Search
Conducts a similarity search in a collection.
POST
https://${MILVUS_HOST}:${MILVUS_PORT}/v1/vector/search
Example
Search entities based on a given vector:
curl --request POST \
--url "${MILVUS_HOST}:${MILVUS_PORT}/v1/vector/search" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer ${TOKEN}" \
--header "accept: application/json" \
--header "content-type: application/json" \
-d '{
"collectionName": "medium_articles",
"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]
}'
Search entities and return specific fields:
curl --request POST \
--url "${MILVUS_HOST}:${MILVUS_PORT}/v1/vector/search" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer ${TOKEN}" \
--header "accept: application/json" \
--header "content-type: application/json" \
-d '{
"collectionName": "medium_articles",
"outputFields": ["id", "title", "link", "distance"],
"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],
"filter": "id in [443300716234671427, 443300716234671426]",
"limit": 100,
"offset": 0
}'
Request
Parameters
No query parameters required
No path parameters required
Request Body
{
"collectionName": "string",
"filter": "string",
"limit": "integer",
"offset": "integer",
"outputFields": [],
"vector": []
}
Parameter | Description |
---|---|
collectionName | string(required) The name of the collection to which this operation applies. |
filter | string The filter used to find matches for the search |
limit | integer The maximum number of entities to return. The sum of this value of that of offset should be less than 1024.The value defaults to 100. The value ranges from 1 to 100. |
offset | integer The number of entities to skip in the search results. The sum of this value and that of limit should not be greater than 1024.The maximum value is 1024. |
outputFields | array An array of fields to return along with the search results. |
vector | array (number [float32])(required) The query vector in the form of a list of floating numbers. |
Response
Returns the search results.
Response Bodies
- Response body if we process your request successfully
{
"code": 200,
"data": {}
}
- 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.
|
data | array A data array of objects. |
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 |
1805 | fail to parse search result |