{"id":185,"date":"2026-01-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.securinsight.ca\/index.php\/2026\/01\/20\/ai-search-create-ai-search-instances-programmatically-via-rest-api\/"},"modified":"2026-01-20T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T00:00:00","slug":"ai-search-create-ai-search-instances-programmatically-via-rest-api","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.securinsight.ca\/index.php\/2026\/01\/20\/ai-search-create-ai-search-instances-programmatically-via-rest-api\/","title":{"rendered":"AI Search – Create AI Search instances programmatically via REST API"},"content":{"rendered":"

You can now create AI Search<\/a> instances programmatically using the API<\/a>. For example, use the API to create instances for each customer in a multi-tenant application or manage AI Search alongside your other infrastructure.<\/p>\n

If you have created an AI Search instance via the dashboard<\/a> before, you already have a service API token<\/a> registered and can start creating instances programmatically right away. If not, follow the API guide<\/a> to set up your first instance.<\/p>\n

For example, you can now create separate search instances for each language on your website:<\/p>\n

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for<\/span> <\/span>lang<\/span> <\/span>in<\/span> <\/span>en<\/span> <\/span>fr<\/span> <\/span>es<\/span> <\/span>de<\/span>;<\/span> <\/span>do<\/span><\/div><\/div>
  <\/span>curl<\/span> <\/span>-X<\/span> <\/span>POST<\/span> <\/span>\"https:\/\/api.cloudflare.com\/client\/v4\/accounts\/<\/span>$ACCOUNT_ID<\/span>\/ai-search\/instances\"<\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div>
    <\/span>-H<\/span> <\/span>\"Authorization: Bearer <\/span>$API_TOKEN<\/span>\"<\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div>
    <\/span>-H<\/span> <\/span>\"Content-Type: application\/json\"<\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div>
    <\/span>--data<\/span> <\/span>'{<\/span><\/div><\/div>
      <\/span><\/span>\"id\": \"docs-'\"<\/span>$lang<\/span>\"'\",<\/span><\/div><\/div>
      <\/span><\/span>\"type\": \"web-crawler\",<\/span><\/div><\/div>
      <\/span><\/span>\"source\": \"example.com\",<\/span><\/div><\/div>
      <\/span><\/span>\"source_params\": {<\/span><\/div><\/div>
        <\/span><\/span>\"path_include\": [\"**\/'\"<\/span>$lang<\/span>\"'\/**\"]<\/span><\/div><\/div>
      <\/span><\/span>}<\/span><\/div><\/div>
    <\/span><\/span>}'<\/span><\/div><\/div>
done<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/code><\/pre>\n
<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
Refer to the REST API reference<\/a> for additional configuration options.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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