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Set Settings | JavaScript API Client V3 (Deprecated)

This version of the JavaScript API client has been deprecated in favor of the latest version of the JavaScript API client.

Required API Key: any key with the editSettings ACL
Method signature
index.setSettings(
  object settings,
  callback
)
index.setSettings(
  object settings,
  { forwardToReplicas: boolean },
  callback
)

About this method# A

Create or change an index’s settings.

Only specified settings are overridden; unspecified settings are left unchanged. Specifying null for a setting resets it to its default value.

The supported settings are listed in the Settings Parameters page.

Performance wise, it’s better to set settings before pushing the data.

Examples# A

Simple set settings#

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$index->setSettings(
  [
    'customRanking' => ['desc(followers)']
  ]
);

Set setting and forward to replicas#

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$forwardToReplicas = true;

$index->setSettings(
  [
    'searchableAttributes' => ['name', 'address'],
    'customRanking' => ['desc(followers)'],
  ],
  [
    'forwardToReplicas' => $forwardToReplicas
  ]
);

Parameters# A

settings #
type: key value mapping
Required

A mapping of settings parameters you can use on an index.

forwardToReplicas #
type: boolean
default: false
Optional

Whether to forward the same settings to the replica indices.

Response# A

In this section we document the JSON response returned by the API. Each language will encapsulate this response inside objects specific to the language and/or the implementation. So the actual type in your language might differ from what is documented.

JSON format#

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{
  "updatedAt":"2013-01-18T15:33:13.556Z",
  "taskID": 678
}
updatedAt #
string

Date at which the indexing job has been created.

taskID #
integer

The taskID used with the waitTask method.

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