RESTful

Insert

Inserts one or more entities into a collection.

POST

https://${MILVUS_HOST}:${MILVUS_PORT}/v1/vector/insert

Example

Insert an entity to a collection named collection1:

curl --request POST \
     --url "${MILVUS_HOST}:${MILVUS_PORT}/v1/vector/insert" \
     --header "Authorization: Bearer ${TOKEN}" \
     --header "accept: application/json" \
     --header "content-type: application/json" \
     -d '{
          "collectionName": "medium_articles", 
          "data": [{ 
               "vector": [0.23254494, 0.01374953, 0.88497432, 0.05292784, 0.02204868, 0.21890409, 0.35428028, 0.97024438, 0.58635726, 0.67980838, 0.67202523, 0.16375636, 0.52829526, 0.80185865, 0.71167799, 0.98615784, 0.86350404, 0.64295726, 0.37624468, 0.99708253, 0.46243643, 0.32893164, 0.32094438, 0.47701896, 0.85275669, 0.13127097, 0.5889451, 0.97648346, 0.74876674, 0.66409428, 0.92279568, 0.59029588, 0.495616, 0.12791323, 0.90082737, 0.84513226, 0.47542935, 0.74928086, 0.44922073, 0.1020575, 0.37431645, 0.29738807, 0.71098564, 0.35390859, 0.87792487, 0.89928066, 0.4995833, 0.61043433, 0.55303136, 0.02036885, 0.02231103, 0.67648899, 0.72165575, 0.15671427, 0.00546115, 0.28756084, 0.15077446, 0.65105982, 0.44063386, 0.07762012, 0.59994796, 0.19935778, 0.58911788, 0.54601686, 0.47097711, 0.90082361, 0.05595469, 0.38546197, 0.91447695, 0.33456871, 0.12778749, 0.82224433, 0.3223666, 0.56243253, 0.72730363, 0.42176339, 0.02008885, 0.11265533, 0.71246733, 0.86685866, 0.5204902, 0.1653007, 0.80375364, 0.14031363, 0.76868394, 0.35325028, 0.1142984, 0.95218926, 0.37508951, 0.01396396, 0.16322817, 0.69052937, 0.30264489, 0.40555134, 0.06153988, 0.00101791, 0.18618961, 0.77599691, 0.3445008, 0.7106463, 0.13440427, 0.64690627, 0.40818622, 0.07025781, 0.89639434, 0.00494204, 0.10540909, 0.47865809, 0.47316137, 0.46836499, 0.93197388, 0.24012326, 0.49471039, 0.21283529, 0.47370547, 0.95777027, 0.50557255, 0.12809693, 0.79998351, 0.76532556, 0.3412945, 0.72270631, 0.3432966, 0.81465781, 0.6924483, 0.2885265, 0.84673871, 0.38711232, 0.18702427, 0.49496971, 0.65431764, 0.39590077, 0.31226873, 0.20910631, 0.86433119, 0.51681312, 0.77759473, 0.42447517, 0.05762998, 0.17887886, 0.41045186, 0.09120965, 0.6447974, 0.49632173, 0.72730052, 0.26646776, 0.48899696, 0.33221734, 0.98206029, 0.82591894, 0.28478645, 0.37324246, 0.35833242, 0.96558445, 0.5003729, 0.66676758, 0.7230707, 0.21599462, 0.70457393, 0.11649283, 0.03034646, 0.00318578, 0.57941155, 0.80640383, 0.30106438, 0.84618622, 0.02321722, 0.6453211, 0.31889303, 0.20069267, 0.19202631, 0.84127804, 0.06014367, 0.53307321, 0.78079442, 0.32043145, 0.30207626, 0.08691769, 0.07230655, 0.8059663, 0.03810803, 0.05415744, 0.44057945, 0.19306693, 0.75747746, 0.89299566, 0.82985846, 0.5958096, 0.89525864, 0.07336388, 0.38396764, 0.04846415, 0.56839423, 0.56106259, 0.14302027, 0.85109589, 0.6298057, 0.62168794, 0.24771729, 0.54924417, 0.9061572, 0.97241046, 0.33025088, 0.56675472, 0.72474551, 0.48314604, 0.26248324, 0.22614522, 0.13087051, 0.9292656, 0.80039537, 0.38300443, 0.78520422, 0.29857615, 0.19121419, 0.47509572, 0.35981825, 0.55131999, 0.04348036, 0.02168964, 0.80645188, 0.62876989, 0.70794394, 0.72093526, 0.85172951, 0.24799777, 0.97620833, 0.74877332, 0.92792629, 0.89200055, 0.74500415, 0.84596926, 0.97469625, 0.7171343, 0.30020491, 0.97313677, 0.241573, 0.15498676, 0.21273237, 0.58910547, 0.46249576, 0.01109894, 0.0180376, 0.80975073, 0.12900483, 0.96509751, 0.57304458, 0.73290638, 0.94211456, 0.35197941, 0.15532272, 0.76150926, 0.19317378, 0.72826792, 0.38820115, 0.94187109],
               "title": "Top 10 In-Demand programming languages to learn in 2020",
               "link": "https://towardsdatascience.com/top-10-in-demand-programming-languages-to-learn-in-2020-4462eb7d8d3e"
          }]
     }'

