Create a shard key

PUT

Creates one or more shard keys for a specified collection.

Path parameters

collection_namestringRequired

Name of the collection to create shards for

Query parameters

timeoutintegerOptional

Wait for operation commit timeout in seconds. If timeout is reached - request will return with service error.

Request

This endpoint expects an object.

shard_keystring or integerRequired

shards_numberintegerOptional>=1

How many shards to create for this key If not specified, will use the default value from config

replication_factorintegerOptional>=1

How many replicas to create for each shard If not specified, will use the default value from config

placementlist of integersOptional

Placement of shards for this key List of peer ids, that can be used to place shards for this key If not specified, will be randomly placed among all peers

Response

This endpoint returns an object.

usageobject or anyOptional

timedoubleOptional

Time spent to process this request

statusstringOptional

resultbooleanOptional

Delete a shard key

Up Next

Built with

1	curl -X PUT \
2	'http://localhost:6333/collections/collection_name/shards' \
3	--header 'api-key: <api-key-value>' \
4	--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
5	--data-raw '{
6	"shard_key": "{shard_key}"
7	}'

1	{
2	"usage": {
3	"cpu": 1,
4	"io_read": 1,
5	"io_write": 1
6	},
7	"time": 0.002,
8	"status": "ok",
9	"result": true
10	}