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Vectara Query API — Query

Vectara Query API — Query. Run semantic, keyword, and hybrid queries with grounded generation, citations, reranking, and hallucination detection across one or more corpora. Self-contained Naftiko capability.

Vectara Query API — Query is a Naftiko capability published by Vectara, one of 5 capabilities the APIs.io network indexes for this provider. It bundles 2 operations across the POST method rooted at /v1/v2/corpora/{…}.

Can be deployed as a REST endpoint, MCP tool, or Agent Skill via Naftiko.

Tagged areas include Vectara, Query, Search, RAG, and Grounded Generation.

Run with Naftiko VectaraQuerySearchRAGGrounded Generation

What You Can Do

POST
Querycorpus —
/v1/v2/corpora/{corpus_key}/query
POST
Searchcorpus —
/v1/v2/corpora/{corpus_key}/search

Capability Spec

query-query.yaml Raw ↑ 
naftiko: 1.0.0-alpha2
info:
  label: Vectara Query API — Query
  description: 'Vectara Query API — Query. Run semantic, keyword, and hybrid queries with grounded generation, citations,
    reranking, and hallucination detection across one or more corpora. Self-contained Naftiko capability.'
  tags:
  - Vectara
  - Query
  - Search
  - RAG
  - Grounded Generation
  created: '2026-05-25'
  modified: '2026-05-25'
binds:
- namespace: env
  keys:
    VECTARA_API_KEY: VECTARA_API_KEY
capability:
  consumes:
  - type: http
    namespace: query-query
    baseUri: https://api.vectara.io
    resources:
    - name: v2-corpora-query
      path: /v2/corpora/{corpus_key}/query
      operations:
      - name: querycorpus
        method: POST
        description: Run a query with optional grounded generation against a single corpus.
        outputRawFormat: json
        outputParameters:
        - name: result
          type: object
          value: $.
        inputParameters:
        - name: corpus_key
          in: path
          type: string
          required: true
        - name: body
          in: body
          type: object
          required: true
    - name: v2-corpora-search
      path: /v2/corpora/{corpus_key}/search
      operations:
      - name: searchcorpus
        method: POST
        description: Search a single corpus without generation.
        outputRawFormat: json
        inputParameters:
        - name: corpus_key
          in: path
          type: string
          required: true
        - name: body
          in: body
          type: object
          required: true
    - name: v2-corpora-queries
      path: /v2/corpora/{corpus_key}/queries
      operations:
      - name: queriescorpus
        method: POST
        description: Run a multi-stage query (search + rerank + generation) against a corpus.
        outputRawFormat: json
        inputParameters:
        - name: corpus_key
          in: path
          type: string
          required: true
        - name: body
          in: body
          type: object
          required: true
    authentication:
      type: apikey
      key: x-api-key
      value: '{{env.VECTARA_API_KEY}}'
      placement: header
  exposes:
  - type: rest
    namespace: query-query-rest
    port: 8080
    description: REST adapter for Vectara Query.
    resources:
    - path: /v1/v2/corpora/{corpus_key}/query
      name: v2-corpora-query
      operations:
      - method: POST
        name: querycorpus
        call: query-query.querycorpus
        with:
          body: rest.body
    - path: /v1/v2/corpora/{corpus_key}/search
      name: v2-corpora-search
      operations:
      - method: POST
        name: searchcorpus
        call: query-query.searchcorpus
        with:
          body: rest.body