{% include anchor.html edit="true" title="List indexes" hash="list_indexes" %} {% highlight js %} db.getIndexes([callback]) {% endhighlight %} Get a list of all the indexes you've created. Also tells you about the special `_all_docs` index, i.e. the default index on the `_id` field. {% include alert/start.html variant="info"%} {% markdown %} **pouchdb-find plugin needed:** This API requires the `pouchdb-find` plugin. See [Mango queries](/guides/mango-queries.html) for installation instructions. {% endmarkdown %} {% include alert/end.html%} #### Example Usage: {% include code/start.html id="get_idxs" type="callback" %} {% highlight js %} db.getIndexes(function (err, result) { if (err) { return console.log(err); } // handle result }); {% endhighlight %} {% include code/end.html %} {% include code/start.html id="get_idxs" type="async" %} {% highlight js %} try { var result = await db.getIndexes(); } catch (err) { console.log(err); } {% endhighlight %} {% include code/end.html %} {% include code/start.html id="get_idxs" type="promise" %} {% highlight js %} db.getIndexes().then(function (result) { // handle result }).catch(function (err) { console.log(err); }); {% endhighlight %} {% include code/end.html %} #### Example Response: {% highlight js %} { "indexes": [ { "ddoc": null, "name": "_all_docs", "type": "special", "def": { "fields": [ { "_id": "asc" } ] } }, { "ddoc": "_design/idx-0f3a6f73110868266fa5c688caf8acd3", "name": "idx-0f3a6f73110868266fa5c688caf8acd3", "type": "json", "def": { "fields": [ { "foo": "asc" }, { "bar": "asc" } ] } } ] } {% endhighlight %}