Searching an index

To search an Amazon Kendra index, you use the Query API. The Query API returns information about the indexed documents that you use in your application. This section shows you how to make a query, perform filters, and interpret the response that you get from the Query API.

To search documents that you have indexed with Amazon Kendra for Amazon Lex, use AMAZON.KendraSearchIntent. For an example of configuring Amazon Kendra with Amazon Lex, see Creating a FAQ Bot for an Amazon Kendra Index.

Topics

• Querying an index
• Browsing an index
• Featuring search results
• Tabular search for HTML
• Query suggestions
• Query spell checker
• Filtering and facet search
• Filtering on user context
• Query responses and response types
• Tuning and sorting responses
• Collapsing/expanding query results