diff --git a/meilidb-http/src/routes/index.rs b/meilidb-http/src/routes/index.rs
index 0522d584f..e915a3573 100644
--- a/meilidb-http/src/routes/index.rs
+++ b/meilidb-http/src/routes/index.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
+use meilidb_schema::Schema;
 use http::StatusCode;
 use meilidb_core::ProcessedUpdateResult;
-use meilidb_schema::Schema;
+use rand::seq::SliceRandom;
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use serde_json::json;
 use tide::response::IntoResponse;
 use tide::{Context, Response};
+use chrono::{DateTime, Utc};
 
 use crate::error::{ResponseError, SResult};
 use crate::helpers::tide::ContextExt;
@@ -12,6 +15,15 @@ use crate::models::token::ACL::*;
 use crate::routes::document::IndexUpdateResponse;
 use crate::Data;
 
+fn generate_uid() -> String {
+    let mut rng = rand::thread_rng();
+    let sample = b"ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789";
+    sample
+        .choose_multiple(&mut rng, 8)
+        .map(|c| *c as char)
+        .collect()
+}
+
 pub async fn list_indexes(ctx: Context<Data>) -> SResult<Response> {
     ctx.is_allowed(IndexesRead)?;
     let list = ctx
@@ -48,23 +60,34 @@ pub async fn get_index_schema(ctx: Context<Data>) -> SResult<Response> {
     }
 }
 
+#[derive(Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+#[serde(rename_all = "camelCase", deny_unknown_fields)]
+struct IndexCreateRequest {
+    name: String,
+    schema: Option<SchemaBody>,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+#[serde(rename_all = "camelCase", deny_unknown_fields)]
+struct IndexCreateResponse {
+    name: String,
+    uid: String,
+    schema: Option<SchemaBody>,
+    update_id: Option<u64>,
+    created_at: DateTime<Utc>,
+    updated_at: DateTime<Utc>,
+}
+
 pub async fn create_index(mut ctx: Context<Data>) -> SResult<Response> {
     ctx.is_allowed(IndexesWrite)?;
 
-    let index_name = ctx.url_param("index")?;
+    let body = ctx.body_json::<IndexCreateRequest>().await.map_err(ResponseError::bad_request)?;
 
-    let body = ctx.body_bytes().await.map_err(ResponseError::bad_request)?;
-    let schema: Option<Schema> = if body.is_empty() {
-        None
-    } else {
-        serde_json::from_slice::<SchemaBody>(&body)
-            .map_err(ResponseError::bad_request)
-            .map(|s| Some(s.into()))?
-    };
+    let generated_uid = generate_uid();
 
     let db = &ctx.state().db;
 
-    let created_index = match db.create_index(&index_name) {
+    let created_index = match db.create_index(&generated_uid) {
         Ok(index) => index,
         Err(e) => return Err(ResponseError::create_index(e)),
     };
@@ -72,23 +95,37 @@ pub async fn create_index(mut ctx: Context<Data>) -> SResult<Response> {
     let env = &db.env;
     let mut writer = env.write_txn().map_err(ResponseError::internal)?;
 
-    match schema {
-        Some(schema) => {
-            let update_id = created_index
+    created_index.main
+        .put_name(&mut writer, &body.name)
+        .map_err(ResponseError::internal)?;
+    created_index.main
+        .put_created_at(&mut writer)
+        .map_err(ResponseError::internal)?;
+    created_index.main
+
+    let schema: Option<Schema> = body.schema.clone().map(|s| s.into());
+    let mut response_update_id = None;
+    if let Some(schema) = schema {
+        let update_id = created_index
                 .schema_update(&mut writer, schema.clone())
                 .map_err(ResponseError::internal)?;
+        response_update_id = Some(update_id)
+    }
 
-            writer.commit().map_err(ResponseError::internal)?;
+    writer.commit().map_err(ResponseError::internal)?;
 
-            let response_body = IndexUpdateResponse { update_id };
-            Ok(tide::response::json(response_body)
+    let response_body = IndexCreateResponse {
+        name: body.name,
+        uid: generated_uid,
+        schema: body.schema,
+        update_id: response_update_id,
+        created_at: Utc::now(),
+        updated_at: Utc::now(),
+    };
+
+    Ok(tide::response::json(response_body)
                 .with_status(StatusCode::CREATED)
                 .into_response())
-        }
-        None => Ok(Response::new(tide::Body::empty())
-            .with_status(StatusCode::NO_CONTENT)
-            .into_response()),
-    }
 }
 
 pub async fn update_schema(mut ctx: Context<Data>) -> SResult<Response> {
diff --git a/meilidb-http/src/routes/mod.rs b/meilidb-http/src/routes/mod.rs
index efcf5d4f4..c44134cc8 100644
--- a/meilidb-http/src/routes/mod.rs
+++ b/meilidb-http/src/routes/mod.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ pub mod synonym;
 pub fn load_routes(app: &mut tide::App<Data>) {
     app.at("").nest(|router| {
         router.at("/indexes").nest(|router| {
-            router.at("/").get(index::list_indexes);
+            router.at("/")
+                .get(index::list_indexes)
+                .post(index::create_index);
 
             router.at("/search").post(search::search_multi_index);
 
@@ -29,7 +31,6 @@ pub fn load_routes(app: &mut tide::App<Data>) {
                 router
                     .at("/")
                     .get(index::get_index_schema)
-                    .post(index::create_index)
                     .put(index::update_schema)
                     .delete(index::delete_index);