRISE_SEARCH_BASE_URL>/api/as/v1/engines/{ENGINE_NAME}/schema
Example - A POST
request that changes the square_km
field from number to text.
curl -X POST '<ENTERPRISE_SEARCH_BASE_URL>/api/as/v1/engines/national-parks-demo/schema' \ -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \ -H 'Authorization: Bearer private-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx' \ -d '{ "square_km": "text" }'
Example Response
{ "description": "text", "nps_link": "text", "states": "text", "title": "text", "visitors": "number", "world_heritage_site": "text", "location": "geolocation", "acres": "number", "date_established": "date", "square_km": "text" }
Creates a new Schema Field
editYou may have up to 64 fields.
Fields cannot be named: engine_id, highlight, or, and, not, any, all, none.
Example - A POST
request to add a new number field, square_mi
.
curl -X POST '<ENTERPRISE_SEARCH_BASE_URL>/api/as/v1/engines/national-parks-demo/schema' \ -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \ -H 'Authorization: Bearer private-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx' \ -d '{ "square_mi": "number" } '
Example Response
{ "description": "text", "nps_link": "text", "states": "text", "title": "text", "visitors": "number", "world_heritage_site": "text", "location": "geolocation", "acres": "number", "date_established": "date", "square_km": "number", "square_mi": "number" }
Errors
editIf one field fails validation then the entire set will fail.
Name indicates the name of the field. Type indicates the type of the field.
400 Error Message |
Solution |
"Type is not included in the list" |
The allowed types are: text, number, date, geolocation". Ensure that no spaces are included and only one of the four types is present. Watch out for integer, which will not work - expects number. |
"Name cannot contain whitespace" |
Can not contain any whitespace characters like |
"Name cannot have a leading underscore" |
Can not start with a leading underscore like |
"Name cannot contain more than 64 characters" |
Very long field names are not allowed. |
"Name cannot be a reserved field (engine_id, highlight, or, and, not, any, all, none)" |
These field names are reserved for your safety :). For example, trying to define an |
"Name can only contain lowercase letters, numbers, and underscores" |
No dashes, capitals, strange characters or other such silliness! |
"Name must contain a lowercase letter" |
You can not have a field with only capital letters. |
"Name must be unique" |
Each field name must be unique. |
What’s Next?
editThe Schema endpoint is how you adjust your foundational data model. Now that you know how to make Schema changes via the API, you may be interested in exploring deeper into Indexing Documents. Alternatively, you may be into some of the deeper analytics presented by Curations and Clickthrough.