Delete an autoscaling policy Added in 7.11.0

DELETE /_autoscaling/policy/{name}
Api key auth Basic auth Bearer auth

NOTE: This feature is designed for indirect use by Elasticsearch Service, Elastic Cloud Enterprise, and Elastic Cloud on Kubernetes. Direct use is not supported.

External documentation

Path parameters

  • name string Required

    the name of the autoscaling policy

Query parameters

  • master_timeout string

    Period to wait for a connection to the master node. If no response is received before the timeout expires, the request fails and returns an error.

  • timeout string

    Period to wait for a response. If no response is received before the timeout expires, the request fails and returns an error.

Responses

  • 200 application/json
    Hide response attribute Show response attribute object
    • acknowledged boolean Required

      For a successful response, this value is always true. On failure, an exception is returned instead.
DELETE /_autoscaling/policy/{name} 
curl \
 --request DELETE 'http://api.example.com/_autoscaling/policy/{name}' \
 --header "Authorization: $API_KEY"
Response examples (200)
This may be a response to either `DELETE /_autoscaling/policy/my_autoscaling_policy` or `DELETE /_autoscaling/policy/*`. 
{
  "acknowledged": true
}

Behavioral analytics

Compact and aligned text (CAT)

The compact and aligned text (CAT) APIs aim are intended only for human consumption using the Kibana console or command line. They are not intended for use by applications. For application consumption, it's recommend to use a corresponding JSON API. All the cat commands accept a query string parameter help to see all the headers and info they provide, and the /_cat command alone lists all the available commands.

Get aliases

GET /_cat/aliases/{name}
Api key auth Basic auth Bearer auth

Get the cluster's index aliases, including filter and routing information. This API does not return data stream aliases.

IMPORTANT: CAT APIs are only intended for human consumption using the command line or the Kibana console. They are not intended for use by applications. For application consumption, use the aliases API.

Path parameters

  • name string | array[string] Required

    A comma-separated list of aliases to retrieve. Supports wildcards (*). To retrieve all aliases, omit this parameter or use * or _all.

Query parameters

  • h string | array[string]

    List of columns to appear in the response. Supports simple wildcards.

  • s string | array[string]

    List of columns that determine how the table should be sorted. Sorting defaults to ascending and can be changed by setting :asc or :desc as a suffix to the column name.

  • expand_wildcards string | array[string]

    The type of index that wildcard patterns can match. If the request can target data streams, this argument determines whether wildcard expressions match hidden data streams. It supports comma-separated values, such as open,hidden.

    Supported values include:

    • all: Match any data stream or index, including hidden ones.
    • open: Match open, non-hidden indices. Also matches any non-hidden data stream.
    • closed: Match closed, non-hidden indices. Also matches any non-hidden data stream. Data streams cannot be closed.
    • hidden: Match hidden data streams and hidden indices. Must be combined with open, closed, or both.
    • none: Wildcard expressions are not accepted.
  • master_timeout string

    The period to wait for a connection to the master node. If the master node is not available before the timeout expires, the request fails and returns an error. To indicated that the request should never timeout, you can set it to -1.

Responses

GET /_cat/aliases/{name} 
curl \
 --request GET 'http://api.example.com/_cat/aliases/{name}' \
 --header "Authorization: $API_KEY"
Response examples (200)
A successful response from `GET _cat/aliases?format=json&v=true`. This response shows that `alias2` has configured a filter and `alias3` and `alias4` have routing configurations. 
[
  {
    "alias": "alias1",
    "index": "test1",
    "filter": "-",
    "routing.index": "-",
    "routing.search": "-",
    "is_write_index": "true"
  },
  {
    "alias": "alias1",
    "index": "test1",
    "filter": "*",
    "routing.index": "-",
    "routing.search": "-",
    "is_write_index": "true"
  },
  {
    "alias": "alias3",
    "index": "test1",
    "filter": "-",
    "routing.index": "1",
    "routing.search": "1",
    "is_write_index": "true"
  },
  {
    "alias": "alias4",
    "index": "test1",
    "filter": "-",
    "routing.index": "2",
    "routing.search": "1,2",
    "is_write_index": "true"
  }
]

Get component templates Added in 5.1.0

GET /_cat/component_templates
Api key auth Basic auth Bearer auth

Get information about component templates in a cluster. Component templates are building blocks for constructing index templates that specify index mappings, settings, and aliases.

IMPORTANT: CAT APIs are only intended for human consumption using the command line or Kibana console. They are not intended for use by applications. For application consumption, use the get component template API.

Query parameters

  • h string | array[string]

    List of columns to appear in the response. Supports simple wildcards.

  • s string | array[string]

    List of columns that determine how the table should be sorted. Sorting defaults to ascending and can be changed by setting :asc or :desc as a suffix to the column name.

  • local boolean

    If true, the request computes the list of selected nodes from the local cluster state. If false the list of selected nodes are computed from the cluster state of the master node. In both cases the coordinating node will send requests for further information to each selected node.

  • master_timeout string

    The period to wait for a connection to the master node.

Responses

GET /_cat/component_templates 
curl \
 --request GET 'http://api.example.com/_cat/component_templates' \
 --header "Authorization: $API_KEY"
Response examples (200)
A successful response from `GET _cat/component_templates/my-template-*?v=true&s=name&format=json`. 
[
  {
    "name": "my-template-1",
    "version": "null",
    "alias_count": "0",
    "mapping_count": "0",
    "settings_count": "1",
    "metadata_count": "0",
    "included_in": "[my-index-template]"
  },
    {
    "name": "my-template-2",
    "version": null,
    "alias_count": "0",
    "mapping_count": "3",
    "settings_count": "0",
    "metadata_count": "0",
    "included_in": "[my-index-template]"
  }
]

Get component templates Added in 5.1.0

GET /_cat/component_templates/{name}
Api key auth Basic auth Bearer auth

Get information about component templates in a cluster. Component templates are building blocks for constructing index templates that specify index mappings, settings, and aliases.

IMPORTANT: CAT APIs are only intended for human consumption using the command line or Kibana console. They are not intended for use by applications. For application consumption, use the get component template API.

Path parameters

  • name string Required

    The name of the component template. It accepts wildcard expressions. If it is omitted, all component templates are returned.

Query parameters

  • h string | array[string]

    List of columns to appear in the response. Supports simple wildcards.

  • s string | array[string]

    List of columns that determine how the table should be sorted. Sorting defaults to ascending and can be changed by setting :asc or :desc as a suffix to the column name.

  • local boolean

    If true, the request computes the list of selected nodes from the local cluster state. If false the list of selected nodes are computed from the cluster state of the master node. In both cases the coordinating node will send requests for further information to each selected node.

  • master_timeout string

    The period to wait for a connection to the master node.

