Get Index (Azure Cognitive Search REST API)
The Get Index operation gets the index definition from Azure Cognitive Search.
GET https://[service name].search.windows.net/indexes/[index name]?api-version=[api-version]
Content-Type: application/json
api-key: [admin key]
URI Parameters
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| service name | Required. Set this to the unique, user-defined name of your search service. |
| index name | Required. The request URI specifies the name of the index to return. |
| api-version | Required. The current stable version is api-version=2020-06-30. See API versions for more versions. |
Request Headers
The following table describes the required and optional request headers.
| Fields | Description |
|---|---|
| Content-Type | Required. Set this to application/json |
| api-key | Required. The api-key is used to authenticate the request to your Search service. It is a string value, unique to your service. Get requests for an object definition must include an api-key field set to your admin key (as opposed to a query key). You can find the API key in your search service dashboard in the Azure portal. |
Request Body
None.
Response
Status Code: "200 OK" is returned for a successful response. See the example request JSON in Create Index (Azure Cognitive Search REST API) for an example of the response payload. The Get Index response body and the Create Index response and response bodies are all of the same format.