Aliases - Create Or Update

Reference

Service:: Search Service

API Version:: 2023-10-01-Preview

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

PUT {endpoint}/aliases('{aliasName}')?api-version=2023-10-01-Preview

URI Parameters

Name	In	Required	Type	Description
aliasName	path	True	string	The definition of the alias to create or update.
endpoint	path	True	string	The endpoint URL of the search service.
api-version	query	True	string	Client Api Version.

Request Header

Name	Required	Type	Description
x-ms-client-request-id		string uuid	The tracking ID sent with the request to help with debugging.
If-Match		string	Defines the If-Match condition. The operation will be performed only if the ETag on the server matches this value.
If-None-Match		string	Defines the If-None-Match condition. The operation will be performed only if the ETag on the server does not match this value.
Prefer	True	string	For HTTP PUT requests, instructs the service to return the created/updated resource on success.

Request Body

Name	Required	Type	Description
indexes	True	string[]	The name of the index this alias maps to. Only one index name may be specified.
name	True	string	The name of the alias.
@odata.etag		string	The ETag of the alias.

Responses

Name	Type	Description
200 OK	SearchAlias
201 Created	SearchAlias
Other Status Codes	SearchError	Error response.

Examples

SearchServiceCreateOrUpdateAlias

Sample request

HTTP

PUT https://myservice.search.windows.net/aliases('production')?api-version=2023-10-01-Preview


{
  "name": "production",
  "indexes": [
    "hotels"
  ]
}

Sample response

Status code:: 200

{
  "name": "production",
  "indexes": [
    "hotels"
  ]
}

Status code:: 201

{
  "name": "production",
  "indexes": [
    "hotels"
  ]
}

Definitions

Name	Description
SearchAlias	Represents an index alias, which describes a mapping from the alias name to an index. The alias name can be used in place of the index name for supported operations.
SearchError	Describes an error condition for the API.

SearchAlias

Represents an index alias, which describes a mapping from the alias name to an index. The alias name can be used in place of the index name for supported operations.

Name	Type	Description
@odata.etag	string	The ETag of the alias.
indexes	string[]	The name of the index this alias maps to. Only one index name may be specified.
name	string	The name of the alias.

SearchError

Describes an error condition for the API.

Name	Type	Description
code	string	One of a server-defined set of error codes.
details	SearchError[]	An array of details about specific errors that led to this reported error.
message	string	A human-readable representation of the error.

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