Chroma Cloud API

openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Chroma Cloud API
  description: >-
    Chroma Cloud is a managed, serverless vector database service that
    provides fast and scalable vector, full-text, and metadata search across
    terabytes of data. It is backed by Chroma's Apache 2.0 distributed
    database and offers usage-based pricing with starter and team plans.
    The Cloud API extends the Chroma Server API with additional search
    capabilities including hybrid search with reciprocal rank fusion,
    custom ranking expressions, and batch search operations.
  version: '2.0.0'
  contact:
    name: Chroma Support
    url: https://docs.trychroma.com
  license:
    name: Apache 2.0
    url: https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
  termsOfService: https://www.trychroma.com/terms
externalDocs:
  description: Chroma Cloud Documentation
  url: https://docs.trychroma.com/cloud/sync/overview
servers:
  - url: https://api.trychroma.com
    description: Chroma Cloud Production
tags:
  - name: Collections
    description: >-
      Collection management endpoints for creating, listing, retrieving,
      updating, and deleting collections within a database.
  - name: Databases
    description: >-
      Database management endpoints for creating, listing, retrieving, and
      deleting databases within a tenant.
  - name: Records
    description: >-
      Record management endpoints for adding, getting, updating, upserting,
      deleting, and querying records within a collection.
  - name: Search
    description: >-
      Advanced search endpoints available exclusively in Chroma Cloud.
      Provides a unified interface for hybrid search operations combining
      vector similarity search with metadata filtering and custom ranking
      expressions.
  - name: System
    description: >-
      System-level endpoints for health checks, version information, and
      server diagnostics.
  - name: Tenants
    description: >-
      Tenant management endpoints for creating and retrieving tenants.
security:
  - bearerAuth: []
paths:
  /api/v2/heartbeat:
    get:
      operationId: heartbeat
      summary: Check server heartbeat
      description: >-
        Returns a heartbeat response indicating the server is alive and
        accepting requests.
      tags:
        - System
      security: []
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Server is alive
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  nanosecond heartbeat:
                    type: integer
                    format: int64
                    description: Current server time in nanoseconds
  /api/v2/version:
    get:
      operationId: getVersion
      summary: Get server version
      description: >-
        Returns the version string of the running Chroma Cloud server.
      tags:
        - System
      security: []
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Server version returned
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: string
  /api/v2/tenants:
    post:
      operationId: createTenant
      summary: Create a tenant
      description: >-
        Creates a new tenant in Chroma Cloud. Tenants are the top-level
        organizational unit and contain databases.
      tags:
        - Tenants
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/CreateTenantRequest'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Tenant created successfully
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Tenant'
        '409':
          description: Tenant already exists
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
  /api/v2/tenants/{tenantName}:
    get:
      operationId: getTenant
      summary: Get a tenant
      description: >-
        Returns an existing tenant by name.
      tags:
        - Tenants
      parameters:
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/tenantName'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Tenant details
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Tenant'
        '404':
          description: Tenant not found
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
  /api/v2/tenants/{tenantName}/databases:
    get:
      operationId: listDatabases
      summary: List databases
      description: >-
        Returns a list of all databases within the specified tenant.
      tags:
        - Databases
      parameters:
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/tenantName'
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/limit'
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/offset'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: List of databases
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/Database'
    post:
      operationId: createDatabase
      summary: Create a database
      description: >-
        Creates a new database within the specified tenant.
      tags:
        - Databases
      parameters:
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/tenantName'
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/CreateDatabaseRequest'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Database created successfully
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Database'
        '409':
          description: Database already exists
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
  /api/v2/tenants/{tenantName}/databases/{databaseName}:
    get:
      operationId: getDatabase
      summary: Get a database
      description: >-
        Returns an existing database by name within the specified tenant.
      tags:
        - Databases
      parameters:
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/tenantName'
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/databaseName'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Database details
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Database'
        '404':
          description: Database or tenant not found
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
    delete:
      operationId: deleteDatabase
      summary: Delete a database
      description: >-
        Deletes an existing database and all its collections.
      tags:
        - Databases
      parameters:
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/tenantName'
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/databaseName'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Database deleted successfully
        '404':
          description: Database or tenant not found
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
  /api/v2/tenants/{tenantName}/databases/{databaseName}/collections:
    get:
      operationId: listCollections
      summary: List collections
      description: >-
        Returns a list of all collections within the specified database
        and tenant.