Responses

GET /_cat/component_templates/{name} 
curl \
 --request GET 'http://api.example.com/_cat/component_templates/{name}' \
 --header "Authorization: $API_KEY"
Response examples (200)
A successful response from `GET _cat/component_templates/my-template-*?v=true&s=name&format=json`. 
[
  {
    "name": "my-template-1",
    "version": "null",
    "alias_count": "0",
    "mapping_count": "0",
    "settings_count": "1",
    "metadata_count": "0",
    "included_in": "[my-index-template]"
  },
    {
    "name": "my-template-2",
    "version": null,
    "alias_count": "0",
    "mapping_count": "3",
    "settings_count": "0",
    "metadata_count": "0",
    "included_in": "[my-index-template]"
  }
]

Get a document count

GET /_cat/count/{index}
Api key auth Basic auth Bearer auth

Get quick access to a document count for a data stream, an index, or an entire cluster. The document count only includes live documents, not deleted documents which have not yet been removed by the merge process.

IMPORTANT: CAT APIs are only intended for human consumption using the command line or Kibana console. They are not intended for use by applications. For application consumption, use the count API.

Path parameters

  • index string | array[string] Required

    A comma-separated list of data streams, indices, and aliases used to limit the request. It supports wildcards (*). To target all data streams and indices, omit this parameter or use * or _all.

Query parameters

  • h string | array[string]

    List of columns to appear in the response. Supports simple wildcards.

  • s string | array[string]

    List of columns that determine how the table should be sorted. Sorting defaults to ascending and can be changed by setting :asc or :desc as a suffix to the column name.

Responses

  • 200 application/json
    Hide response attributes Show response attributes object

    • epoch number | string

      Some APIs will return values such as numbers also as a string (notably epoch timestamps). This behavior is used to capture this behavior while keeping the semantics of the field type.

      Depending on the target language, code generators can keep the union or remove it and leniently parse strings to the target type.

      One of:
      UnitSeconds number StringifiedEpochTimeUnitSeconds string

      Time unit for seconds

    • timestamp string

      Time of day, expressed as HH:MM:SS

    • count string

      the document count
GET /_cat/count/{index} 
curl \
 --request GET 'http://api.example.com/_cat/count/{index}' \
 --header "Authorization: $API_KEY"
Response examples (200)
A successful response from `GET /_cat/count/my-index-000001?v=true&format=json`. It retrieves the document count for the `my-index-000001` data stream or index. 
[
  {
    "epoch": "1475868259",
    "timestamp": "15:24:20",
    "count": "120"
  }
]
A successful response from `GET /_cat/count?v=true&format=json`. It retrieves the document count for all data streams and indices in the cluster. 
[
  {
    "epoch": "1475868259",
    "timestamp": "15:24:20",
    "count": "121"
  }
]

Get master node information

GET /_cat/master
Api key auth Basic auth Bearer auth

Get information about the master node, including the ID, bound IP address, and name.

IMPORTANT: cat APIs are only intended for human consumption using the command line or Kibana console. They are not intended for use by applications. For application consumption, use the nodes info API.

Query parameters

  • h string | array[string]

    List of columns to appear in the response. Supports simple wildcards.

  • s string | array[string]

    List of columns that determine how the table should be sorted. Sorting defaults to ascending and can be changed by setting :asc or :desc as a suffix to the column name.

  • local boolean

    If true, the request computes the list of selected nodes from the local cluster state. If false the list of selected nodes are computed from the cluster state of the master node. In both cases the coordinating node will send requests for further information to each selected node.

  • master_timeout string

    Period to wait for a connection to the master node.

Responses

  • 200 application/json
    Hide response attributes Show response attributes object
GET /_cat/master 
curl \
 --request GET 'http://api.example.com/_cat/master' \
 --header "Authorization: $API_KEY"
Response examples (200)
A successful response from `GET /_cat/master?v=true&format=json`. 
[
  {
    "id": "YzWoH_2BT-6UjVGDyPdqYg",
    "host": "127.0.0.1",
    "ip": "127.0.0.1",
    "node": "YzWoH_2"
  }
]

Get datafeeds Added in 7.7.0

GET /_cat/ml/datafeeds
Api key auth Basic auth Bearer auth

Get configuration and usage information about datafeeds. This API returns a maximum of 10,000 datafeeds. If the Elasticsearch security features are enabled, you must have monitor_ml, monitor, manage_ml, or manage cluster privileges to use this API.

IMPORTANT: CAT APIs are only intended for human consumption using the Kibana console or command line. They are not intended for use by applications. For application consumption, use the get datafeed statistics API.

Query parameters

  • allow_no_match boolean

    Specifies what to do when the request:

    • Contains wildcard expressions and there are no datafeeds that match.
    • Contains the _all string or no identifiers and there are no matches.
    • Contains wildcard expressions and there are only partial matches.

    If true, the API returns an empty datafeeds array when there are no matches and the subset of results when there are partial matches. If false, the API returns a 404 status code when there are no matches or only partial matches.

  • h string | array[string]

    Comma-separated list of column names to display.

    Supported values include:

    • ae (or assignment_explanation): For started datafeeds only, contains messages relating to the selection of a node.
    • bc (or buckets.count, bucketsCount): The number of buckets processed.
    • id: A numerical character string that uniquely identifies the datafeed.
    • na (or node.address, nodeAddress): For started datafeeds only, the network address of the node where the datafeed is started.
    • ne (or node.ephemeral_id, nodeEphemeralId): For started datafeeds only, the ephemeral ID of the node where the datafeed is started.
    • ni (or node.id, nodeId): For started datafeeds only, the unique identifier of the node where the datafeed is started.
    • nn (or node.name, nodeName): For started datafeeds only, the name of the node where the datafeed is started.
    • sba (or search.bucket_avg, searchBucketAvg): The average search time per bucket, in milliseconds.
    • sc (or search.count, searchCount): The number of searches run by the datafeed.
    • seah (or search.exp_avg_hour, searchExpAvgHour): The exponential average search time per hour, in milliseconds.
    • st (or search.time, searchTime): The total time the datafeed spent searching, in milliseconds.
    • s (or state): The status of the datafeed: starting, started, stopping, or stopped. If starting, the datafeed has been requested to start but has not yet started. If started, the datafeed is actively receiving data. If stopping, the datafeed has been requested to stop gracefully and is completing its final action. If stopped, the datafeed is stopped and will not receive data until it is re-started.
  • s string | array[string]

    Comma-separated list of column names or column aliases used to sort the response.

    Supported values include:

    • ae (or assignment_explanation): For started datafeeds only, contains messages relating to the selection of a node.
    • bc (or buckets.count, bucketsCount): The number of buckets processed.
    • id: A numerical character string that uniquely identifies the datafeed.
    • na (or node.address, nodeAddress): For started datafeeds only, the network address of the node where the datafeed is started.
    • ne (or node.ephemeral_id, nodeEphemeralId): For started datafeeds only, the ephemeral ID of the node where the datafeed is started.
    • ni (or node.id, nodeId): For started datafeeds only, the unique identifier of the node where the datafeed is started.
    • nn (or node.name, nodeName): For started datafeeds only, the name of the node where the datafeed is started.
    • sba (or search.bucket_avg, searchBucketAvg): The average search time per bucket, in milliseconds.
    • sc (or search.count, searchCount): The number of searches run by the datafeed.
    • seah (or search.exp_avg_hour, searchExpAvgHour): The exponential average search time per hour, in milliseconds.
    • st (or search.time, searchTime): The total time the datafeed spent searching, in milliseconds.
    • s (or state): The status of the datafeed: starting, started, stopping, or stopped. If starting, the datafeed has been requested to start but has not yet started. If started, the datafeed is actively receiving data. If stopping, the datafeed has been requested to stop gracefully and is completing its final action. If stopped, the datafeed is stopped and will not receive data until it is re-started.
  • time string

    The unit used to display time values.