Insert multiple entities:

curl --request POST \
     --url "${MILVUS_HOST}:${MILVUS_PORT}/v1/vector/insert" \
     --header "Authorization: Bearer ${TOKEN}" \
     --header "accept: application/json" \
     --header "content-type: application/json" \
     -d '{
          "collectionName": "medium_articles", 
          "data": [{ 
               "vector": [0.23254494, 0.01374953, 0.88497432, 0.05292784, 0.02204868, 0.21890409, 0.35428028, 0.97024438, 0.58635726, 0.67980838, 0.67202523, 0.16375636, 0.52829526, 0.80185865, 0.71167799, 0.98615784, 0.86350404, 0.64295726, 0.37624468, 0.99708253, 0.46243643, 0.32893164, 0.32094438, 0.47701896, 0.85275669, 0.13127097, 0.5889451, 0.97648346, 0.74876674, 0.66409428, 0.92279568, 0.59029588, 0.495616, 0.12791323, 0.90082737, 0.84513226, 0.47542935, 0.74928086, 0.44922073, 0.1020575, 0.37431645, 0.29738807, 0.71098564, 0.35390859, 0.87792487, 0.89928066, 0.4995833, 0.61043433, 0.55303136, 0.02036885, 0.02231103, 0.67648899, 0.72165575, 0.15671427, 0.00546115, 0.28756084, 0.15077446, 0.65105982, 0.44063386, 0.07762012, 0.59994796, 0.19935778, 0.58911788, 0.54601686, 0.47097711, 0.90082361, 0.05595469, 0.38546197, 0.91447695, 0.33456871, 0.12778749, 0.82224433, 0.3223666, 0.56243253, 0.72730363, 0.42176339, 0.02008885, 0.11265533, 0.71246733, 0.86685866, 0.5204902, 0.1653007, 0.80375364, 0.14031363, 0.76868394, 0.35325028, 0.1142984, 0.95218926, 0.37508951, 0.01396396, 0.16322817, 0.69052937, 0.30264489, 0.40555134, 0.06153988, 0.00101791, 0.18618961, 0.77599691, 0.3445008, 0.7106463, 0.13440427, 0.64690627, 0.40818622, 0.07025781, 0.89639434, 0.00494204, 0.10540909, 0.47865809, 0.47316137, 0.46836499, 0.93197388, 0.24012326, 0.49471039, 0.21283529, 0.47370547, 0.95777027, 0.50557255, 0.12809693, 0.79998351, 0.76532556, 0.3412945, 0.72270631, 0.3432966, 0.81465781, 0.6924483, 0.2885265, 0.84673871, 0.38711232, 0.18702427, 0.49496971, 0.65431764, 0.39590077, 0.31226873, 0.20910631, 0.86433119, 0.51681312, 0.77759473, 0.42447517, 0.05762998, 0.17887886, 0.41045186, 0.09120965, 0.6447974, 0.49632173, 0.72730052, 0.26646776, 0.48899696, 0.33221734, 0.98206029, 0.82591894, 0.28478645, 0.37324246, 0.35833242, 0.96558445, 0.5003729, 0.66676758, 0.7230707, 0.21599462, 0.70457393, 0.11649283, 0.03034646, 0.00318578, 0.57941155, 0.80640383, 0.30106438, 0.84618622, 0.02321722, 0.6453211, 0.31889303, 0.20069267, 0.19202631, 0.84127804, 0.06014367, 0.53307321, 0.78079442, 0.32043145, 0.30207626, 0.08691769, 0.07230655, 0.8059663, 0.03810803, 0.05415744, 0.44057945, 0.19306693, 0.75747746, 0.89299566, 0.82985846, 0.5958096, 0.89525864, 0.07336388, 0.38396764, 0.04846415, 0.56839423, 0.56106259, 0.14302027, 0.85109589, 0.6298057, 0.62168794, 0.24771729, 0.54924417, 0.9061572, 0.97241046, 0.33025088, 0.56675472, 0.72474551, 0.48314604, 0.26248324, 0.22614522, 0.13087051, 0.9292656, 0.80039537, 0.38300443, 0.78520422, 0.29857615, 0.19121419, 0.47509572, 0.35981825, 0.55131999, 0.04348036, 0.02168964, 0.80645188, 0.62876989, 0.70794394, 0.72093526, 0.85172951, 0.24799777, 0.97620833, 0.74877332, 0.92792629, 0.89200055, 0.74500415, 0.84596926, 0.97469625, 0.7171343, 0.30020491, 0.97313677, 0.241573, 0.15498676, 0.21273237, 0.58910547, 0.46249576, 0.01109894, 0.0180376, 0.80975073, 0.12900483, 0.96509751, 0.57304458, 0.73290638, 0.94211456, 0.35197941, 0.15532272, 0.76150926, 0.19317378, 0.72826792, 0.38820115, 0.94187109],
               "title": "Top 10 In-Demand programming languages to learn in 2020",
