azure.search.documents.indexes package

class azure.search.documents.indexes.SearchIndexerClient(endpoint: str, credential: AzureKeyCredential, **kwargs: Any)[source]

A client to interact with Azure search service Indexers.

Parameters
  • endpoint (str) – The URL endpoint of an Azure search service

  • credential (AzureKeyCredential) – A credential to authorize search client requests

Keyword Arguments

api_version (str) – The Search API version to use for requests.

close()None[source]

Close the SearchIndexerClient session.

create_data_source_connection(data_source_connection: SearchIndexerDataSourceConnection, **kwargs: Any) → SearchIndexerDataSourceConnection[source]

Creates a new data source connection.

Parameters

data_source_connection (SearchIndexerDataSourceConnection) – The definition of the data source connection to create.

Returns

The created SearchIndexerDataSourceConnection

Return type

SearchIndexerDataSourceConnection

Example:

Create a Data Source
container = SearchIndexerDataContainer(name='searchcontainer')
data_source_connection = SearchIndexerDataSourceConnection(
    name="sample-data-source-connection",
    type="azureblob",
    connection_string=connection_string,
    container=container
)
result = client.create_data_source_connection(data_source_connection)
print(result)
print("Create new Data Source Connection - sample-data-source-connection")
create_indexer(indexer: SearchIndexer, **kwargs: Any) → SearchIndexer[source]

Creates a new SearchIndexer.

Parameters

indexer (SearchIndexer) – The definition of the indexer to create.

Returns

The created SearchIndexer

Return type

SearchIndexer

Example:

create_or_update_data_source_connection(data_source_connection: SearchIndexerDataSourceConnection, **kwargs: Any) → SearchIndexerDataSourceConnection[source]

Creates a new data source connection or updates a data source connection if it already exists. :param data_source_connection: The definition of the data source connection to create or update. :type data_source_connection: ~azure.search.documents.indexes.models.SearchIndexerDataSourceConnection :keyword match_condition: The match condition to use upon the etag :type match_condition: ~azure.core.MatchConditions :return: The created SearchIndexerDataSourceConnection :rtype: ~azure.search.documents.indexes.models.SearchIndexerDataSourceConnection

create_or_update_indexer(indexer: SearchIndexer, **kwargs: Any) → SearchIndexer[source]

Creates a new indexer or updates a indexer if it already exists.

Parameters

indexer (SearchIndexer) – The definition of the indexer to create or update.

Returns

The created IndexSearchIndexerer

Return type

SearchIndexer

create_or_update_skillset(skillset: SearchIndexerSkillset, **kwargs: Any) → SearchIndexerSkillset[source]

Create a new SearchIndexerSkillset in an Azure Search service, or update an existing one.

Parameters

skillset (SearchIndexerSkillset) – The SearchIndexerSkillset object to create or update

Keyword Arguments

match_condition – The match condition to use upon the etag

Returns

The created or updated SearchIndexerSkillset

Return type

SearchIndexerSkillset

create_skillset(skillset: SearchIndexerSkillset, **kwargs: Any) → SearchIndexerSkillset[source]

Create a new SearchIndexerSkillset in an Azure Search service

Parameters

skillset (SearchIndexerSkillset) – The SearchIndexerSkillset object to create

Returns

The created SearchIndexerSkillset

Return type

SearchIndexerSkillset

Example:

delete_data_source_connection(data_source_connection: Union[str, SearchIndexerDataSourceConnection], **kwargs: Any)None[source]

Deletes a data source connection. To use access conditions, the SearchIndexerDataSourceConnection model must be provided instead of the name. It is enough to provide the name of the data source connection to delete unconditionally

Parameters

data_source_connection (str or SearchIndexerDataSourceConnection) – The data source connection to delete.

Keyword Arguments

match_condition – The match condition to use upon the etag

Returns

None

Return type

None

Example:

Delete a SearchIndexerDataSourceConnection
client.delete_data_source_connection("sample-data-source-connection")
print("Data Source Connection 'sample-data-source-connection' successfully deleted")
delete_indexer(indexer: Union[str, SearchIndexer], **kwargs: Any)None[source]

Deletes an indexer. To use access conditions, the SearchIndexer model must be provided instead of the name. It is enough to provide the name of the indexer to delete unconditionally.

Parameters

indexer (str or SearchIndexer) – The indexer to delete.