      tags:
        - Collections
      parameters:
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/tenantName'
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/databaseName'
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/limit'
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/offset'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: List of collections
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/Collection'
    post:
      operationId: createCollection
      summary: Create a collection
      description: >-
        Creates a new collection within the specified database and tenant.
      tags:
        - Collections
      parameters:
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/tenantName'
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/databaseName'
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/CreateCollectionRequest'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Collection created successfully
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Collection'
        '409':
          description: Collection already exists
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
  /api/v2/tenants/{tenantName}/databases/{databaseName}/collections/{collectionId}:
    get:
      operationId: getCollection
      summary: Get a collection
      description: >-
        Returns an existing collection by its unique identifier.
      tags:
        - Collections
      parameters:
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/tenantName'
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/databaseName'
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/collectionId'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Collection details
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Collection'
        '404':
          description: Collection not found
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
    put:
      operationId: updateCollection
      summary: Update a collection
      description: >-
        Updates an existing collection's name or metadata.
      tags:
        - Collections
      parameters:
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/tenantName'
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/databaseName'
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/collectionId'
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/UpdateCollectionRequest'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Collection updated successfully
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Collection'
        '404':
          description: Collection not found
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
    delete:
      operationId: deleteCollection
      summary: Delete a collection
      description: >-
        Deletes an existing collection and all its records.
      tags:
        - Collections
      parameters:
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/tenantName'
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/databaseName'
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/collectionId'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Collection deleted successfully
        '404':
          description: Collection not found
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
  /api/v2/tenants/{tenantName}/databases/{databaseName}/collections/{collectionId}/count:
    get:
      operationId: countRecords
      summary: Count records in a collection
      description: >-
        Returns the number of records stored in the specified collection.
      tags:
        - Records
      parameters:
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/tenantName'
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/databaseName'
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/collectionId'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Record count
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: integer
  /api/v2/tenants/{tenantName}/databases/{databaseName}/collections/{collectionId}/add:
    post:
      operationId: addRecords
      summary: Add records to a collection
      description: >-
        Adds new records to the specified collection. Supports batch
        operations of up to 100,000 or more items at once.
      tags:
        - Records
      parameters:
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/tenantName'
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/databaseName'
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/collectionId'
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/AddRecordsRequest'
      responses:
        '201':
          description: Records added successfully
        '400':
          description: Invalid request or duplicate IDs
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
  /api/v2/tenants/{tenantName}/databases/{databaseName}/collections/{collectionId}/get:
    post:
      operationId: getRecords
      summary: Get records from a collection
      description: >-
        Retrieves records from the specified collection by their IDs
        or by a metadata filter.
      tags:
        - Records
      parameters:
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/tenantName'
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/databaseName'
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/collectionId'
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/GetRecordsRequest'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Records retrieved successfully
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/GetRecordsResponse'
  /api/v2/tenants/{tenantName}/databases/{databaseName}/collections/{collectionId}/update:
    post:
      operationId: updateRecords
      summary: Update records in a collection
      description: >-
        Updates existing records in the specified collection.
      tags:
        - Records
      parameters:
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/tenantName'
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/databaseName'
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/collectionId'
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/UpdateRecordsRequest'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Records updated successfully
        '404':
          description: Records not found
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
  /api/v2/tenants/{tenantName}/databases/{databaseName}/collections/{collectionId}/upsert:
    post:
      operationId: upsertRecords
      summary: Upsert records in a collection
      description: >-
        Upserts records in the specified collection. If a record with the
        given ID already exists, it will be updated. If it does not exist,
        it will be created.
      tags:
        - Records
      parameters:
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/tenantName'
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/databaseName'
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/collectionId'
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/AddRecordsRequest'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Records upserted successfully
        '400':
          description: Invalid request
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
  /api/v2/tenants/{tenantName}/databases/{databaseName}/collections/{collectionId}/delete:
    post:
      operationId: deleteRecords
      summary: Delete records from a collection
      description: >-
        Deletes records from the specified collection by IDs or metadata
        filter.
      tags:
        - Records
      parameters:
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/tenantName'
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/databaseName'
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/collectionId'
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/DeleteRecordsRequest'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Records deleted successfully
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  type: string
  /api/v2/tenants/{tenantName}/databases/{databaseName}/collections/{collectionId}/query:
    post:
      operationId: queryRecords
      summary: Query records in a collection
      description: >-
        Performs a vector similarity search on the specified collection.