    Values are nanos, micros, ms, s, m, h, or d.

Responses

  • 200 application/json
    Hide response attributes Show response attributes object
    • id string

      The datafeed identifier.

    • state string

      Values are started, stopped, starting, or stopping.

    • assignment_explanation string

      For started datafeeds only, contains messages relating to the selection of a node.

    • buckets.count string

      The number of buckets processed.

    • search.count string

      The number of searches run by the datafeed.

    • search.time string

      The total time the datafeed spent searching, in milliseconds.

    • search.bucket_avg string

      The average search time per bucket, in milliseconds.

    • search.exp_avg_hour string

      The exponential average search time per hour, in milliseconds.

    • node.id string

      The unique identifier of the assigned node. For started datafeeds only, this information pertains to the node upon which the datafeed is started.

    • node.name string

      The name of the assigned node. For started datafeeds only, this information pertains to the node upon which the datafeed is started.

    • node.ephemeral_id string

      The ephemeral identifier of the assigned node. For started datafeeds only, this information pertains to the node upon which the datafeed is started.

    • node.address string

      The network address of the assigned node. For started datafeeds only, this information pertains to the node upon which the datafeed is started.
GET /_cat/ml/datafeeds 
curl \
 --request GET 'http://api.example.com/_cat/ml/datafeeds' \
 --header "Authorization: $API_KEY"
Response examples (200)
A successful response from `GET _cat/ml/datafeeds?v=true&format=json`. 
[
  {
    "id": "datafeed-high_sum_total_sales",
    "state": "stopped",
    "buckets.count": "743",
    "search.count": "7"
  },
  {
    "id": "datafeed-low_request_rate",
    "state": "stopped",
    "buckets.count": "1457",
    "search.count": "3"
  },
  {
    "id": "datafeed-response_code_rates",
    "state": "stopped",
    "buckets.count": "1460",
    "search.count": "18"
  },
  {
    "id": "datafeed-url_scanning",
    "state": "stopped",
    "buckets.count": "1460",
    "search.count": "18"
  }
]

Get trained models Added in 7.7.0

GET /_cat/ml/trained_models
Api key auth Basic auth Bearer auth

Get configuration and usage information about inference trained models.

IMPORTANT: CAT APIs are only intended for human consumption using the Kibana console or command line. They are not intended for use by applications. For application consumption, use the get trained models statistics API.

Query parameters

  • allow_no_match boolean

    Specifies what to do when the request: contains wildcard expressions and there are no models that match; contains the _all string or no identifiers and there are no matches; contains wildcard expressions and there are only partial matches. If true, the API returns an empty array when there are no matches and the subset of results when there are partial matches. If false, the API returns a 404 status code when there are no matches or only partial matches.

  • bytes string

    The unit used to display byte values.

    Values are b, kb, mb, gb, tb, or pb.

  • h string | array[string]

    A comma-separated list of column names to display.

    Supported values include:

    • create_time (or ct): The time when the trained model was created.
    • created_by (or c, createdBy): Information on the creator of the trained model.
    • data_frame_analytics_id (or df, dataFrameAnalytics, dfid): Identifier for the data frame analytics job that created the model. Only displayed if it is still available.
    • description (or d): The description of the trained model.
    • heap_size (or hs, modelHeapSize): The estimated heap size to keep the trained model in memory.
    • id: Identifier for the trained model.
    • ingest.count (or ic, ingestCount): The total number of documents that are processed by the model.
    • ingest.current (or icurr, ingestCurrent): The total number of document that are currently being handled by the trained model.
    • ingest.failed (or if, ingestFailed): The total number of failed ingest attempts with the trained model.
    • ingest.pipelines (or ip, ingestPipelines): The total number of ingest pipelines that are referencing the trained model.
    • ingest.time (or it, ingestTime): The total time that is spent processing documents with the trained model.
    • license (or l): The license level of the trained model.
    • operations (or o, modelOperations): The estimated number of operations to use the trained model. This number helps measuring the computational complexity of the model.
    • version (or v): The Elasticsearch version number in which the trained model was created.
  • s string | array[string]

    A comma-separated list of column names or aliases used to sort the response.

    Supported values include:

    • create_time (or ct): The time when the trained model was created.
    • created_by (or c, createdBy): Information on the creator of the trained model.
    • data_frame_analytics_id (or df, dataFrameAnalytics, dfid): Identifier for the data frame analytics job that created the model. Only displayed if it is still available.
    • description (or d): The description of the trained model.
    • heap_size (or hs, modelHeapSize): The estimated heap size to keep the trained model in memory.
    • id: Identifier for the trained model.
    • ingest.count (or ic, ingestCount): The total number of documents that are processed by the model.
    • ingest.current (or icurr, ingestCurrent): The total number of document that are currently being handled by the trained model.
    • ingest.failed (or if, ingestFailed): The total number of failed ingest attempts with the trained model.
    • ingest.pipelines (or ip, ingestPipelines): The total number of ingest pipelines that are referencing the trained model.
    • ingest.time (or it, ingestTime): The total time that is spent processing documents with the trained model.
    • license (or l): The license level of the trained model.
    • operations (or o, modelOperations): The estimated number of operations to use the trained model. This number helps measuring the computational complexity of the model.
    • version (or v): The Elasticsearch version number in which the trained model was created.
  • from number

    Skips the specified number of transforms.

  • size number

    The maximum number of transforms to display.

  • time string

    Unit used to display time values.

    Values are nanos, micros, ms, s, m, h, or d.

Responses

GET /_cat/ml/trained_models 
curl \
 --request GET 'http://api.example.com/_cat/ml/trained_models' \
 --header "Authorization: $API_KEY"
Response examples (200)
A successful response from `GET _cat/ml/trained_models?v=true&format=json`. 
[
  {
    "id": "ddddd-1580216177138",
    "heap_size": "0b",
    "operations": "196",
    "create_time": "2025-03-25T00:01:38.662Z",
    "type": "pytorch",
    "ingest.pipelines": "0",
    "data_frame.id": "__none__"
  },
  {
    "id": "lang_ident_model_1",
    "heap_size": "1mb",
    "operations": "39629",
    "create_time": "2019-12-05T12:28:34.594Z",
    "type": "lang_ident",
    "ingest.pipelines": "0",
    "data_frame.id": "__none__"
  }
]

Get trained models Added in 7.7.0

GET /_cat/ml/trained_models/{model_id}
Api key auth Basic auth Bearer auth

Get configuration and usage information about inference trained models.

IMPORTANT: CAT APIs are only intended for human consumption using the Kibana console or command line. They are not intended for use by applications. For application consumption, use the get trained models statistics API.

Path parameters

  • model_id string Required

    A unique identifier for the trained model.

