Insert

Inserts one or more entities into a collection. You can add a maximum of 100 entities at a time. To insert large volumn of data, you are advised to use the bulk-insert API.

---

POST

https://${CLUSTER_ENDPOINT}/v1/vector/insert

---

Example

Notes

You can use either of the following ways to authorize:

• An API Key with appropriate permissions.
• A colon-joined username and password of the target cluster. For example, username:p@ssw0rd.

Currently, data of the JSON and Array types are not supported in RESTful API requests..

• Insert an entity to a collection named medium_articles.

curl --request POST \
    --url "${CLUSTER_ENDPOINT}/v1/vector/insert" \
    --header "Authorization: Bearer ${TOKEN}" \
    --header "accept: application/json" \
    --header "content-type: application/json" \
    -d '{
        "collectionName": "medium_articles", 
        "data": { 
            "vector": [0.23254494, 0.01374953, 0.88497432, 0.05292784, 0.02204868, 0.21890409, 0.35428028, 0.97024438, 0.58635726, 0.67980838, 0.67202523, 0.16375636, 0.52829526, 0.80185865, 0.71167799, 0.98615784, 0.86350404, 0.64295726, 0.37624468, 0.99708253, 0.46243643, 0.32893164, 0.32094438, 0.47701896, 0.85275669, 0.13127097, 0.5889451, 0.97648346, 0.74876674, 0.66409428, 0.92279568, 0.59029588, 0.495616, 0.12791323, 0.90082737, 0.84513226, 0.47542935, 0.74928086, 0.44922073, 0.1020575, 0.37431645, 0.29738807, 0.71098564, 0.35390859, 0.87792487, 0.89928066, 0.4995833, 0.61043433, 0.55303136, 0.02036885, 0.02231103, 0.67648899, 0.72165575, 0.15671427, 0.00546115, 0.28756084, 0.15077446, 0.65105982, 0.44063386, 0.07762012, 0.59994796, 0.19935778, 0.58911788, 0.54601686, 0.47097711, 0.90082361, 0.05595469, 0.38546197, 0.91447695, 0.33456871, 0.12778749, 0.82224433, 0.3223666, 0.56243253, 0.72730363, 0.42176339, 0.02008885, 0.11265533, 0.71246733, 0.86685866, 0.5204902, 0.1653007, 0.80375364, 0.14031363, 0.76868394, 0.35325028, 0.1142984, 0.95218926, 0.37508951, 0.01396396, 0.16322817, 0.69052937, 0.30264489, 0.40555134, 0.06153988, 0.00101791, 0.18618961, 0.77599691, 0.3445008, 0.7106463, 0.13440427, 0.64690627, 0.40818622, 0.07025781, 0.89639434, 0.00494204, 0.10540909, 0.47865809, 0.47316137, 0.46836499, 0.93197388, 0.24012326, 0.49471039, 0.21283529, 0.47370547, 0.95777027, 0.50557255, 0.12809693, 0.79998351, 0.76532556, 0.3412945, 0.72270631, 0.3432966, 0.81465781, 0.6924483, 0.2885265, 0.84673871, 0.38711232, 0.18702427, 0.49496971, 0.65431764, 0.39590077, 0.31226873, 0.20910631, 0.86433119, 0.51681312, 0.77759473, 0.42447517, 0.05762998, 0.17887886, 0.41045186, 0.09120965, 0.6447974, 0.49632173, 0.72730052, 0.26646776, 0.48899696, 0.33221734, 0.98206029, 0.82591894, 0.28478645, 0.37324246, 0.35833242, 0.96558445, 0.5003729, 0.66676758, 0.7230707, 0.21599462, 0.70457393, 0.11649283, 0.03034646, 0.00318578, 0.57941155, 0.80640383, 0.30106438, 0.84618622, 0.02321722, 0.6453211, 0.31889303, 0.20069267, 0.19202631, 0.84127804, 0.06014367, 0.53307321, 0.78079442, 0.32043145, 0.30207626, 0.08691769, 0.07230655, 0.8059663, 0.03810803, 0.05415744, 0.44057945, 0.19306693, 0.75747746, 0.89299566, 0.82985846, 0.5958096, 0.89525864, 0.07336388, 0.38396764, 0.04846415, 0.56839423, 0.56106259, 0.14302027, 0.85109589, 0.6298057, 0.62168794, 0.24771729, 0.54924417, 0.9061572, 0.97241046, 0.33025088, 0.56675472, 0.72474551, 0.48314604, 0.26248324, 0.22614522, 0.13087051, 0.9292656, 0.80039537, 0.38300443, 0.78520422, 0.29857615, 0.19121419, 0.47509572, 0.35981825, 0.55131999, 0.04348036, 0.02168964, 0.80645188, 0.62876989, 0.70794394, 0.72093526, 0.85172951, 0.24799777, 0.97620833, 0.74877332, 0.92792629, 0.89200055, 0.74500415, 0.84596926, 0.97469625, 0.7171343, 0.30020491, 0.97313677, 0.241573, 0.15498676, 0.21273237, 0.58910547, 0.46249576, 0.01109894, 0.0180376, 0.80975073, 0.12900483, 0.96509751, 0.57304458, 0.73290638, 0.94211456, 0.35197941, 0.15532272, 0.76150926, 0.19317378, 0.72826792, 0.38820115, 0.94187109],
            "title": "Top 10 In-Demand programming languages to learn in 2020",
            "link": "https://towardsdatascience.com/top-10-in-demand-programming-languages-to-learn-in-2020-4462eb7d8d3e"
        }
    }'

