---
title: "Index IDs for an object type"
method: GET
path: "/index"
tags: ["Browsing, Indexes and Lists"]
---

# Index IDs for an object type

`GET /index`

## Query parameters

- `type` string, required
- `filter` string
- `hide_search` 0 | 1
- `exact` 0 | 1
- `add` string, date
- `update` string, date
- `include` 0 | 1
- `offset` integer
- `limit` integer
- `cond` string
- `sort` string

## Response `200`

Index response

- IndexResponse — Keyed by the requested `type` (e.g. `album`, `artist`, `song`). Without `include` the value is an array of object ids; with `include` it is an array of `{id, type}` references, or a map of parent id -> reference array for parent types such as playlists.

## Other responses

- `400` — Ampache API error response payload.

## Changes

- **2026-07-17** `9abb9bf6d3bf` — 1 info
  - removed the non-success response with the status `400`
- **2026-06-25** `7ed7a764efd9` — 1 info
  - added the non-success response with the status `400`

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/ampache/apis/ampache-rest-api/changes/index/get.md)

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