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# Start data frame indexing

> Start indexing a tabular file for queryable access. Creates a workspace if the file is not already indexed.



## OpenAPI

````yaml https://hub.oxen.ai/api/_spec/oxen_server_openapi.json post /api/repos/{namespace}/{repo_name}/data_frames/{resource}/index
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  description: >-
    Oxen server is a fast data version control backend, supporting local disk
    and S3. Self host your repositories on your own storage, or use the hosted
    platform on Oxen.ai. Stores, syncs, and serves versioned datasets, model
    checkpoints, game assets, studio media, and any large data. Use the oxen CLI
    to push and pull from the oxen server.
  license:
    name: ''
  title: oxen-server
  version: 0.54.0
servers:
  - description: Production API
    url: https://hub.oxen.ai
  - description: Local Development
    url: http://localhost:3000
security:
  - api_key: []
tags:
  - description: Namespace management endpoints
    name: Namespaces
  - description: Repository management endpoints.
    name: Repositories
  - description: >-
      Editing a data frame inside a workspace, including its schema and column
      metadata.
    name: Workspace Data Frames
paths:
  /api/repos/{namespace}/{repo_name}/data_frames/{resource}/index:
    post:
      tags:
        - Data Frames
      summary: Start data frame indexing
      description: >-
        Start indexing a tabular file for queryable access. Creates a workspace
        if the file is not already indexed.
      operationId: index
      parameters:
        - description: Namespace of the repository
          example: ox
          in: path
          name: namespace
          required: true
          schema:
            type: string
        - description: Name of the repository
          example: CattleData
          in: path
          name: repo_name
          required: true
          schema:
            type: string
        - description: Path to the tabular file to index (including branch/commit info)
          example: main/data/weights.csv
          in: path
          name: resource
          required: true
          schema:
            type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/StatusMessage'
          description: Indexing process started or completed
        '404':
          description: Resource not found
        '409':
          description: Dataset already indexed
components:
  schemas:
    StatusMessage:
      properties:
        oxen_version:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
        status:
          type: string
        status_message:
          type: string
      required:
        - status
        - status_message
      type: object
  securitySchemes:
    api_key:
      bearerFormat: JWT
      scheme: bearer
      type: http

````