• Insert multiple entities.

curl --request POST \
    --url "${CLUSTER_ENDPOINT}/v1/vector/insert" \
    --header "Authorization: Bearer ${TOKEN}" \
    --header "accept: application/json" \
    --header "content-type: application/json" \
    -d '{
        "collectionName": "medium_articles", 
        "data": [{ 
            "vector": [0.23254494, 0.01374953, 0.88497432, 0.05292784, 0.02204868, 0.21890409, 0.35428028, 0.97024438, 0.58635726, 0.67980838, 0.67202523, 0.16375636, 0.52829526, 0.80185865, 0.71167799, 0.98615784, 0.86350404, 0.64295726, 0.37624468, 0.99708253, 0.46243643, 0.32893164, 0.32094438, 0.47701896, 0.85275669, 0.13127097, 0.5889451, 0.97648346, 0.74876674, 0.66409428, 0.92279568, 0.59029588, 0.495616, 0.12791323, 0.90082737, 0.84513226, 0.47542935, 0.74928086, 0.44922073, 0.1020575, 0.37431645, 0.29738807, 0.71098564, 0.35390859, 0.87792487, 0.89928066, 0.4995833, 0.61043433, 0.55303136, 0.02036885, 0.02231103, 0.67648899, 0.72165575, 0.15671427, 0.00546115, 0.28756084, 0.15077446, 0.65105982, 0.44063386, 0.07762012, 0.59994796, 0.19935778, 0.58911788, 0.54601686, 0.47097711, 0.90082361, 0.05595469, 0.38546197, 0.91447695, 0.33456871, 0.12778749, 0.82224433, 0.3223666, 0.56243253, 0.72730363, 0.42176339, 0.02008885, 0.11265533, 0.71246733, 0.86685866, 0.5204902, 0.1653007, 0.80375364, 0.14031363, 0.76868394, 0.35325028, 0.1142984, 0.95218926, 0.37508951, 0.01396396, 0.16322817, 0.69052937, 0.30264489, 0.40555134, 0.06153988, 0.00101791, 0.18618961, 0.77599691, 0.3445008, 0.7106463, 0.13440427, 0.64690627, 0.40818622, 0.07025781, 0.89639434, 0.00494204, 0.10540909, 0.47865809, 0.47316137, 0.46836499, 0.93197388, 0.24012326, 0.49471039, 0.21283529, 0.47370547, 0.95777027, 0.50557255, 0.12809693, 0.79998351, 0.76532556, 0.3412945, 0.72270631, 0.3432966, 0.81465781, 0.6924483, 0.2885265, 0.84673871, 0.38711232, 0.18702427, 0.49496971, 0.65431764, 0.39590077, 0.31226873, 0.20910631, 0.86433119, 0.51681312, 0.77759473, 0.42447517, 0.05762998, 0.17887886, 0.41045186, 0.09120965, 0.6447974, 0.49632173, 0.72730052, 0.26646776, 0.48899696, 0.33221734, 0.98206029, 0.82591894, 0.28478645, 0.37324246, 0.35833242, 0.96558445, 0.5003729, 0.66676758, 0.7230707, 0.21599462, 0.70457393, 0.11649283, 0.03034646, 0.00318578, 0.57941155, 0.80640383, 0.30106438, 0.84618622, 0.02321722, 0.6453211, 0.31889303, 0.20069267, 0.19202631, 0.84127804, 0.06014367, 0.53307321, 0.78079442, 0.32043145, 0.30207626, 0.08691769, 0.07230655, 0.8059663, 0.03810803, 0.05415744, 0.44057945, 0.19306693, 0.75747746, 0.89299566, 0.82985846, 0.5958096, 0.89525864, 0.07336388, 0.38396764, 0.04846415, 0.56839423, 0.56106259, 0.14302027, 0.85109589, 0.6298057, 0.62168794, 0.24771729, 0.54924417, 0.9061572, 0.97241046, 0.33025088, 0.56675472, 0.72474551, 0.48314604, 0.26248324, 