Query parameters

  • allow_no_match boolean

    Specifies what to do when the request: contains wildcard expressions and there are no models that match; contains the _all string or no identifiers and there are no matches; contains wildcard expressions and there are only partial matches. If true, the API returns an empty array when there are no matches and the subset of results when there are partial matches. If false, the API returns a 404 status code when there are no matches or only partial matches.

  • bytes string

    The unit used to display byte values.

    Values are b, kb, mb, gb, tb, or pb.

  • h string | array[string]

    A comma-separated list of column names to display.

    Supported values include:

    • create_time (or ct): The time when the trained model was created.
    • created_by (or c, createdBy): Information on the creator of the trained model.
    • data_frame_analytics_id (or df, dataFrameAnalytics, dfid): Identifier for the data frame analytics job that created the model. Only displayed if it is still available.
    • description (or d): The description of the trained model.
    • heap_size (or hs, modelHeapSize): The estimated heap size to keep the trained model in memory.
    • id: Identifier for the trained model.
    • ingest.count (or ic, ingestCount): The total number of documents that are processed by the model.
    • ingest.current (or icurr, ingestCurrent): The total number of document that are currently being handled by the trained model.
    • ingest.failed (or if, ingestFailed): The total number of failed ingest attempts with the trained model.
    • ingest.pipelines (or ip, ingestPipelines): The total number of ingest pipelines that are referencing the trained model.
    • ingest.time (or it, ingestTime): The total time that is spent processing documents with the trained model.
    • license (or l): The license level of the trained model.
    • operations (or o, modelOperations): The estimated number of operations to use the trained model. This number helps measuring the computational complexity of the model.
    • version (or v): The Elasticsearch version number in which the trained model was created.
  • s string | array[string]

    A comma-separated list of column names or aliases used to sort the response.

    Supported values include:

    • create_time (or ct): The time when the trained model was created.
    • created_by (or c, createdBy): Information on the creator of the trained model.
    • data_frame_analytics_id (or df, dataFrameAnalytics, dfid): Identifier for the data frame analytics job that created the model. Only displayed if it is still available.
    • description (or d): The description of the trained model.
    • heap_size (or hs, modelHeapSize): The estimated heap size to keep the trained model in memory.
    • id: Identifier for the trained model.
    • ingest.count (or ic, ingestCount): The total number of documents that are processed by the model.
    • ingest.current (or icurr, ingestCurrent): The total number of document that are currently being handled by the trained model.
    • ingest.failed (or if, ingestFailed): The total number of failed ingest attempts with the trained model.
    • ingest.pipelines (or ip, ingestPipelines): The total number of ingest pipelines that are referencing the trained model.
    • ingest.time (or it, ingestTime): The total time that is spent processing documents with the trained model.
    • license (or l): The license level of the trained model.
    • operations (or o, modelOperations): The estimated number of operations to use the trained model. This number helps measuring the computational complexity of the model.
    • version (or v): The Elasticsearch version number in which the trained model was created.
  • from number

    Skips the specified number of transforms.

  • size number

    The maximum number of transforms to display.

  • time string

    Unit used to display time values.

    Values are nanos, micros, ms, s, m, h, or d.

Responses

GET /_cat/ml/trained_models/{model_id} 
curl \
 --request GET 'http://api.example.com/_cat/ml/trained_models/{model_id}' \
 --header "Authorization: $API_KEY"
Response examples (200)
A successful response from `GET _cat/ml/trained_models?v=true&format=json`. 
[
  {
    "id": "ddddd-1580216177138",
    "heap_size": "0b",
    "operations": "196",
    "create_time": "2025-03-25T00:01:38.662Z",
    "type": "pytorch",
    "ingest.pipelines": "0",
    "data_frame.id": "__none__"
  },
  {
    "id": "lang_ident_model_1",
    "heap_size": "1mb",
    "operations": "39629",
    "create_time": "2019-12-05T12:28:34.594Z",
    "type": "lang_ident",
    "ingest.pipelines": "0",
    "data_frame.id": "__none__"
  }
]

Get snapshot repository information Added in 2.1.0

GET /_cat/repositories
Api key auth Basic auth Bearer auth

Get a list of snapshot repositories for a cluster. IMPORTANT: cat APIs are only intended for human consumption using the command line or Kibana console. They are not intended for use by applications. For application consumption, use the get snapshot repository API.

Query parameters

  • h string | array[string]

    List of columns to appear in the response. Supports simple wildcards.

  • s string | array[string]

    List of columns that determine how the table should be sorted. Sorting defaults to ascending and can be changed by setting :asc or :desc as a suffix to the column name.

  • local boolean

    If true, the request computes the list of selected nodes from the local cluster state. If false the list of selected nodes are computed from the cluster state of the master node. In both cases the coordinating node will send requests for further information to each selected node.

  • master_timeout string

    Period to wait for a connection to the master node.

Responses

  • 200 application/json
    Hide response attributes Show response attributes object
    • id string

      The unique repository identifier.

    • type string

      The repository type.
GET /_cat/repositories 
curl \
 --request GET 'http://api.example.com/_cat/repositories' \
 --header "Authorization: $API_KEY"
Response examples (200)
A successful response from `GET /_cat/repositories?v=true&format=json`. 
[
  {
    "id": "repo1",
    "type": "fs"
  },
  {
    "id": "repo2",
    "type": "s3"
  }
]

Get segment information

GET /_cat/segments
Api key auth Basic auth Bearer auth

Get low-level information about the Lucene segments in index shards. For data streams, the API returns information about the backing indices. IMPORTANT: cat APIs are only intended for human consumption using the command line or Kibana console. They are not intended for use by applications. For application consumption, use the index segments API.

Query parameters

  • bytes string

    The unit used to display byte values.

    Values are b, kb, mb, gb, tb, or pb.

  • h string | array[string]

    List of columns to appear in the response. Supports simple wildcards.

  • s string | array[string]

    List of columns that determine how the table should be sorted. Sorting defaults to ascending and can be changed by setting :asc or :desc as a suffix to the column name.

  • local boolean

    If true, the request computes the list of selected nodes from the local cluster state. If false the list of selected nodes are computed from the cluster state of the master node. In both cases the coordinating node will send requests for further information to each selected node.

  • master_timeout string

    Period to wait for a connection to the master node.

Responses

  • 200 application/json
    Hide response attributes Show response attributes object
    • index string
    • shard string

      The shard name.

    • prirep string

      The shard type: primary or replica.

    • ip string

      The IP address of the node where it lives.

    • id string
    • segment string

      The segment name, which is derived from the segment generation and used internally to create file names in the directory of the shard.

    • generation string

      The segment generation number. Elasticsearch increments this generation number for each segment written then uses this number to derive the segment name.

    • docs.count string

      The number of documents in the segment. This excludes deleted documents and counts any nested documents separately from their parents. It also excludes documents which were indexed recently and do not yet belong to a segment.

    • docs.deleted string

      The number of deleted documents in the segment, which might be higher or lower than the number of delete operations you have performed. This number excludes deletes that were performed recently and do not yet belong to a segment. Deleted documents are cleaned up by the automatic merge process if it makes sense to do so. Also, Elasticsearch creates extra deleted documents to internally track the recent history of operations on a shard.

