name: Amazon CloudSearch
description: Amazon CloudSearch is a managed search service that makes it easy to set up, manage, and scale a search solution for your website or application. Supports full-text search, Boolean 
  search, faceted search, autocomplete, geospatial search, and 34 languages.
image: https://a0.awsstatic.com/libra-css/images/logos/aws_logo_smile_1200x630.png
url: https://aws.amazon.com/cloudsearch/
created: '2024-01-15'
modified: '2026-04-19'
apis:
- name: Amazon CloudSearch API
  description: API for creating and managing CloudSearch domains, uploading documents, configuring search fields and suggesters, and executing search queries.
  image: https://a0.awsstatic.com/libra-css/images/logos/aws_logo_smile_1200x630.png
  humanURL: https://aws.amazon.com/cloudsearch/
  baseURL: https://cloudsearch.us-east-1.amazonaws.com
  tags:
  - AWS
  - CloudSearch
  - Search
  - Full-Text Search
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/amazon-cloudsearch-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cloudsearch/latest/developerguide/what-is-cloudsearch.html
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/cloudsearch/getting-started/
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/cloudsearch/pricing/
  - type: FAQ
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/cloudsearch/faqs/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cloudsearch/latest/developerguide/what-is-cloudsearch.html
  - type: CLI
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/cloudsearch/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/cloudsearch-create-domain-request-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/cloudsearch-create-domain-response-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/cloudsearch-describe-domains-response-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/cloudsearch-delete-domain-response-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/cloudsearch-domain-status-schema.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/amazon-cloudsearch-context.jsonld
common:
- type: Portal
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/
- type: Website
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/cloudsearch/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cloudsearch/latest/developerguide/what-is-cloudsearch.html
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/service-terms/
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/privacy/
- type: Support
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/premiumsupport/
- type: Blog
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/compute/
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/aws
- type: Console
  url: https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudsearch/
- type: SignUp
  url: https://signin.aws.amazon.com/signup?request_type=register
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://health.aws.amazon.com/health/status
- type: YouTube
  url: https://www.youtube.com/user/AmazonWebServices
- type: StackOverflow
  url: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/amazon-cloudsearch
- type: Contact
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/contact-us/
- type: Compliance
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/compliance/
- type: SpectralRules
  url: rules/amazon-cloudsearch-spectral-rules.yml
- type: Vocabulary
  url: vocabulary/amazon-cloudsearch-vocabulary.yaml
- type: NaftikoCapability
  url: capabilities/search-management.yaml
- type: Features
  data:
  - name: Managed Search Infrastructure
    description: Set up, manage, and scale search without becoming a search expert.
  - name: Multi-Language Support
    description: Full-text search across 34 languages with language-specific analyzers.
  - name: Faceted Search
    description: Narrow search results by category with faceted navigation.
  - name: Autocomplete Suggestions
    description: Real-time search suggestions as users type.
  - name: Automatic Scaling
    description: Automatically scale resources as data volume and query traffic change.
  - name: High Availability
    description: Distribute search traffic across multiple availability zones with Multi-AZ.
- type: UseCases
  data:
  - name: Website Search
    description: Add powerful full-text search capabilities to websites and web applications.
  - name: E-Commerce Product Search
    description: Enable customers to find products with faceted filtering and relevance ranking.
  - name: Document Search
    description: Search across large document repositories with Boolean and proximity search.
  - name: Geospatial Search
    description: Find resources by location with geospatial search queries.
- type: Integrations
  data:
  - name: Amazon S3
    description: Index documents stored in S3 buckets.
  - name: Amazon DynamoDB
    description: Search DynamoDB data by exporting to CloudSearch.
  - name: AWS IAM
    description: Control access to search domains with IAM policies.
  - name: Amazon CloudFront
    description: Cache search results at CloudFront edge for lower latency.
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
  url: https://apievangelist.com
tags:
- AWS
- CloudSearch
- Search
- Full-Text Search
- Managed