Handling Indexes {#HandlingIndexes}
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@NAVIGATE_HandlingIndexes
@EMBEDTOC{HandlingIndexesTOC}

Indexes, Identifiers, Handles {#HandlingIndexesIntro}
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This is an introduction to ArangoDB's interface for indexs in general.  There
are special sections for 

- @ref IndexCap "cap constraints", 
- @ref IndexGeo "geo-spatial indexes",
- @ref IndexHash "hash indexes",
- and @ref IndexSkiplist "skip-lists".

@copydoc GlossaryIndex

@copydoc GlossaryIndexHandle

@copydoc GlossaryIndexGeo

@copydoc GlossaryIndexHash

@copydoc GlossaryIndexEdge

@copydoc GlossaryIndexSkiplist

@copydoc GlossaryIndexFulltext

Address and ETag of an Index {#HandlingIndexesResource}
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All indexs in ArangoDB have an index handle. This handle uniquely defines an
index and is managed by ArangoDB. The interface allows you to access the indexs
of a collection as:

    db.@FA{collection}.index(@FA{index-handle})

For example: Assume that the index handle, which is stored in the `_id`
attribute of the index, is `demo/362549736` and the index lives in a collection
named @FA{demo}, then that index can be accessed as:

    db.demo.index("demo/362549736")

Because the index handle is unique within the database, you can leave out the
@FA{collection} and use the shortcut:

    db._index("demo/362549736")

Working with Indexes {#HandlingIndexesShell}
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Collection Methods {#HandlingIndexesCollectionMethods}
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@anchor HandlingIndexesRead
@copydetails JSF_ArangoCollection_prototype_index

@CLEARPAGE
@anchor HandlingIndexesReadAll
@copydetails JS_GetIndexesVocbaseCol

@CLEARPAGE
@anchor HandlingIndexesDelete
@copydetails JS_DropIndexVocbaseCol

@CLEARPAGE
Database Methods {#HandlingIndexesDatabaseMethods}
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@anchor HandlingIndexesDbRead
@copydetails JSF_ArangoDatabase_prototype__index

@CLEARPAGE
@anchor HandlingIndexesDbDelete
@copydetails JSF_ArangoDatabase_prototype__dropIndex