<p>Not natively, but you could easily write a <a href="http://buildwithcraft.com/docs/plugins/introduction" rel="nofollow">plugin</a> with a <a href="http://buildwithcraft.com/docs/plugins/controllers" rel="nofollow">controller</a> that exposes the <a href="http://buildwithcraft.com/classreference/services/AssetIndexingService" rel="nofollow">AssetIndexingService</a>.</p>

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2015-02-26T16:38:40.047Z
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Brad Bell
<p>Is it possible to trigger an update of the asset indices from an url endpoint? I guess not, but is it planned to provide some kind of API?</p>

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Did you manage to solve this or writing anything for this @larsbilke?
Terry Upton
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Trigger Update Asset Index from url endpoint
# Trigger Update Asset Index from url endpoint

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-02-26)

Is it possible to trigger an update of the asset indices from an url endpoint? I guess not, but is it planned to provide some kind of API?

**Tags:** assets, reindex

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Did you manage to solve this or writing anything for this @larsbilke?  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2015-02-26. Score: 3 | Accepted answer

Not natively, but you could easily write a [plugin](http://buildwithcraft.com/docs/plugins/introduction) with a [controller](http://buildwithcraft.com/docs/plugins/controllers) that exposes the [AssetIndexingService](http://buildwithcraft.com/classreference/services/AssetIndexingService).


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