# Managing your place index resources with Amazon Location
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You can manage your place index resources using the Amazon Location console, the AWS CLI, or the Amazon Location APIs.

## List your place index resources
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You can view your place index resources list using the Amazon Location console, the AWS CLI, or the Amazon Location APIs:

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#### [ Console ]

**To view a list of place index resources using the Amazon Location console**

1. Open the Amazon Location console at [https://console.aws.amazon.com/location/](https://console.aws.amazon.com/location/home).

1. Choose **Place indexes** from the left navigation pane.

1. View a list of your place index resources under the **My place indexes**.

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#### [ API ]

Use the `[ListPlaceIndexes](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/location-places/latest/APIReference/API_ListPlaceIndexes.html)` operation from the Amazon Location Places APIs. 

The following example is an API request to get a list of place index resources in the AWS account. 

```
POST /places/v0/list-indexes
```

The following is an example response for `[ListPlaceIndexes](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/location-places/latest/APIReference/API_ListPlaceIndexes.html)`:

```
{
   "Entries": [ 
      { 
         "CreateTime": 2020-10-30T01:38:36Z,
         "DataSource": "Esri",
         "Description": "string",
         "IndexName": "ExamplePlaceIndex",
         "UpdateTime": 2020-10-30T01:40:36Z
      }
   ],
   "NextToken": "1234-5678-9012"
}
```

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#### [ CLI ]

Use the `[list-place-indexes](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/location/list-place-indexes.html)` command.

The following example is an AWS CLI to get a list of place index resources in the AWS account. 

```
aws location list-place-indexes
```

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## Get place index resource details
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You can get details about any place index resource in your AWS account using the Amazon Location console, the AWS CLI, or the Amazon Location APIs:

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#### [ Console ]

**To view the details of a place index resource using the Amazon Location console**

1. Open the Amazon Location console at [https://console.aws.amazon.com/location/](https://console.aws.amazon.com/location/home).

1. Choose **Place indexes** from the left navigation pane.

1. Under **My place indexes**, select the name link of the target place index resource. 

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#### [ API ]

Use the `[DescribePlaceIndex](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/location-places/latest/APIReference/API_DescribePlaceIndex.html)` operation from the Amazon Location Place APIs. 

The following example is an API request to get the place index resource details for *ExamplePlaceIndex*.

```
GET /places/v0/indexes/ExamplePlaceIndex
```

The following is an example response for `[DescribePlaceIndex](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/location-places/latest/APIReference/API_DescribePlaceIndex.html)`:

```
{
   "CreateTime": 2020-10-30T01:38:36Z,
   "DataSource": "Esri",
   "DataSourceConfiguration": { 
      "IntendedUse": "SingleUse"
   },
   "Description": "string",
   "IndexArn": "arn:aws:geo:us-west-2:123456789012:place-indexes/ExamplePlaceIndex",
   "IndexName": "ExamplePlaceIndex",
   "Tags": { 
      "string" : "string" 
   },
   "UpdateTime": 2020-10-30T01:40:36Z
}
```

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#### [ CLI ]

Use the `[describe-place-index](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/location/describe-place-index.html)` command.

The following example is an AWS CLI to get the place index resource details for *ExamplePlaceIndex*.

```
aws location describe-place-index \
    --index-name "ExamplePlaceIndex"
```

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## Delete a place index resource
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You can delete a place index resource from your AWS account using the Amazon Location console, the AWS CLI, or the Amazon Location APIs:

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#### [ Console ]

**To delete a place index resource using the Amazon Location console**

**Warning**  
This operation deletes the resource permanently.

 

1. Open the Amazon Location console at [https://console.aws.amazon.com/location/](https://console.aws.amazon.com/location/home).

1. Choose **Place indexes** from the left navigation pane.

1. Under **My place index**, select the target place index resource. 

1. Choose **Delete place index**.

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#### [ API ]

Use the `[DeletePlaceIndex](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/location-places/latest/APIReference/API_DeletePlaceIndex.html)` operation from the Amazon Location Places APIs. 

The following example is an API request to delete the place index resource *ExamplePlaceIndex*.

```
DELETE /places/v0/indexes/ExamplePlaceIndex
```

The following is an example success response for `[DeletePlaceIndex](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/location-places/latest/APIReference/API_DeletePlaceIndex.html)`:

```
HTTP/1.1 200
```

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#### [ CLI ]

Use the `[delete-place-index](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/location/delete-place-index.html)` command.

The following example is an AWS CLI command to delete the place index resource *ExamplePlaceIndex*.

```
aws location delete-place-index \
    --index-name "ExamplePlaceIndex"
```

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