               "link": "https://towardsdatascience.com/top-10-in-demand-programming-languages-to-learn-in-2020-4462eb7d8d3e"
          },{
               "vector": [0.4882628, 0.85768371, 0.48556888, 0.9681036, 0.94807827, 0.80656861, 0.72123286, 0.81810534, 0.83713905, 0.73258409, 0.97732714, 0.09869599, 0.83189308, 0.33537219, 0.88647192, 0.66132137, 0.703723, 0.34379603, 0.74785059, 0.84559156, 0.65074354, 0.61864253, 0.73546132, 0.84872955, 0.6006182, 0.04830389, 0.37780669, 0.96101751, 0.22319285, 0.88504273, 0.44813016, 0.69746754, 0.5707871, 0.37386075, 0.25382573, 0.42397712, 0.89749552, 0.39729882, 0.38485115, 0.12583234, 0.47243267, 0.74576701, 0.45814588, 0.88024839, 0.72812605, 0.6622232, 0.31803479, 0.74101011, 0.76141925, 0.5024863, 0.47431501, 0.40002184, 0.45752955, 0.54383915, 0.67569667, 0.52164475, 0.33647519, 0.93068322, 0.65766685, 0.95959175, 0.83665213, 0.1753687, 0.27341319, 0.34550907, 0.79669369, 0.95065082, 0.30838918, 0.79784458, 0.37323557, 0.97728813, 0.11170225, 0.87876854, 0.85212036, 0.88599461, 0.76916602, 0.6094099, 0.4427332, 0.87373443, 0.18576099, 0.81970137, 0.74932009, 0.92106027, 0.76417889, 0.35671825, 0.09990157, 0.14570871, 0.43084067, 0.30551776, 0.63985873, 0.45777184, 0.16172334, 0.32226743, 0.27613814, 0.18182943, 0.7019827, 0.45446168, 0.31359211, 0.17426952, 0.19392872, 0.59816543, 0.31679765, 0.60059089, 0.92800561, 0.95165562, 0.55177484, 0.49510178, 0.60250447, 0.1519485, 0.33565446, 0.92865767, 0.86723503, 0.85392181, 0.85337828, 0.01631286, 0.25257909, 0.00124323, 0.59344951, 0.78468014, 0.61854741, 0.61980932, 0.87467147, 0.44361724, 0.97777631, 0.42543721, 0.5290862, 0.12384163, 0.45287003, 0.30333621, 0.10408064, 0.71930918, 0.90741917, 0.09838064, 0.66319033, 0.08133113, 0.30527365, 0.40877414, 0.11552966, 0.76451148, 0.00529968, 0.76741598, 0.90358724, 0.05710312, 0.32659557, 0.66143926, 0.3258203, 0.62721598, 0.18690116, 0.00184847, 0.11355109, 0.33962499, 0.64671448, 0.67297271, 0.02416349, 0.3173442, 0.54041374, 0.33752188, 0.75654937, 0.08236666, 0.40054276, 0.1021504, 0.20874325, 0.75615835, 0.54953906, 0.44659766, 0.16064502, 0.58682242, 0.15547067, 0.57503622, 0.07797247, 0.1559962, 0.94815864, 0.12474807, 0.0999395, 0.85504252, 0.55633022, 0.56959553, 0.75966109, 0.70444125, 0.66884798, 0.81692129, 0.06837097, 0.9714623, 0.86751075, 0.42125912, 0.44367403, 0.49978621, 0.32267559, 0.67220653, 0.56167557, 0.25248436, 0.94191099, 0.71508807, 0.64564731, 0.56824345, 0.29187781, 0.93961505, 0.28196959, 0.92713673, 0.7256734, 0.51042292, 0.81504509, 0.55849401, 0.19380059, 0.46767559, 0.52275063, 0.66075204, 0.97290358, 0.57524932, 0.7219121, 0.85188581, 0.26220385, 0.75686621, 0.51934907, 0.185452, 0.49708297, 0.95783663, 0.61397962, 0.45956795, 0.49311061, 0.49464425, 0.43094667, 0.76768303, 0.29252745, 0.57964633, 0.72950803, 0.94616381, 0.60436868, 0.47828997, 0.90345857, 0.92971537, 0.64784105, 0.18095567, 0.94852017, 0.05224637, 0.50829763, 0.89020778, 0.008269, 0.9500583, 0.20305412, 0.21179052, 0.28443536, 0.39540241, 0.20286982, 0.30968133, 0.2141927, 0.4390286, 0.12686093, 0.59583271, 0.88270185, 0.28187656, 0.90096987, 0.29104497, 0.38480562, 0.40069773, 0.52293091, 0.37621525],
               "title": "Dashboards in Python: 3 Advanced Examples for Dash Beginners and Everyone Else",
               "link": "https://medium.com/swlh/dashboards-in-python-3-advanced-examples-for-dash-beginners-and-everyone-else"
          }]
     }'

