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sidebar_label: Secondary index guide
sidebar_label: Secondary Index Guide
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# Secondary Indexes

## Introduction

DefraDB provides a powerful and flexible secondary indexing system that enables efficient document lookups and queries.
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- Retrieve the corresponding User documents. This method is much faster because indexes enable direct lookups.

#### Enforcing relationship cardinality
Indexes can also enforce one-to-one relationships. For instance, to ensure each User has exactly one unique Address:
Indexes can also enforce one-to-one relationships. For instance, to ensure each Address has exactly one unique User:

```graphql
type User {
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#### JSON Interface

DefraDB's JSON interface, defined in client/json.go, is essential for managing JSON fields. It allows the system to:
DefraDB's JSON interface, defined in [`client/json.go`](https://github.com/sourcenetwork/defradb/blob/master/client/json.go), is essential for managing JSON fields. It allows the system to:

Traverse all leaf nodes in a JSON document.
Represent a JSON value as either a complete document or a single node within the structure.
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##### Query example
Retrieve documents where the model is "iPhone":

```
```graphql
query {
Collection(filter: {
jsonField: {
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