0.22614522, 0.13087051, 0.9292656, 0.80039537, 0.38300443, 0.78520422, 0.29857615, 0.19121419, 0.47509572, 0.35981825, 0.55131999, 0.04348036, 0.02168964, 0.80645188, 0.62876989, 0.70794394, 0.72093526, 0.85172951, 0.24799777, 0.97620833, 0.74877332, 0.92792629, 0.89200055, 0.74500415, 0.84596926, 0.97469625, 0.7171343, 0.30020491, 0.97313677, 0.241573, 0.15498676, 0.21273237, 0.58910547, 0.46249576, 0.01109894, 0.0180376, 0.80975073, 0.12900483, 0.96509751, 0.57304458, 0.73290638, 0.94211456, 0.35197941, 0.15532272, 0.76150926, 0.19317378, 0.72826792, 0.38820115, 0.94187109],
            "title": "Top 10 In-Demand programming languages to learn in 2020",
            "link": "https://towardsdatascience.com/top-10-in-demand-programming-languages-to-learn-in-2020-4462eb7d8d3e"
        },{
            "vector": [0.4882628, 0.85768371, 0.48556888, 0.9681036, 0.94807827, 0.80656861, 0.72123286, 0.81810534, 0.83713905, 0.73258409, 0.97732714, 0.09869599, 0.83189308, 0.33537219, 0.88647192, 0.66132137, 0.703723, 0.34379603, 0.74785059, 0.84559156, 0.65074354, 0.61864253, 0.73546132, 0.84872955, 0.6006182, 0.04830389, 0.37780669, 0.96101751, 0.22319285, 0.88504273, 0.44813016, 0.69746754, 0.5707871, 0.37386075, 0.25382573, 0.42397712, 0.89749552, 0.39729882, 0.38485115, 0.12583234, 0.47243267, 0.74576701, 0.45814588, 0.88024839, 0.72812605, 0.6622232, 0.31803479, 0.74101011, 0.76141925, 0.5024863, 0.47431501, 0.40002184, 0.45752955, 0.54383915, 0.67569667, 0.52164475, 0.33647519, 0.93068322, 0.65766685, 0.95959175, 0.83665213, 0.1753687, 0.27341319, 0.34550907, 0.79669369, 0.95065082, 0.30838918, 0.79784458, 0.37323557, 0.97728813, 0.11170225, 0.87876854, 0.85212036, 0.88599461, 0.76916602, 0.6094099, 0.4427332, 0.87373443, 0.18576099, 0.81970137, 0.74932009, 0.92106027, 0.76417889, 0.35671825, 0.09990157, 0.14570871, 0.43084067, 0.30551776, 0.63985873, 0.45777184, 0.16172334, 0.32226743, 0.27613814, 0.18182943, 0.7019827, 0.45446168, 0.31359211, 0.17426952, 0.19392872, 0.59816543, 0.31679765, 0.60059089, 0.92800561, 0.95165562, 0.55177484, 0.49510178, 0.60250447, 0.1519485, 0.33565446, 0.92865767, 0.86723503, 0.85392181, 0.85337828, 0.01631286, 0.25257909, 0.00124323, 0.59344951, 0.78468014, 0.61854741, 0.61980932, 0.87467147, 0.44361724, 0.97777631, 0.42543721, 0.5290862, 0.12384163, 0.45287003, 0.30333621, 0.10408064, 0.71930918, 0.90741917, 0.09838064, 0.66319033, 0.08133113, 0.30527365, 0.40877414, 0.11552966, 0.76451148, 0.00529968, 0.76741598, 0.90358724, 0.05710312, 0.32659557, 0.66143926, 0.3258203, 0.62721598, 0.18690116, 0.00184847, 0.11355109, 0.33962499, 0.64671448, 0.67297271, 0.02416349, 0.3173442, 0.54041374, 0.33752188, 0.75654937, 0.08236666, 0.40054276, 0.1021504, 0.20874325, 0.75615835, 0.54953906, 0.44659766, 0.16064502, 0.58682242, 