Keyword Arguments

match_condition – The match condition to use upon the etag

Returns

None

Return type

None

Example:

delete_skillset(skillset: Union[str, SearchIndexerSkillset], **kwargs: Any)None[source]

Delete a named SearchIndexerSkillset in an Azure Search service. To use access conditions, the SearchIndexerSkillset model must be provided instead of the name. It is enough to provide the name of the skillset to delete unconditionally

Parameters

name (str or SearchIndexerSkillset) – The SearchIndexerSkillset to delete

Keyword Arguments

match_condition – The match condition to use upon the etag

Example:

get_data_source_connection(name: str, **kwargs: Any) → SearchIndexerDataSourceConnection[source]

Retrieves a data source connection definition.

Parameters

name (str) – The name of the data source connection to retrieve.

Returns

The SearchIndexerDataSourceConnection that is fetched.

Return type

SearchIndexerDataSourceConnection

Example:

Retrieve a SearchIndexerDataSourceConnection
result = client.get_data_source_connection("sample-data-source-connection")
print("Retrived Data Source Connection 'sample-data-source-connection'")
get_data_source_connection_names(**kwargs: Any) → Sequence[str][source]

Lists all data source connection names available for a search service.

Returns

List of all the data source connection names.

Return type

list[str]

get_data_source_connections(**kwargs: Any) → Sequence[SearchIndexerDataSourceConnection][source]

Lists all data source connections available for a search service.

Returns

List of all the data source connections.

Return type

list[~azure.search.documents.indexes.models.SearchIndexerDataSourceConnection]

Example:

List all the SearchIndexerDataSourceConnections
result = client.get_data_source_connections()
names = [ds.name for ds in result]
print("Found {} Data Source Connections in the service: {}".format(len(result), ", ".join(names)))
get_indexer(name: str, **kwargs: Any) → SearchIndexer[source]

Retrieves a indexer definition.

Parameters

name (str) – The name of the indexer to retrieve.

Returns

The SearchIndexer that is fetched.

Return type

SearchIndexer

Example:

get_indexer_names(**kwargs: Any) → Sequence[str][source]

Lists all indexer names available for a search service.

Returns

List of all the SearchIndexers.

Return type

list[str]

Example:

get_indexer_status(name: str, **kwargs: Any) → SearchIndexerStatus[source]

Get the status of the indexer.

Parameters

name (str) – The name of the indexer to fetch the status.

Returns

SearchIndexerStatus

Return type

SearchIndexerStatus

Example:

get_indexers(**kwargs: Any) → Sequence[SearchIndexer][source]

Lists all indexers available for a search service.

Returns

List of all the SearchIndexers.

Return type

list[~azure.search.documents.indexes.models.SearchIndexer]

Example:

get_skillset(name: str, **kwargs: Any) → SearchIndexerSkillset[source]

Retrieve a named SearchIndexerSkillset in an Azure Search service

Parameters

name (str) – The name of the SearchIndexerSkillset to get

Returns

The retrieved SearchIndexerSkillset

Return type

SearchIndexerSkillset

Raises

ResourceNotFoundError

Example:

get_skillset_names(**kwargs: Any) → List[str][source]

List the SearchIndexerSkillset names in an Azure Search service.

Returns

List of SearchIndexerSkillset names

Return type

list[str]

Raises

~azure.core.exceptions.HttpResponseError

get_skillsets(**kwargs: Any) → List[SearchIndexerSkillset][source]

List the SearchIndexerSkillsets in an Azure Search service.

Returns

List of SearchIndexerSkillsets

Return type

list[SearchIndexerSkillset]

Raises

~azure.core.exceptions.HttpResponseError

Example:

reset_indexer(name: str, **kwargs: Any)None[source]

Resets the change tracking state associated with an indexer.

Parameters

name (str) – The name of the indexer to reset.

Returns

None

Return type

None

Example:

run_indexer(name: str, **kwargs: Any)None[source]

Run an indexer.

Parameters

name (str) – The name of the indexer to run.

Returns

None

Return type

None

Example:

class azure.search.documents.indexes.SearchIndexClient(endpoint: str, credential: AzureKeyCredential, **kwargs: Any)[source]

A client to interact with Azure search service index.