    • size number | string

      One of:
      ByteSize number ByteSize string

    • size.memory number | string

      One of:
      ByteSize number ByteSize string
    • committed string

      If true, the segment is synced to disk. Segments that are synced can survive a hard reboot. If false, the data from uncommitted segments is also stored in the transaction log so that Elasticsearch is able to replay changes on the next start.

    • searchable string

      If true, the segment is searchable. If false, the segment has most likely been written to disk but needs a refresh to be searchable.

    • version string
    • compound string

      If true, the segment is stored in a compound file. This means Lucene merged all files from the segment in a single file to save file descriptors.
GET /_cat/segments 
curl \
 --request GET 'http://api.example.com/_cat/segments' \
 --header "Authorization: $API_KEY"
Response examples (200)
A successful response from `GET /_cat/segments?v=true&format=json`. 
[
  {
    "index": "test",
    "shard": "0",
    "prirep": "p",
    "ip": "127.0.0.1",
    "segment": "_0",
    "generation": "0",
    "docs.count": "1",
    "docs.deleted": "0",
    "size": "3kb",
    "size.memory": "0",
    "committed": "false",
    "searchable": "true",
    "version": "9.12.0",
    "compound": "true"
  },
  {
    "index": "test1",
    "shard": "0",
    "prirep": "p",
    "ip": "127.0.0.1",
    "segment": "_0",
    "generation": "0",
    "docs.count": "1",
    "docs.deleted": "0",
    "size": "3kb",
    "size.memory": "0",
    "committed": "false",
    "searchable": "true",
    "version": "9.12.0",
    "compound": "true"
  }
]

Get task information Technical preview

GET /_cat/tasks
Api key auth Basic auth Bearer auth

Get information about tasks currently running in the cluster. IMPORTANT: cat APIs are only intended for human consumption using the command line or Kibana console. They are not intended for use by applications. For application consumption, use the task management API.

Query parameters

  • actions array[string]

    The task action names, which are used to limit the response.

  • detailed boolean

    If true, the response includes detailed information about shard recoveries.

  • nodes array[string]

    Unique node identifiers, which are used to limit the response.

  • parent_task_id string

    The parent task identifier, which is used to limit the response.

  • h string | array[string]

    List of columns to appear in the response. Supports simple wildcards.

  • s string | array[string]

    List of columns that determine how the table should be sorted. Sorting defaults to ascending and can be changed by setting :asc or :desc as a suffix to the column name.

  • time string

    Unit used to display time values.

    Values are nanos, micros, ms, s, m, h, or d.

  • timeout string

    Period to wait for a response. If no response is received before the timeout expires, the request fails and returns an error.

  • wait_for_completion boolean

    If true, the request blocks until the task has completed.

Responses

GET /_cat/tasks 
curl \
 --request GET 'http://api.example.com/_cat/tasks' \
 --header "Authorization: $API_KEY"
Response examples (200)
A successful response from `GET _cat/tasks?v=true&format=json`. 
[
  {
    "action": "cluster:monitor/tasks/lists[n]",
    "task_id": "oTUltX4IQMOUUVeiohTt8A:124",
    "parent_task_id": "oTUltX4IQMOUUVeiohTt8A:123",
    "type": "direct",
    "start_time": "1458585884904",
    "timestamp": "01:48:24",
    "running_time": "44.1micros",
    "ip": "127.0.0.1:9300",
    "node": "oTUltX4IQMOUUVeiohTt8A"
  },
  {
    "action": "cluster:monitor/tasks/lists",
    "task_id": "oTUltX4IQMOUUVeiohTt8A:123",
    "parent_task_id": "-",
    "type": "transport",
    "start_time": "1458585884904",
    "timestamp": "01:48:24",
    "running_time": "186.2micros",
    "ip": "127.0.0.1:9300",
    "node": "oTUltX4IQMOUUVeiohTt8A"
  }
]

Get thread pool statistics

GET /_cat/thread_pool
Api key auth Basic auth Bearer auth

Get thread pool statistics for each node in a cluster. Returned information includes all built-in thread pools and custom thread pools. IMPORTANT: cat APIs are only intended for human consumption using the command line or Kibana console. They are not intended for use by applications. For application consumption, use the nodes info API.

Query parameters

  • h string | array[string]

    List of columns to appear in the response. Supports simple wildcards.

  • s string | array[string]

    List of columns that determine how the table should be sorted. Sorting defaults to ascending and can be changed by setting :asc or :desc as a suffix to the column name.

  • time string

    The unit used to display time values.

    Values are nanos, micros, ms, s, m, h, or d.

  • local boolean

    If true, the request computes the list of selected nodes from the local cluster state. If false the list of selected nodes are computed from the cluster state of the master node. In both cases the coordinating node will send requests for further information to each selected node.

  • master_timeout string

    Period to wait for a connection to the master node.

Responses

GET /_cat/thread_pool 
curl \
 --request GET 'http://api.example.com/_cat/thread_pool' \
 --header "Authorization: $API_KEY"
Response examples (200)
A successful response from `GET /_cat/thread_pool?format=json`. 
[
  {
    "node_name": "node-0",
    "name": "analyze",
    "active": "0",
    "queue": "0",
    "rejected": "0"
  },
  {
    "node_name": "node-0",
    "name": "fetch_shard_started",
    "active": "0",
    "queue": "0",
    "rejected": "0"
  },
  {
    "node_name": "node-0",
    "name": "fetch_shard_store",
    "active": "0",
    "queue": "0",
    "rejected": "0"
  },
  {
    "node_name": "node-0",
    "name": "flush",
    "active": "0",
    "queue": "0",
    "rejected": "0"
  },
  {
    "node_name": "node-0",
    "name": "write",
    "active": "0",
    "queue": "0",
    "rejected": "0"
  }
]
A successful response from `GET /_cat/thread_pool/generic?v=true&h=id,name,active,rejected,completed&format=json`. It returns the `id`, `name`, `active`, `rejected`, and `completed` columns. It also limits returned information to the generic thread pool. 
[
  {
    "id": "0EWUhXeBQtaVGlexUeVwMg",
    "name": "generic",
    "active": "0",
    "rejected": "0",
    "completed": "70"
  }
]

Cluster

Update voting configuration exclusions Added in 7.0.0

POST /_cluster/voting_config_exclusions
Api key auth Basic auth Bearer auth

Update the cluster voting config exclusions by node IDs or node names. By default, if there are more than three master-eligible nodes in the cluster and you remove fewer than half of the master-eligible nodes in the cluster at once, the voting configuration automatically shrinks. If you want to shrink the voting configuration to contain fewer than three nodes or to remove half or more of the master-eligible nodes in the cluster at once, use this API to remove departing nodes from the voting configuration manually. The API adds an entry for each specified node to the cluster’s voting configuration exclusions list. It then waits until the cluster has reconfigured its voting configuration to exclude the specified nodes.

