POST

/#X-Amz-Target=AWSKendraFrontendService.CreateIndex

http://kendra.{region}.amazonaws.com/#X-Amz-Target=AWSKendraFrontendService.CreateIndex

Creates an Amazon Kendra index. Index creation is an asynchronous API. To determine if index creation has completed, check the <code>Status</code> field returned from a call to <code>DescribeIndex</code>. The <code>Status</code> field is set to <code>ACTIVE</code> when the index is ready to use. Once the index is active you can index your documents using the <code>BatchPutDocument</code> API or using one of the supported data sources. For an example of creating an index and data source using the Python SDK, see <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/kendra/latest/dg/gs-python.html">Getting started with Python SDK</a>. For an example of creating an index and data source using the Java SDK, see <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/kendra/latest/dg/gs-java.html">Getting started with Java SDK</a>.

Access Token Required: API Key

Responses

{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "id": "abc123",
    "created_at": "2025-01-01T00:00:00Z"
  }
}

{
  "success": false,
  "error": {
    "code": "VALIDATION_ERROR",
    "message": "Invalid request parameters"
  }
}

Language

CredentialsAPI KEY

API Key

Enter token below to save for later

cURL Request

1curl --request POST \
2     --url 'http://kendra.{region}.amazonaws.com/#X-Amz-Target=AWSKendraFrontendService.CreateIndex' \
3     --header 'accept: application/json' \
4     --header 'content-type: application/json'

Response

1{
2  "success": true,
3  "data": {
4    "id": "abc123",
5    "created_at": "2025-01-01T00:00:00Z"
6  }
7}