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list_aliases()

This operation lists all existing aliases for a specific collection.

Request Syntax

list_aliases(
    collection_name: str,
    using: str,
    timeout: float | None
)

PARAMETERS:

  • collection_name (str) -

    [REQUIRED]

    The name of the collection whose aliases are to be listed.

  • using (str) -

    The alias of the employed connection.

    The default value is default, indicating that this operation employs the default connection.

  • timeout (float | None)

    The timeout duration for this operation. Setting this to None indicates that this operation times out when any response arrives or any error occurs.

RETURN TYPE:

list

RETURNS:

A list of aliases for the specified collection. If the collection has no aliases, an empty list will be returned.

EXCEPTIONS:

  • MilvusException

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

  • BaseException

    This exception will be raised when this operation fails.

Examples

from pymilvus import connections, Collection, utility

# Connection to localhost:19530
connections.connect()

# Get an existing collection
collection_1 = Collection("collection_1")

# Create an alias for collection_1
utility.create_alias(collection_name="collection_1", alias="bob")

# List aliases for the collection
utility.list_aliases(collection_name="collection_1") # ['bob']

# Create another alias for collection_1
utility.create_alias(collection_name="collection_1", alias="tom")

# List aliases for the collection
utility.list_aliases(collection_name="collection_1") # ['bob', 'tom']

Related operations

The following operations are related to drop_alias():

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