0.15547067, 0.57503622, 0.07797247, 0.1559962, 0.94815864, 0.12474807, 0.0999395, 0.85504252, 0.55633022, 0.56959553, 0.75966109, 0.70444125, 0.66884798, 0.81692129, 0.06837097, 0.9714623, 0.86751075, 0.42125912, 0.44367403, 0.49978621, 0.32267559, 0.67220653, 0.56167557, 0.25248436, 0.94191099, 0.71508807, 0.64564731, 0.56824345, 0.29187781, 0.93961505, 0.28196959, 0.92713673, 0.7256734, 0.51042292, 0.81504509, 0.55849401, 0.19380059, 0.46767559, 0.52275063, 0.66075204, 0.97290358, 0.57524932, 0.7219121, 0.85188581, 0.26220385, 0.75686621, 0.51934907, 0.185452, 0.49708297, 0.95783663, 0.61397962, 0.45956795, 0.49311061, 0.49464425, 0.43094667, 0.76768303, 0.29252745, 0.57964633, 0.72950803, 0.94616381, 0.60436868, 0.47828997, 0.90345857, 0.92971537, 0.64784105, 0.18095567, 0.94852017, 0.05224637, 0.50829763, 0.89020778, 0.008269, 0.9500583, 0.20305412, 0.21179052, 0.28443536, 0.39540241, 0.20286982, 0.30968133, 0.2141927, 0.4390286, 0.12686093, 0.59583271, 0.88270185, 0.28187656, 0.90096987, 0.29104497, 0.38480562, 0.40069773, 0.52293091, 0.37621525],
            "title": "Dashboards in Python: 3 Advanced Examples for Dash Beginners and Everyone Else",
            "link": "https://medium.com/swlh/dashboards-in-python-3-advanced-examples-for-dash-beginners-and-everyone-else"
        }]
    }'

Request

Parameters

• No query parameters required

• No path parameters required

• No header parameters required

Request Body

Option 1:

{
    "collectionName": "string",
    "data": {}
}

Parameter	Description
collectionName	string The name of the collection to which entities will be inserted.
data	object An entity object. Note that the keys in the entity should match the collection schema.

Option 2:

{
    "collectionName": "string",
    "data": [
        {}
    ]
}

Parameter	Description
collectionName	string The name of the collection to which entities will be inserted.
data	array An array of entity objects. Note that the keys in an entity object should match the collection schema
data[]	object

Response

Returns the number of inserted entities and an array of their IDs.

Response Body

{
    "code": "integer",
    "data": {
        "insertCount": "integer",
        "insertIds": [
            {}
        ]
    }
}

Property	Description
code	integer Indicates whether the request succeeds. 0: The request succeeds. Others: Some error occurs.
data	object
data.insertCount	integer The number of inserted entities.
data[].insertIds	array An array of the IDs of inserted entities.
data[].insertIds[]	string

Error Response

{
    "code": integer,
    "message": string
}

Property	Description
code	integer Indicates whether the request succeeds. 0: The request succeeds. Others: Some error occurs.
message	string Indicates the possible reason for the reported error.