Request

Parameters

No query parameters required
No path parameters required

Request Body

{
    "collectionName": "string"
}

Parameter	Description
`collectionName`	string(required) The name of the collection to which entities will be inserted.
`data`	object(required) An entity object. Note that the keys in the entity should match the collection schema.

{
    "collectionName": "string",
    "data": []
}

Parameter	Description
`collectionName`	string(required) The name of the collection to which entities will be inserted.
`data`	array(required) An array of entity objects. Note that the keys in an entity object should match the collection schema

Response

Returns the number of inserted entities and an array of their IDs.

Response Bodies

Response body if we process your request successfully

{
    "code": 200,
    "data": {
        "insertCount": "integer"
    }
}

Response body if we failed to process your request

{
    "code": integer,
    "message": string
}

Properties

The properties in the returned response are listed in the following table.

Property	Description
`code`	integer Indicates whether the request succeeds. `200`: The request succeeds. Others: Some error occurs.
`data`	object A data object.
`data.insertCount`	integer The number of inserted entities.
`data.insertIds`	array An array of the IDs of inserted entities.
`message`	string Indicates the possible reason for the reported error.

Possible Errors

Error Code	Description
800	database not found
1800	user hasn't authenticate
1801	can only accept json format request
1802	missing required parameters
1804	fail to deal the insert data
1806	please check the primary key and its' type can only in [int

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