List Indexers (Azure AI Search REST API)
Important
This API reference is for a legacy version. See Data plane REST operations for updated reference documentation. Use the filter on the top left to select a version.
The List Indexers operation returns the list of indexers in your Azure AI Search service.
GET https://[service name].search.windows.net/indexers?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. |
| 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 | Optional if you're using Azure roles and a bearer token is provided on the request, otherwise a key is required. An api-key is a unique, system-generated string that authenticates the request to your search service. Get requests for an object definition must include an api-key field set to your admin key (as opposed to a query key). See Connect to Azure AI Search using key authentication for details. |
Request Body
None.
Response
For a successful request: 200 OK. Here is an example response body:
{
"value" : [
{
"name" : "myindexer",
"description" : "a cool indexer",
"dataSourceName" : "ordersds",
"targetIndexName" : "orders",
... other indexer properties
}]
}
You can filter the response down to just the properties you're interested in. For example, if you want only a list of indexer names, use the OData $select query option:
GET /indexers?api-version=2020-06-30&$select=name
In this case, the response from the above example would appear as follows:
{
"value" : [ { "name": "myindexer" } ]
}
This is a useful technique to save bandwidth if you have a lot of indexers in your Search service.
Note
If an indexer has an encryption key, the search service must have access to the encryption key to retrieve encrypted properties in that indexer's definition. Without access to the encryption key, an "<encrypted>" placeholder is returned in place of the encrypted properties. Restoring access to the key allows the search service to retrieve the complete indexer definition again.