Add or update attributes

Adds new attributes to a record, or updates existing ones.

• If a record with the specified object ID doesn’t exist, a new record is added to the index if createIfNotExists is true.
• If the index doesn’t exist yet, this method creates a new index.
• You can use any first-level attribute but not nested attributes. If you specify a nested attribute, this operation replaces its first-level ancestor.

To update an attribute without pushing the entire record, you can use these built-in operations. These operations can be helpful if you don’t have access to your initial data.

• Increment: increment a numeric attribute
• Decrement: decrement a numeric attribute
• Add: append a number or string element to an array attribute
• Remove: remove all matching number or string elements from an array attribute made of numbers or strings
• AddUnique: add a number or string element to an array attribute made of numbers or strings only if it’s not already present
• IncrementFrom: increment a numeric integer attribute only if the provided value matches the current value, and otherwise ignore the whole object update. For example, if you pass an IncrementFrom value of 2 for the version attribute, but the current value of the attribute is 1, the engine ignores the update. If the object doesn’t exist, the engine only creates it if you pass an IncrementFrom value of 0.
• IncrementSet: increment a numeric integer attribute only if the provided value is greater than the current value, and otherwise ignore the whole object update. For example, if you pass an IncrementSet value of 2 for the version attribute, and the current value of the attribute is 1, the engine updates the object. If the object doesn’t exist yet, the engine only creates it if you pass an IncrementSet value greater than 0.

You can specify an operation by providing an object with the attribute to update as the key and its value being an object with the following properties:

• _operation: the operation to apply on the attribute
• value: the right-hand side argument to the operation, for example, increment or decrement step, value to add or remove.

When updating multiple attributes or using multiple operations targeting the same record, you should use a single partial update for faster processing.

This operation is subject to indexing rate limits.

POST /1/indexes/{indexName}/{objectID}/partial

curl

cURL

curl --request POST \
  --url 'https://algolia_application_id.algolia.net/1/indexes/ALGOLIA_INDEX_NAME/test-record-123/partial?createIfNotExists=true' \
  --header 'accept: application/json' \
  --header 'content-type: application/json' \
  --header 'x-algolia-api-key: ALGOLIA_API_KEY' \
  --header 'x-algolia-application-id: ALGOLIA_APPLICATION_ID' \
  --data '{}'

200

{
  "taskID": 1514562690001,
  "updatedAt": "2023-07-04T12:49:15Z",
  "objectID": "test-record-123"
}

Required ACL: addObject

Authorizations

x-algolia-application-id · string · header · required

Your Algolia application ID.

x-algolia-api-key · string · header · required

Your Algolia API key with the necessary permissions to make the request. Permissions are controlled through access control lists (ACL) and access restrictions. The required ACL to make a request is listed in each endpoint's reference.

Path Parameters

indexName · string · required

Name of the index on which to perform the operation.

Example:

"ALGOLIA_INDEX_NAME"

objectID · string · required

Unique record identifier.

Example:

"test-record-123"

Query Parameters

createIfNotExists · boolean · default: true

Whether to create a new record if it doesn't exist.

Body

application/json

Attributes with their values.

Attributes to update.

Response

200

application/json

OK

Response, taskID, unique object identifier, and an update timestamp.

taskID · integer<int64>

Unique identifier of a task.

A successful API response means that a task was added to a queue. It might not run immediately. You can check the task's progress with the task operation and this task ID.

Example:

1514562690001

updatedAt · string

Date and time when the object was updated, in RFC 3339 format.

Example:

"2023-07-04T12:49:15Z"

objectID · string

Unique record identifier.

Example:

"test-record-123"