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describeIndex()

This method fetches the index details from a collection.

Example

import { MilvusClient } from "@zilliz/milvus2-sdk-node";

new milvusClient(MILUVS_ADDRESS).describeIndex({
  collection_name: "my_collection",
});

Response

// describeIndex returns
{
  status: { error_code: 'Success', reason: '' },
  index_descriptions: [
    {
      params: [
        { key: 'index_type', value: 'IVF_FLAT' },
        { key: 'metric_type', value: 'IP' },
        { key: 'params', value: '{"nlist":10}' }
      ],
      index_name: '_default_idx',
      indexID: '434828928027721731',
      field_name: 'vector_01'
    }
  ],
}

Parameters

ParametersDescriptionType
collection_nameName of the collection to checkString
field_name?Name of the field to checkString
index_name?Name of the index to checkString
timeout?This parameter is used to specify the length of time, in milliseconds, that the RPC (Remote Procedure Call) is allowed to run. If no value is provided, the default is undefined.Number
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