Search settings API
editSearch settings API
editUse the search settings API to set engine defaults for the following search API request parameters:
Each query sent to an engine will use these default parameters, unless they are overridden directly within the query.
The changes you make to result_fields
through this API will affect those shown within the Result Settings UI.
Requires a Private API Key.
Show search settings
editShow the search settings for a given engine.
GET <ENTERPRISE_SEARCH_BASE_URL>/api/as/v1/engines/{ENGINE_NAME}/search_settings
Example - A GET
request to national-parks-demo
:
curl -X GET '<ENTERPRISE_SEARCH_BASE_URL>/api/as/v1/engines/national-parks-demo/search_settings' \ -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \ -H 'Authorization: Bearer private-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'
Example response:
{ "search_fields": { "description": { "weight": 1 }, "nps_link": { "weight": 1 }, "states": { "weight": 1 }, "title": { "weight": 3 }, "world_heritage_site": { "weight": 1 }, "id": { "weight": 1 } }, "result_fields": { "id": { "raw": {} }, "description": { "raw": {} }, "nps_link": { "raw": {} }, "states": { "raw": {} }, "title": { "raw": {} }, "visitors": { "raw": {} }, "world_heritage_site": { "raw": {} }, "location": { "raw": {} }, "acres": { "raw": {} }, "square_km": { "raw": {} }, "date_established": { "raw": {} } }, "boosts": {}, "precision": 2, "precision_enabled": true }
Update search settings
editUpdate the search settings for a given engine.
The precision_enabled
field is read-only.
It tells you whether it is possible to change the precision
setting.
If you try to change the precision_enabled
field, or the precision
setting when precision_enabled
is false
for an engine, you will receive an error.
To understand how to enable precision tuning with an Elasticsearch based engine, check Elasticsearch engines text field conventions.
Removing fields from result_fields
means that those fields are not returned in results.
PUT <ENTERPRISE_SEARCH_BASE_URL>/api/as/v1/engines/{ENGINE_NAME}/search_settings
Example - A PUT
request to national-parks-demo
.
This example selects which fields to search, calibrates field weights, boosts specific field values, and tunes precision.
Responses for this example return only the "title", "description", and "states" fields, with snippets.
curl -X PUT '<ENTERPRISE_SEARCH_BASE_URL>/api/as/v1/engines/national-parks-demo/search_settings' \ -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \ -H 'Authorization: Bearer private-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx' \ -d '{ "search_fields": { "description": { "weight": 9.2 }, "nps_link": { "weight": 1 }, "states": { "weight": 3 }, "title": { "weight": 1 }, "world_heritage_site": { "weight": 1 }, "id": { "weight": 1 } }, "result_fields": { "title": { "snippet": { "size": 20, "fallback": true } }, "description": { "raw": { "size": 200 }, "snippet": { "size": 100 } }, "states": { "raw" : {}, "snippet": { "size": 20, "fallback": true } } }, "boosts": { "world_heritage_site": [ { "type": "value", "factor": 9.5, "value": [ "true" ] } ] }, "precision": 3 }'
Example response:
{ "search_fields": { "description": { "weight": 9.2 }, "nps_link": { "weight": 1 }, "states": { "weight": 3 }, "title": { "weight": 1 }, "world_heritage_site": { "weight": 1 }, "id": { "weight": 1 } }, "boosts": { "world_heritage_site": [ { "type": "value", "factor": 9.5, "value": [ "true" ] } ] }, "precision": 3, "precision_enabled": true }
Reset search settings
editReset the search settings for a given engine back to the App Search default values.
Your search settings will be lost. You may want to back up your settings before resetting them.
POST <ENTERPRISE_SEARCH_BASE_URL>/api/as/v1/engines/{ENGINE_NAME}/search_settings/reset
Example - A POST
request to national-parks-demo
.
curl -X POST '<ENTERPRISE_SEARCH_BASE_URL>/api/as/v1/engines/national-parks-demo/search_settings/reset' \ -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \ -H 'Authorization: Bearer private-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'
Example response:
{ "search_fields": { "description": { "weight": 1 }, "nps_link": { "weight": 1 }, "states": { "weight": 1 }, "title": { "weight": 1 }, "world_heritage_site": { "weight": 1 }, "id": { "weight": 1 } }, "boosts": {}, "precision": 2, "precision_enabled": true }