        Returns the nearest neighbors to the provided query embeddings
        or query texts.
      tags:
        - Records
      parameters:
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/tenantName'
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/databaseName'
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/collectionId'
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/QueryRecordsRequest'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Query results
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/QueryRecordsResponse'
  /api/v2/tenants/{tenantName}/databases/{databaseName}/collections/{collectionId}/search:
    post:
      operationId: searchRecords
      summary: Search records in a collection
      description: >-
        Performs an advanced hybrid search on the specified collection.
        This endpoint is available exclusively in Chroma Cloud and
        provides a unified interface that replaces both query and get
        methods. Supports vector similarity search with Knn expressions,
        metadata filtering with composable Key expressions, full-text
        search, custom ranking expressions, and reciprocal rank fusion
        for combining multiple search strategies.
      tags:
        - Search
      parameters:
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/tenantName'
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/databaseName'
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/collectionId'
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/SearchRequest'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Search results
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/SearchResponse'
        '400':
          description: Invalid search expression
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        '404':
          description: Collection not found
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
components:
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: >-
        Bearer token authentication for Chroma Cloud. Obtain tokens from
        the Chroma Cloud dashboard.
  parameters:
    tenantName:
      name: tenantName
      in: path
      required: true
      description: The name of the tenant
      schema:
        type: string
    databaseName:
      name: databaseName
      in: path
      required: true
      description: The name of the database
      schema:
        type: string
    collectionId:
      name: collectionId
      in: path
      required: true
      description: The unique identifier of the collection
      schema:
        type: string
        format: uuid
    limit:
      name: limit
      in: query
      required: false
      description: Maximum number of items to return
      schema:
        type: integer
        minimum: 1
    offset:
      name: offset
      in: query
      required: false
      description: Number of items to skip before returning results
      schema:
        type: integer
        minimum: 0
  schemas:
    Error:
      type: object
      properties:
        error:
          type: string
          description: Error message describing what went wrong
        message:
          type: string
          description: Detailed error message
      required:
        - error
    Tenant:
      type: object
      properties:
        name:
          type: string
          description: The name of the tenant
      required:
        - name
    CreateTenantRequest:
      type: object
      properties:
        name:
          type: string
          description: The name for the new tenant
      required:
        - name
    Database:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          format: uuid
          description: The unique identifier of the database
        name:
          type: string
          description: The name of the database
        tenant:
          type: string
          description: The tenant this database belongs to
      required:
        - id
        - name
        - tenant
    CreateDatabaseRequest:
      type: object
      properties:
        name:
          type: string
          description: The name for the new database
      required:
        - name
    Collection:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          format: uuid
          description: The unique identifier of the collection
        name:
          type: string
          description: The name of the collection
        metadata:
          type: object
          nullable: true
          additionalProperties: true
          description: >-
            Arbitrary metadata associated with the collection
        tenant:
          type: string
          description: The tenant this collection belongs to
        database:
          type: string
          description: The database this collection belongs to
      required:
        - id
        - name
    CreateCollectionRequest:
      type: object
      properties:
        name:
          type: string
          description: The name for the new collection
        metadata:
          type: object
          nullable: true
          additionalProperties: true
          description: Optional metadata to associate with the collection
        get_or_create:
          type: boolean
          default: false
          description: >-
            If true, return the existing collection if one with the same
            name already exists
      required:
        - name
    UpdateCollectionRequest:
      type: object
      properties:
        new_name:
          type: string
          description: The new name for the collection
        new_metadata:
          type: object
          nullable: true
          additionalProperties: true
          description: New metadata to replace the existing collection metadata
    AddRecordsRequest:
      type: object
      properties:
        ids:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
          description: Unique identifiers for each record
        embeddings:
          type: array
          nullable: true
          items:
            type: array
            items:
              type: number
              format: float
          description: Vector embeddings for each record
        documents:
          type: array
          nullable: true
          items:
            type: string
            nullable: true
          description: Text documents for each record
        metadatas:
          type: array
          nullable: true
          items:
            type: object
            nullable: true
            additionalProperties: true
          description: Metadata objects for each record
        uris:
          type: array
          nullable: true
          items:
            type: string
            nullable: true
          description: URI references for each record
      required:
        - ids
    GetRecordsRequest:
      type: object
      properties:
        ids:
          type: array
          nullable: true
          items:
            type: string
          description: List of record IDs to retrieve
        where:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/WhereFilter'
        where_document:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/WhereDocumentFilter'
        include:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
            enum:
              - embeddings
              - documents
              - metadatas
              - uris
          description: Fields to include in the response
        limit:
          type: integer
          nullable: true
          minimum: 1
          description: Maximum number of records to return