Clusters should have no voting configuration exclusions in normal operation. Once the excluded nodes have stopped, clear the voting configuration exclusions with DELETE /_cluster/voting_config_exclusions. This API waits for the nodes to be fully removed from the cluster before it returns. If your cluster has voting configuration exclusions for nodes that you no longer intend to remove, use DELETE /_cluster/voting_config_exclusions?wait_for_removal=false to clear the voting configuration exclusions without waiting for the nodes to leave the cluster.

A response to POST /_cluster/voting_config_exclusions with an HTTP status code of 200 OK guarantees that the node has been removed from the voting configuration and will not be reinstated until the voting configuration exclusions are cleared by calling DELETE /_cluster/voting_config_exclusions. If the call to POST /_cluster/voting_config_exclusions fails or returns a response with an HTTP status code other than 200 OK then the node may not have been removed from the voting configuration. In that case, you may safely retry the call.

NOTE: Voting exclusions are required only when you remove at least half of the master-eligible nodes from a cluster in a short time period. They are not required when removing master-ineligible nodes or when removing fewer than half of the master-eligible nodes.

External documentation

Query parameters

  • node_names string | array[string]

    A comma-separated list of the names of the nodes to exclude from the voting configuration. If specified, you may not also specify node_ids.

  • node_ids string | array[string]

    A comma-separated list of the persistent ids of the nodes to exclude from the voting configuration. If specified, you may not also specify node_names.

  • master_timeout string

    Period to wait for a connection to the master node.

  • timeout string

    When adding a voting configuration exclusion, the API waits for the specified nodes to be excluded from the voting configuration before returning. If the timeout expires before the appropriate condition is satisfied, the request fails and returns an error.

Responses

POST /_cluster/voting_config_exclusions 
curl \
 --request POST 'http://api.example.com/_cluster/voting_config_exclusions' \
 --header "Authorization: $API_KEY"

Get cluster-wide settings

GET /_cluster/settings
Api key auth Basic auth Bearer auth

By default, it returns only settings that have been explicitly defined.

Query parameters

  • flat_settings boolean

    If true, returns settings in flat format.

  • include_defaults boolean

    If true, returns default cluster settings from the local node.

  • master_timeout string

    Period to wait for a connection to the master node. If no response is received before the timeout expires, the request fails and returns an error.

  • timeout string

    Period to wait for a response. If no response is received before the timeout expires, the request fails and returns an error.

Responses

  • 200 application/json
    Hide response attributes Show response attributes object
    • persistent object Required
      Hide persistent attribute Show persistent attribute object
      • * object Additional properties
    • transient object Required
      Hide transient attribute Show transient attribute object
      • * object Additional properties
    • defaults object
      Hide defaults attribute Show defaults attribute object
      • * object Additional properties
GET /_cluster/settings 
curl \
 --request GET 'http://api.example.com/_cluster/settings' \
 --header "Authorization: $API_KEY"

Get the cluster state Added in 1.3.0

GET /_cluster/state
Api key auth Basic auth Bearer auth

Get comprehensive information about the state of the cluster.

The cluster state is an internal data structure which keeps track of a variety of information needed by every node, including the identity and attributes of the other nodes in the cluster; cluster-wide settings; index metadata, including the mapping and settings for each index; the location and status of every shard copy in the cluster.

The elected master node ensures that every node in the cluster has a copy of the same cluster state. This API lets you retrieve a representation of this internal state for debugging or diagnostic purposes. You may need to consult the Elasticsearch source code to determine the precise meaning of the response.

By default the API will route requests to the elected master node since this node is the authoritative source of cluster states. You can also retrieve the cluster state held on the node handling the API request by adding the ?local=true query parameter.

Elasticsearch may need to expend significant effort to compute a response to this API in larger clusters, and the response may comprise a very large quantity of data. If you use this API repeatedly, your cluster may become unstable.

WARNING: The response is a representation of an internal data structure. Its format is not subject to the same compatibility guarantees as other more stable APIs and may change from version to version. Do not query this API using external monitoring tools. Instead, obtain the information you require using other more stable cluster APIs.

Query parameters

  • allow_no_indices boolean

    Whether to ignore if a wildcard indices expression resolves into no concrete indices. (This includes _all string or when no indices have been specified)

  • expand_wildcards string | array[string]

    Whether to expand wildcard expression to concrete indices that are open, closed or both.

    Supported values include:

    • all: Match any data stream or index, including hidden ones.
    • open: Match open, non-hidden indices. Also matches any non-hidden data stream.
    • closed: Match closed, non-hidden indices. Also matches any non-hidden data stream. Data streams cannot be closed.
    • hidden: Match hidden data streams and hidden indices. Must be combined with open, closed, or both.
    • none: Wildcard expressions are not accepted.
  • flat_settings boolean

    Return settings in flat format (default: false)

  • ignore_unavailable boolean

    Whether specified concrete indices should be ignored when unavailable (missing or closed)

  • local boolean

    Return local information, do not retrieve the state from master node (default: false)

  • master_timeout string

    Specify timeout for connection to master

  • wait_for_metadata_version number

    Wait for the metadata version to be equal or greater than the specified metadata version

  • wait_for_timeout string

    The maximum time to wait for wait_for_metadata_version before timing out

Responses

GET /_cluster/state 
curl \
 --request GET 'http://api.example.com/_cluster/state' \
 --header "Authorization: $API_KEY"

Ping the cluster

HEAD /
Api key auth Basic auth Bearer auth

Get information about whether the cluster is running.

Responses

HEAD / 
curl \
 --request HEAD 'http://api.example.com/' \
 --header "Authorization: $API_KEY"

Reload the keystore on nodes in the cluster Added in 6.5.0

POST /_nodes/{node_id}/reload_secure_settings
Api key auth Basic auth Bearer auth

Secure settings are stored in an on-disk keystore. Certain of these settings are reloadable. That is, you can change them on disk and reload them without restarting any nodes in the cluster. When you have updated reloadable secure settings in your keystore, you can use this API to reload those settings on each node.

When the Elasticsearch keystore is password protected and not simply obfuscated, you must provide the password for the keystore when you reload the secure settings. Reloading the settings for the whole cluster assumes that the keystores for all nodes are protected with the same password; this method is allowed only when inter-node communications are encrypted. Alternatively, you can reload the secure settings on each node by locally accessing the API and passing the node-specific Elasticsearch keystore password.

Path parameters

  • node_id string | array[string] Required

    The names of particular nodes in the cluster to target.

Query parameters

  • timeout string

    Period to wait for a response. If no response is received before the timeout expires, the request fails and returns an error.

application/json

Body

Responses

  • 200 application/json
    Hide response attributes Show response attributes object
    • _nodes object
      Hide _nodes attributes Show _nodes attributes object
      • failures array[object]
        Hide failures attributes Show failures attributes object
      • total number Required

        Total number of nodes selected by the request.

      • successful number Required

        Number of nodes that responded successfully to the request.

      • failed number Required

        Number of nodes that rejected the request or failed to respond. If this value is not 0, a reason for the rejection or failure is included in the response.

