DefineIndexField

Description

Configures an IndexField for the search domain. Used to create new fields and modify existing ones. You must specify the name of the domain you are configuring and an index field configuration. The index field configuration specifies a unique name, the index field type, and the options you want to configure for the field. The options you can specify depend on the IndexFieldType . If the field exists, the new configuration replaces the old one. For more information, see Configuring Index Fields in the Amazon CloudSearch Developer Guide.

Request Parameters

For information about the common parameters that all actions use, see Common Parameters.

DomainName

A string that represents the name of a domain. Domain names are unique across the domains owned by an account within an AWS region. Domain names start with a letter or number and can contain the following characters: a-z (lowercase), 0-9, and - (hyphen).

Type: String

Length constraints: Minimum length of 3. Maximum length of 28.

Required: Yes

IndexField

The index field and field options you want to configure.

Type: IndexField

Required: Yes

Response Elements

The following element is returned in a structure named DefineIndexFieldResult.

IndexField

The value of an IndexField and its current status.

Type: IndexFieldStatus

Errors

For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see Common Errors.

Base

An error occurred while processing the request.

HTTP Status Code: 400

Internal

An internal error occurred while processing the request. If this problem persists, report an issue from the Service Health Dashboard.

HTTP Status Code: 500

InvalidType

The request was rejected because it specified an invalid type definition.

HTTP Status Code: 409

LimitExceeded

The request was rejected because a resource limit has already been met.

HTTP Status Code: 409

ResourceNotFound

The request was rejected because it attempted to reference a resource that does not exist.

HTTP Status Code: 409