Globus Search API Reference

The Globus Search API covers a variety of activities related to indexing, updating, deleting, and querying search data.

This section of the documentation covers in detail all of the specific methods of the API.

It also documents schemas and datatypes for the API.

Entry and Subject Operations

These APIs provide direct Read and Delete against data within an index.

You should use the Ingest API to create or update data in Search, and only use these APIs to Read or Delete those data.

Access Controls on Entry & Subject Operations

Access to entry create, update and delete APIs may be restricted to certain users. The identity of the caller is determined based on the Bearer token provided to authenticate the API call.

API Methods

Table 1. Query Operations
Get Query	Simple search query
Post Query	Complex search query
Scroll Query	Scrolling query

Table 2. Ingest APIs
Ingest	Submit an ingest task to write data to Search

Table 3. Task APIs
Get Task	View a specific task
Task List	List recent tasks which were submitted for an index

Table 4. Entry Operations
Get Entry	Lookup a single entry
Delete Entry	Delete a single entry
Create or Update Entry	Create or update a single entry

Table 5. Subject Operations
Get Subject	Lookup a single subject
Delete Subject	Delete a single subject
Delete by Query	Delete by Query

Table 6. Index Management
Index Show	View basic information about an index
Index Create	Create a new index
Index Update	Update an existing index
Index Delete	Delete an index
Index Reopen	Reopen an index marked for deletion (non-trial only)
Index List	List indices where you have 'owner', 'admin', or 'writer' permissions
Role List	List roles on an index where you have 'admin' or 'owner'
Role Create	Add a role to an index where you have 'admin' or 'owner'