    • cluster_name string Required
    • nodes object Required
      Hide nodes attribute Show nodes attribute object
      • * object Additional properties
        Hide * attributes Show * attributes object
POST /_nodes/{node_id}/reload_secure_settings 
curl \
 --request POST 'http://api.example.com/_nodes/{node_id}/reload_secure_settings' \
 --header "Authorization: $API_KEY" \
 --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
 --data '"{\n  \"secure_settings_password\": \"keystore-password\"\n}"'
Request example
Run `POST _nodes/reload_secure_settings` to reload the keystore on nodes in the cluster. 
{
  "secure_settings_password": "keystore-password"
}
Response examples (200)
A successful response when reloading keystore on nodes in your cluster. 
{
  "_nodes": {
    "total": 1,
    "successful": 1,
    "failed": 0
  },
  "cluster_name": "my_cluster",
  "nodes": {
    "pQHNt5rXTTWNvUgOrdynKg": {
      "name": "node-0"
    }
  }
}

Get feature usage information Added in 6.0.0

GET /_nodes/usage
Api key auth Basic auth Bearer auth

Query parameters

  • timeout string

    Period to wait for a response. If no response is received before the timeout expires, the request fails and returns an error.

Responses

  • 200 application/json
    Hide response attributes Show response attributes object
    • _nodes object
      Hide _nodes attributes Show _nodes attributes object
      • failures array[object]
        Hide failures attributes Show failures attributes object
      • total number Required

        Total number of nodes selected by the request.

      • successful number Required

        Number of nodes that responded successfully to the request.

      • failed number Required

        Number of nodes that rejected the request or failed to respond. If this value is not 0, a reason for the rejection or failure is included in the response.

    • cluster_name string Required
    • nodes object Required
      Hide nodes attribute Show nodes attribute object
      • * object Additional properties
        Hide * attributes Show * attributes object
        • rest_actions object Required
          Hide rest_actions attribute Show rest_actions attribute object
          • * number Additional properties

        • Time unit for milliseconds

        • Time unit for milliseconds

        • aggregations object Required
          Hide aggregations attribute Show aggregations attribute object
          • * object Additional properties
GET /_nodes/usage 
curl \
 --request GET 'http://api.example.com/_nodes/usage' \
 --header "Authorization: $API_KEY"

Connector

The connector and sync jobs APIs provide a convenient way to create and manage Elastic connectors and sync jobs in an internal index. Connectors are Elasticsearch integrations for syncing content from third-party data sources, which can be deployed on Elastic Cloud or hosted on your own infrastructure. This API provides an alternative to relying solely on Kibana UI for connector and sync job management. The API comes with a set of validations and assertions to ensure that the state representation in the internal index remains valid. This API requires the manage_connector privilege or, for read-only endpoints, the monitor_connector privilege.

Check out the connector API tutorial

Check in a connector Technical preview

PUT /_connector/{connector_id}/_check_in
Api key auth Basic auth Bearer auth

Update the last_seen field in the connector and set it to the current timestamp.

Path parameters

  • connector_id string Required

    The unique identifier of the connector to be checked in

Responses

  • 200 application/json
    Hide response attribute Show response attribute object
    • result string Required

      Values are created, updated, deleted, not_found, or noop.
PUT /_connector/{connector_id}/_check_in 
curl \
 --request PUT 'http://api.example.com/_connector/{connector_id}/_check_in' \
 --header "Authorization: $API_KEY"
Response examples (200) 
{
    "result": "updated"
}

Delete a connector sync job Beta

DELETE /_connector/_sync_job/{connector_sync_job_id}
Api key auth Basic auth Bearer auth

Remove a connector sync job and its associated data. This is a destructive action that is not recoverable.

Path parameters

Responses

  • 200 application/json
    Hide response attribute Show response attribute object
    • acknowledged boolean Required

      For a successful response, this value is always true. On failure, an exception is returned instead.
DELETE /_connector/_sync_job/{connector_sync_job_id} 
curl \
 --request DELETE 'http://api.example.com/_connector/_sync_job/{connector_sync_job_id}' \
 --header "Authorization: $API_KEY"
Response examples (200) 
{
  "acknowledged": true
}

Set the connector sync job stats Technical preview

PUT /_connector/_sync_job/{connector_sync_job_id}/_stats
Api key auth Basic auth Bearer auth

Stats include: deleted_document_count, indexed_document_count, indexed_document_volume, and total_document_count. You can also update last_seen. This API is mainly used by the connector service for updating sync job information.

To sync data using self-managed connectors, you need to deploy the Elastic connector service on your own infrastructure. This service runs automatically on Elastic Cloud for Elastic managed connectors.

Path parameters

application/json

Body Required

  • deleted_document_count number Required

    The number of documents the sync job deleted.

  • indexed_document_count number Required

    The number of documents the sync job indexed.

  • indexed_document_volume number Required

    The total size of the data (in MiB) the sync job indexed.

  • last_seen string

    A duration. Units can be nanos, micros, ms (milliseconds), s (seconds), m (minutes), h (hours) and d (days). Also accepts "0" without a unit and "-1" to indicate an unspecified value.

  • metadata object
    Hide metadata attribute Show metadata attribute object
    • * object Additional properties
  • total_document_count number

    The total number of documents in the target index after the sync job finished.

Responses

PUT /_connector/_sync_job/{connector_sync_job_id}/_stats 
curl \
 --request PUT 'http://api.example.com/_connector/_sync_job/{connector_sync_job_id}/_stats' \
 --header "Authorization: $API_KEY" \
 --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
 --data '{"deleted_document_count":42.0,"indexed_document_count":42.0,"indexed_document_volume":42.0,"last_seen":"string","metadata":{"additionalProperty1":{},"additionalProperty2":{}},"total_document_count":42.0}'

Activate the connector draft filter Technical preview

PUT /_connector/{connector_id}/_filtering/_activate
Api key auth Basic auth Bearer auth

Activates the valid draft filtering for a connector.

Path parameters

  • connector_id string Required

    The unique identifier of the connector to be updated

Responses

  • 200 application/json
    Hide response attribute Show response attribute object
    • result string Required

      Values are created, updated, deleted, not_found, or noop.
PUT /_connector/{connector_id}/_filtering/_activate 
curl \
 --request PUT 'http://api.example.com/_connector/{connector_id}/_filtering/_activate' \
 --header "Authorization: $API_KEY"

Update the connector API key ID Beta

PUT /_connector/{connector_id}/_api_key_id
Api key auth Basic auth Bearer auth

Update the api_key_id and api_key_secret_id fields of a connector. You can specify the ID of the API key used for authorization and the ID of the connector secret where the API key is stored. The connector secret ID is required only for Elastic managed (native) connectors. Self-managed connectors (connector clients) do not use this field.

