Fulltext

Create fulltext index

creates a fulltext index

POST /_api/index

Query Parameters

  • collection (string, required): The collection name.

Request Body

  • type (string, required): must be equal to “fulltext”.

  • fields (array of strings, required): an array of attribute names. Currently, the array is limited to exactly one attribute.

  • minLength (integer, required): Minimum character length of words to index. Will default to a server-defined value if unspecified. It is thus recommended to set this value explicitly when creating the index.

  • inBackground (boolean, optional): The optional attribute inBackground can be set to true to create the index in the background, which will not write-lock the underlying collection for as long as if the index is built in the foreground. The default value is false.

Creates a fulltext index for the collection collection-name, if it does not already exist. The call expects an object containing the index details.

Responses

HTTP 200: If the index already exists, then a HTTP 200 is returned.

HTTP 201: If the index does not already exist and could be created, then a HTTP 201 is returned.

HTTP 404: If the collection-name is unknown, then a HTTP 404 is returned.

Examples

Creating a fulltext index

shell> curl -X POST --header 'accept: application/json' --data-binary @- --dump - http://localhost:8529/_api/index?collection=products <<EOF
{ 
  "type" : "fulltext", 
  "fields" : [ 
    "text" 
  ] 
}
EOF

HTTP/1.1 201 Created
content-type: application/json
connection: Keep-Alive
content-length: 182
server: ArangoDB
x-arango-queue-time-seconds: 0.000000
x-content-type-options: nosniff
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