List index metadata (TypeScript)

Gets information about the indexes associated with a specific table.

Ready to write code? See the examples for this method to get started. If you are new to the Data API, check out the quickstart.

Result

Returns a promise that resolves to an unordered list of TableIndexDescriptor objects that describe each index in the table.

Parameters

Use the listIndexes method, which belongs to the Table class.

Method signature
async listIndexes(
  options?: {
    nameOnly?: false,
    timeout?: number | TimeoutDescriptor,
  }
): TableIndexDescriptor[]
Name Type Summary

options

ListIndexOptions

Optional. The options for this operation. See Properties of options for more details.

Properties of options
Name Type Summary

nameOnly

false

Must be false or undefined to return metadata about the indexes. Otherwise, only the index names are returned.

timeout

number | TimeoutDescriptor

Optional. A timeout to impose on the underlying API request.

Examples

The following examples demonstrate how to get index metadata for a table.

List index metadata

import {
  DataAPIClient,
  UsernamePasswordTokenProvider,
} from "@datastax/astra-db-ts";

// Get an existing table
const client = new DataAPIClient({ environment: "hcd" });
const database = client.db("API_ENDPOINT", {
  token: new UsernamePasswordTokenProvider("USERNAME", "PASSWORD"),
  keyspace: "KEYSPACE_NAME",
});
const table = database.table("TABLE_NAME");

// List indexes
(async function () {
  const result = await table.listIndexes({ nameOnly: false });

  console.log(result);
})();

Client reference

For more information, see the client reference.

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