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Milvus Collections API

The Collections API from Milvus — 11 operation(s) for collections.

Documentation Provider Profile APIs.io OpenAPI GitHub

Milvus Collections API is one of 8 APIs that Milvus publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Collection. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 11 operations across 11 paths, and defines 1 schema. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 2.5.x.

Requests are made against a single base URL, http://localhost:19530.

11 operations 11 paths 1 schemas 3 GET8 POST

Metadata

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Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
2.5.x
Base URL
http://{milvus_host}:19530/v2/vectordb
Authentication
HTTP Bearer
Contact
Milvus
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Milvus Collections API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (BearerAuth). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • BearerAuth — Bearer token of the form username:password (e.g. root:milvus) when authentication is enabled.

Paths & Operations 11

Across 11 paths, the API surfaces 11 operations — 3 GET, 8 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Collections 11
POST
/v2/vectordb/collections/create
Create a collection
createCollection body → 200
GET
/v2/vectordb/collections/describe
Describe a collection
describeCollection 1 param → 200
GET
/v2/vectordb/collections/list
List collections
listCollections → 200
POST
/v2/vectordb/collections/drop
Drop a collection
dropCollection body → 200
POST
/v2/vectordb/collections/load
Load a collection into memory
loadCollection body → 200
POST
/v2/vectordb/collections/release
Release a collection from memory
releaseCollection body → 200
POST
/v2/vectordb/collections/rename
Rename a collection
renameCollection body → 200
POST
/v2/vectordb/collections/flush
Flush collection data to storage
flushCollection body → 200
POST
/v2/vectordb/collections/compact
Compact a collection
compactCollection body → 200
POST
/v2/vectordb/collections/alter-properties
Alter collection properties
alterCollectionProperties body → 200
GET
/v2/vectordb/collections/get-load-state
Get a collection's load state
getCollectionLoadState 1 param → 200

Schemas 1

The contract defines 1 schema that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed is StatusResponse (3 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

StatusResponse
object
3 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

milvus-collections-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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API Details
ID
milvus:milvus-collections-api
Base URL
http://{milvus_host}:19530/v2/vectordb
Docs
https://milvus.io/api-reference/restful/v2.5.x/About.md
Provider
Milvus
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