describeIndex()

This operation describes a specific index.

public DescribeIndexResp describeIndex(DescribeIndexReq request)

Request Syntax

describeIndex(DescribeIndexReq.builder()
    .databaseName(String databaseName)
    .collectionName(String collectionName)
    .fieldName(String fieldName)
    .indexName(String indexName)
    .timestamp(Long timestamp)
    .build()
);

BUILDER METHODS:

  • databaseName(String databaseName) -

    The name of the database. Defaults to the current database if not specified.

  • collectionName(String collectionName) -

    The name of the target collection.

  • fieldName(String fieldName) -

    The name of the target field.

  • indexName(String indexName) -

    The name of the target index.

  • timestamp(Long timestamp) -

    A timestamp for time-travel queries. Defaults to 0L.

RETURNS:

DescribeIndexResp

A DescribeIndexResp object that contains the details of the specified index.

EXCEPTIONS:

  • MilvusClientException

    This exception will be raised when any error occurs during this operation.

Example

import io.milvus.v2.client.ConnectConfig;
import io.milvus.v2.client.MilvusClientV2;
import io.milvus.v2.service.index.request.DescribeIndexReq;
import io.milvus.v2.service.index.response.DescribeIndexResp;

// 1. Set up a client
ConnectConfig connectConfig = ConnectConfig.builder()
        .uri("http://localhost:19530")
        .token("root:Milvus")
        .build();

MilvusClientV2 client = new MilvusClientV2(connectConfig);

// 2. Describe the index for the field "vector"
DescribeIndexReq describeIndexReq = DescribeIndexReq.builder()
        .collectionName("test")
        .fieldName("vector")
        .build();
DescribeIndexResp describeIndexResp = client.describeIndex(describeIndexReq);

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