Parameters
  • endpoint (str) – The URL endpoint of an Azure search service

  • credential (AzureKeyCredential) – A credential to authorize search client requests

Keyword Arguments

api_version (str) – The Search API version to use for requests.

analyze_text(index_name: str, analyze_request: AnalyzeTextOptions, **kwargs: Any) → AnalyzeResult[source]

Shows how an analyzer breaks text into tokens.

Parameters
  • index_name (str) – The name of the index for which to test an analyzer.

  • analyze_request (AnalyzeTextOptions) – The text and analyzer or analysis components to test.

Returns

AnalyzeResult

Return type

AnalyzeResult

Raises

~azure.core.exceptions.HttpResponseError

Example:

Analyze text
from azure.core.credentials import AzureKeyCredential
from azure.search.documents.indexes import SearchIndexClient
from azure.search.documents.indexes.models import AnalyzeTextOptions

client = SearchIndexClient(service_endpoint, AzureKeyCredential(key))

analyze_request = AnalyzeTextOptions(text="One's <two/>", analyzer_name="standard.lucene")

result = client.analyze_text(index_name, analyze_request)
print(result.as_dict())
close()None[source]

Close the SearchIndexClient session.

create_index(index: SearchIndex, **kwargs: Any) → SearchIndex[source]

Creates a new search index.

Parameters

index (SearchIndex) – The index object.

Returns

The index created

Return type

SearchIndex

Raises

~azure.core.exceptions.HttpResponseError

Example:

Creating a new index.
name = "hotels"
fields = [
    SimpleField(name="hotelId", type=SearchFieldDataType.String, key=True),
    SimpleField(name="baseRate", type=SearchFieldDataType.Double),
    SearchableField(name="description", type=SearchFieldDataType.String, collection=True),
    ComplexField(name="address", fields=[
        SimpleField(name="streetAddress", type=SearchFieldDataType.String),
        SimpleField(name="city", type=SearchFieldDataType.String),
    ], collection=True)
]
cors_options = CorsOptions(allowed_origins=["*"], max_age_in_seconds=60)
scoring_profiles = []
index = SearchIndex(
    name=name,
    fields=fields,
    scoring_profiles=scoring_profiles,
    cors_options=cors_options)

result = client.create_index(index)
create_or_update_index(index: SearchIndex, allow_index_downtime: bool = None, **kwargs: Any) → SearchIndex[source]

Creates a new search index or updates an index if it already exists.

Parameters
  • index (SearchIndex) – The index object.

  • allow_index_downtime (bool) – Allows new analyzers, tokenizers, token filters, or char filters to be added to an index by taking the index offline for at least a few seconds. This temporarily causes indexing and query requests to fail. Performance and write availability of the index can be impaired for several minutes after the index is updated, or longer for very large indexes.

Keyword Arguments

match_condition – The match condition to use upon the etag

Returns

The index created or updated

Return type

SearchIndex

Raises

ResourceNotFoundError, ResourceModifiedError, ResourceNotModifiedError, ResourceNotFoundError, ResourceExistsError

Example:

Update an index.
name = "hotels"
fields = [
    SimpleField(name="hotelId", type=SearchFieldDataType.String, key=True),
    SimpleField(name="baseRate", type=SearchFieldDataType.Double),
    SearchableField(name="description", type=SearchFieldDataType.String, collection=True),
    SearchableField(name="hotelName", type=SearchFieldDataType.String),
    ComplexField(name="address", fields=[
        SimpleField(name="streetAddress", type=SearchFieldDataType.String),
        SimpleField(name="city", type=SearchFieldDataType.String),
        SimpleField(name="state", type=SearchFieldDataType.String),
    ], collection=True)
]
cors_options = CorsOptions(allowed_origins=["*"], max_age_in_seconds=60)
scoring_profile = ScoringProfile(
    name="MyProfile"
)
scoring_profiles = []
scoring_profiles.append(scoring_profile)
index = SearchIndex(
    name=name,
    fields=fields,
    scoring_profiles=scoring_profiles,
    cors_options=cors_options)

result = client.create_or_update_index(index=index)
create_or_update_synonym_map(synonym_map: SynonymMap, **kwargs: Any) → SynonymMap[source]

Create a new Synonym Map in an Azure Search service, or update an existing one.

