API Reference / API Methods / MultiClusters / Assign or Move userID

Aug. 16, 2022

Assign or Move UserID

Required API Key: Admin

Method signature

$client->assignUserId(string userID, string clusterName)

client.assign_user_id(String userID, String clusterName)

client.assignUserID(string userID, string cluster)

client.assign_user_id(str userID, str clusterName)

client.assignUser(
  withID userID: UserID,
  toClusterWithName clusterName: ClusterName,
  requestOptions: RequestOptions? = nil,
  completion: Result<Creation> -> Void
)

suspend fun ClientSearch.assignUserID(
    userID: UserID,
    clusterName: ClusterName,
): Creation

client.AssignUserID(String userID, String clusterName)

client.assignUserID(String userID, String clusterName)

client.AssignUserID(String userID, String clusterName)

This method is not yet available in the scala api client.

See code examples

About this method

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Assign or Move a userID to a cluster.

The time it takes to migrate (move) a user is proportional to the amount of data linked to the userID.

Examples

Read the Algolia CLI documentation for more information.

Assign a user to a cluster

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$client->assignUserId('myUserID1', 'c1-test');

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client.assignUser(withID: "myUserID1", toClusterWithName: "c1-test") { result in
  if case .success(let response) = result {
    print("Response: \(response)")
  }
}

Parameters


            userID

type: string

Required

userID to assign.

If userID is unknown, we will assign the userID to the cluster, otherwise the operation will move the userID and its associated data from its current cluster to the new one specified in parameter 2.

If you have already called this method, and it is still running, you will not be able to run this method again for the same userID, until the first has finished. Any attempt will be rejected. it will be rejected.

The userID can contain:

alphanumeric caracters
-
.
(space)
*


            clusterName

type: string

Required

Cluster name.

Response

This section shows the JSON response returned by the API. Since each language encapsulates this response inside objects specific to that language and/or implementation, the actual type in your language might differ from what’s written here. You can view the response in the logs (using the getLogs method).

JSON format

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          {
  "createdAt": "2013-01-18T15:33:13.556Z"
}


          createdAt

string

Date at which the indexing job has been created.

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