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exists #

Checks whether a collection exists.

Query Syntax #

HTTP #

URL: http://kuzzle:7512/<index>/<collection>/_exists
Method: GET

Other protocols #

{
  "index": "<index>",
  "collection": "<collection>",
  "controller": "collection",
  "action": "exists"
}

Arguments #

collection: collection name
index: index name

Response #

Returns a boolean telling whether the provided collection exists:

{
  "status": 200,
  "error": null,
  "index": "<index>",
  "collection": "<collection>",
  "controller": "collection",
  "action": "exists",
  "requestId": "<unique request identifier>",
  "result": true
}

Possible errors #

Common errors

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