Parameters

synonym_map (SynonymMap) – The Synonym Map object

Keyword Arguments

match_condition – The match condition to use upon the etag

Returns

The created or updated Synonym Map

Return type

SynonymMap

create_synonym_map(synonym_map: SynonymMap, **kwargs: Any) → SynonymMap[source]

Create a new Synonym Map in an Azure Search service

Parameters

synonym_map (SynonymMap) – The Synonym Map object

Returns

The created Synonym Map

Return type

SynonymMap

Example:

Create a Synonym Map
solr_format_synonyms = "\n".join([
    "USA, United States, United States of America",
    "Washington, Wash. => WA",
])
synonym_map = SynonymMap(name="test-syn-map", synonyms=solr_format_synonyms)
result = client.create_synonym_map(synonym_map)
print("Create new Synonym Map 'test-syn-map succeeded")
delete_index(index: Union[str, SearchIndex], **kwargs: Any)None[source]

Deletes a search index and all the documents it contains. The model must be provided instead of the name to use the access conditions.

Parameters

index (str or SearchIndex) – The index to retrieve.

Keyword Arguments

match_condition – The match condition to use upon the etag

Raises

~azure.core.exceptions.HttpResponseError

Example:

Delete an index.
name = "hotels"
client.delete_index(name)
delete_synonym_map(synonym_map: Union[str, SynonymMap], **kwargs: Any)None[source]

Delete a named Synonym Map in an Azure Search service. To use access conditions, the SynonymMap model must be provided instead of the name. It is enough to provide the name of the synonym map to delete unconditionally.

Parameters

name (str or SynonymMap) – The Synonym Map to delete

Keyword Arguments

match_condition – The match condition to use upon the etag

Returns

None

Return type

None

Example:

Delete a Synonym Map
client.delete_synonym_map("test-syn-map")
print("Synonym Map 'test-syn-map' deleted")
get_index(name: str, **kwargs: Any) → SearchIndex[source]
Parameters

name (str) – The name of the index to retrieve.

Returns

SearchIndex object

Return type

SearchIndex

Raises

~azure.core.exceptions.HttpResponseError

Example:

Get an index.
name = "hotels"
result = client.get_index(name)
get_index_statistics(index_name: str, **kwargs: Any)dict[source]

Returns statistics for the given index, including a document count and storage usage.

Parameters

index_name (str) – The name of the index to retrieve.

Returns

Statistics for the given index, including a document count and storage usage.

Return type

dict

Raises

~azure.core.exceptions.HttpResponseError

get_search_client(index_name: str, **kwargs: dict) → azure.search.documents._internal._search_client.SearchClient[source]

Return a client to perform operations on Search

Parameters

index_name (str) – The name of the Search Index

Return type

SearchClient

get_service_statistics(**kwargs: Any)dict[source]

Get service level statistics for a search service.

get_synonym_map(name: str, **kwargs: Any) → SynonymMap[source]

Retrieve a named Synonym Map in an Azure Search service

Parameters

name (str) – The name of the Synonym Map to get

Returns

The retrieved Synonym Map

Return type

SynonymMap

Raises

ResourceNotFoundError

Example:

Get a Synonym Map
result = client.get_synonym_map("test-syn-map")
print("Retrived Synonym Map 'test-syn-map' with synonyms")
for syn in result.synonyms:
    print("    {}".format(syn))
get_synonym_map_names(**kwargs: Any) → List[str][source]

List the Synonym Map names in an Azure Search service.

Returns

List of synonym maps

Return type

list[str]

Raises

~azure.core.exceptions.HttpResponseError

get_synonym_maps(**kwargs: Any) → List[SynonymMap][source]

List the Synonym Maps in an Azure Search service.

Returns

List of synonym maps

Return type

list[SynonymMap]

Raises

~azure.core.exceptions.HttpResponseError

Example:

List Synonym Maps
result = client.get_synonym_maps()
names = [x.name for x in result]
print("Found {} Synonym Maps in the service: {}".format(len(result), ", ".join(names)))
list_index_names(**kwargs: Any) → ItemPaged[str][source]

List the index names in an Azure Search service.

Returns

List of index names

Return type

list[str]

Raises

~azure.core.exceptions.HttpResponseError

list_indexes(**kwargs: Any) → ItemPaged[SearchIndex][source]

List the indexes in an Azure Search service.

Returns

List of indexes

Return type

list[SearchIndex]

Raises

~azure.core.exceptions.HttpResponseError