        offset:
          type: integer
          nullable: true
          minimum: 0
          description: Number of records to skip
    GetRecordsResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        ids:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
          description: Record IDs
        embeddings:
          type: array
          nullable: true
          items:
            type: array
            items:
              type: number
              format: float
          description: Embedding vectors if requested via include
        documents:
          type: array
          nullable: true
          items:
            type: string
            nullable: true
          description: Documents if requested via include
        metadatas:
          type: array
          nullable: true
          items:
            type: object
            nullable: true
            additionalProperties: true
          description: Metadata objects if requested via include
        uris:
          type: array
          nullable: true
          items:
            type: string
            nullable: true
          description: URIs if requested via include
      required:
        - ids
    UpdateRecordsRequest:
      type: object
      properties:
        ids:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
          description: IDs of the records to update
        embeddings:
          type: array
          nullable: true
          items:
            type: array
            items:
              type: number
              format: float
          description: Updated embedding vectors
        documents:
          type: array
          nullable: true
          items:
            type: string
            nullable: true
          description: Updated documents
        metadatas:
          type: array
          nullable: true
          items:
            type: object
            nullable: true
            additionalProperties: true
          description: Updated metadata objects
        uris:
          type: array
          nullable: true
          items:
            type: string
            nullable: true
          description: Updated URIs
      required:
        - ids
    DeleteRecordsRequest:
      type: object
      properties:
        ids:
          type: array
          nullable: true
          items:
            type: string
          description: IDs of the records to delete
        where:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/WhereFilter'
        where_document:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/WhereDocumentFilter'
    QueryRecordsRequest:
      type: object
      properties:
        query_embeddings:
          type: array
          nullable: true
          items:
            type: array
            items:
              type: number
              format: float
          description: Query embedding vectors to find nearest neighbors for
        query_texts:
          type: array
          nullable: true
          items:
            type: string
          description: Query texts to be embedded by the server
        n_results:
          type: integer
          default: 10
          minimum: 1
          description: Number of nearest neighbor results to return per query
        where:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/WhereFilter'
        where_document:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/WhereDocumentFilter'
        include:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
            enum:
              - embeddings
              - documents
              - metadatas
              - distances
              - uris
          description: Fields to include in the response
    QueryRecordsResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        ids:
          type: array
          items:
            type: array
            items:
              type: string
          description: Record IDs for each query result set
        embeddings:
          type: array
          nullable: true
          items:
            type: array
            items:
              type: array
              items:
                type: number
                format: float
          description: Embedding vectors if requested via include
        documents:
          type: array
          nullable: true
          items:
            type: array
            items:
              type: string
              nullable: true
          description: Documents if requested via include
        metadatas:
          type: array
          nullable: true
          items:
            type: array
            items:
              type: object
              nullable: true
              additionalProperties: true
          description: Metadata objects if requested via include
        distances:
          type: array
          nullable: true
          items:
            type: array
            items:
              type: number
              format: float
          description: Distance scores if requested via include
        uris:
          type: array
          nullable: true
          items:
            type: array
            items:
              type: string
              nullable: true
          description: URIs if requested via include
      required:
        - ids
    SearchRequest:
      type: object
      properties:
        where:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/WhereFilter'
        rank:
          type: object
          nullable: true
          additionalProperties: true
          description: >-
            Ranking expression for ordering results. Supports Knn for
            vector similarity, RRF for reciprocal rank fusion combining
            multiple ranking strategies, and custom ranking expressions.
        limit:
          type: integer
          minimum: 1
          description: Maximum number of results to return
        select:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
          description: >-
            Fields to include in the response such as embeddings,
            documents, metadatas, uris, and distances.
    SearchResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        ids:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
          description: Record IDs matching the search criteria
        embeddings:
          type: array
          nullable: true
          items:
            type: array
            items:
              type: number
              format: float
          description: Embedding vectors if requested via select
        documents:
          type: array
          nullable: true
          items:
            type: string
            nullable: true
          description: Documents if requested via select
        metadatas:
          type: array
          nullable: true
          items:
            type: object
            nullable: true
            additionalProperties: true
          description: Metadata objects if requested via select
        distances:
          type: array
          nullable: true
          items:
            type: number
            format: float
          description: Distance scores if requested via select
        uris:
          type: array
          nullable: true
          items:
            type: string
            nullable: true
          description: URIs if requested via select
      required:
        - ids
    WhereFilter:
      type: object
      nullable: true
      additionalProperties: true
      description: >-
        Metadata filter expression. Supports operators including $eq,
        

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