Path parameters

  • connector_id string Required

    The unique identifier of the connector to be updated

application/json

Body Required

Responses

  • 200 application/json
    Hide response attribute Show response attribute object
    • result string Required

      Values are created, updated, deleted, not_found, or noop.
PUT /_connector/{connector_id}/_api_key_id 
curl \
 --request PUT 'http://api.example.com/_connector/{connector_id}/_api_key_id' \
 --header "Authorization: $API_KEY" \
 --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
 --data '"{\n    \"api_key_id\": \"my-api-key-id\",\n    \"api_key_secret_id\": \"my-connector-secret-id\"\n}"'
Request example 
{
    "api_key_id": "my-api-key-id",
    "api_key_secret_id": "my-connector-secret-id"
}
Response examples (200) 
{
  "result": "updated"
}

Update the connector name and description Beta

PUT /_connector/{connector_id}/_name
Api key auth Basic auth Bearer auth

Path parameters

  • connector_id string Required

    The unique identifier of the connector to be updated

application/json

Body Required

Responses

  • 200 application/json
    Hide response attribute Show response attribute object
    • result string Required

      Values are created, updated, deleted, not_found, or noop.
PUT /_connector/{connector_id}/_name 
curl \
 --request PUT 'http://api.example.com/_connector/{connector_id}/_name' \
 --header "Authorization: $API_KEY" \
 --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
 --data '"{\n    \"name\": \"Custom connector\",\n    \"description\": \"This is my customized connector\"\n}"'
Request example 
{
    "name": "Custom connector",
    "description": "This is my customized connector"
}
Response examples (200) 
{
  "result": "updated"
}

Cross-cluster replication

Pause an auto-follow pattern Added in 7.5.0

POST /_ccr/auto_follow/{name}/pause
Api key auth Basic auth Bearer auth

Pause a cross-cluster replication auto-follow pattern. When the API returns, the auto-follow pattern is inactive. New indices that are created on the remote cluster and match the auto-follow patterns are ignored.

You can resume auto-following with the resume auto-follow pattern API. When it resumes, the auto-follow pattern is active again and automatically configures follower indices for newly created indices on the remote cluster that match its patterns. Remote indices that were created while the pattern was paused will also be followed, unless they have been deleted or closed in the interim.

External documentation

Path parameters

  • name string Required

    The name of the auto-follow pattern to pause.

Query parameters

  • master_timeout string

    The period to wait for a connection to the master node. If the master node is not available before the timeout expires, the request fails and returns an error. It can also be set to -1 to indicate that the request should never timeout.

Responses

  • 200 application/json
    Hide response attribute Show response attribute object
    • acknowledged boolean Required

      For a successful response, this value is always true. On failure, an exception is returned instead.
POST /_ccr/auto_follow/{name}/pause 
curl \
 --request POST 'http://api.example.com/_ccr/auto_follow/{name}/pause' \
 --header "Authorization: $API_KEY"
Response examples (200)
A successful response from `POST /_ccr/auto_follow/my_auto_follow_pattern/pause`, which pauses an auto-follow pattern. 
{
  "acknowledged" : true
}

Resume an auto-follow pattern Added in 7.5.0

POST /_ccr/auto_follow/{name}/resume
Api key auth Basic auth Bearer auth

Resume a cross-cluster replication auto-follow pattern that was paused. The auto-follow pattern will resume configuring following indices for newly created indices that match its patterns on the remote cluster. Remote indices created while the pattern was paused will also be followed unless they have been deleted or closed in the interim.

External documentation

Path parameters

  • name string Required

    The name of the auto-follow pattern to resume.

Query parameters

  • master_timeout string

    The period to wait for a connection to the master node. If the master node is not available before the timeout expires, the request fails and returns an error. It can also be set to -1 to indicate that the request should never timeout.

Responses

  • 200 application/json
    Hide response attribute Show response attribute object
    • acknowledged boolean Required

      For a successful response, this value is always true. On failure, an exception is returned instead.
POST /_ccr/auto_follow/{name}/resume 
curl \
 --request POST 'http://api.example.com/_ccr/auto_follow/{name}/resume' \
 --header "Authorization: $API_KEY"
Response examples (200)
A successful response `POST /_ccr/auto_follow/my_auto_follow_pattern/resume`, which resumes an auto-follow pattern. 
{
  "acknowledged" : true
}

Data stream

Learn more about data streams

Create a data stream Added in 7.9.0

PUT /_data_stream/{name}
Api key auth Basic auth Bearer auth

You must have a matching index template with data stream enabled.

Path parameters

  • name string Required

    Name of the data stream, which must meet the following criteria: Lowercase only; Cannot include \, /, *, ?, ", <, >, |, ,, #, :, or a space character; Cannot start with -, _, +, or .ds-; Cannot be . or ..; Cannot be longer than 255 bytes. Multi-byte characters count towards this limit faster.

Query parameters

  • master_timeout string

    Period to wait for a connection to the master node. If no response is received before the timeout expires, the request fails and returns an error.

  • timeout string

    Period to wait for a response. If no response is received before the timeout expires, the request fails and returns an error.

Responses

  • 200 application/json
    Hide response attribute Show response attribute object
    • acknowledged boolean Required

      For a successful response, this value is always true. On failure, an exception is returned instead.
PUT /_data_stream/{name} 
curl \
 --request PUT 'http://api.example.com/_data_stream/{name}' \
 --header "Authorization: $API_KEY"

Delete data streams Added in 7.9.0

DELETE /_data_stream/{name}
Api key auth Basic auth Bearer auth

Deletes one or more data streams and their backing indices.

Path parameters

  • name string | array[string] Required

    Comma-separated list of data streams to delete. Wildcard (*) expressions are supported.

Query parameters

  • master_timeout string

    Period to wait for a connection to the master node. If no response is received before the timeout expires, the request fails and returns an error.

  • expand_wildcards string | array[string]

    Type of data stream that wildcard patterns can match. Supports comma-separated values,such as open,hidden.

    Supported values include:

    • all: Match any data stream or index, including hidden ones.
    • open: Match open, non-hidden indices. Also matches any non-hidden data stream.
    • closed: Match closed, non-hidden indices. Also matches any non-hidden data stream. Data streams cannot be closed.
    • hidden: Match hidden data streams and hidden indices. Must be combined with open, closed, or both.
    • none: Wildcard expressions are not accepted.

Responses

  • 200 application/json
    Hide response attribute Show response attribute object
    • acknowledged boolean Required

      For a successful response, this value is always true. On failure, an exception is returned instead.
DELETE /_data_stream/{name} 
curl \
 --request DELETE 'http://api.example.com/_data_stream/{name}' \
 --header "Authorization: $API_KEY"

Get data stream stats Added in 7.9.0

GET /_data_stream/_stats
Api key auth Basic auth Bearer auth

Get statistics for one or more data streams.

Query parameters

  • expand_wildcards string | array[string]

    Type of data stream that wildcard patterns can match. Supports comma-separated values, such as open,hidden.

    Supported values include:

    • all: Match any data stream or index, including hidden ones.
    • open: Match open, non-hidden indices. Also matches any non-hidden data stream.
    • closed: Match closed, non-hidden indices. Also matches any non-hidden data stream. Data streams cannot be closed.
    • hidden: Match hidden data streams and hidden indices. Must be combined with open, closed, or both.
    • none: Wildcard expressions are not accepted.

Responses

GET /_data_stream/_stats 
curl \
 --request GET 'http://api.example.com/_data_stream/_stats' \
 --header "Authorization: $API_KEY"
Response examples (200)
A successful response for retrieving statistics for a data stream. 
{
  "_shards": {
    "total": 10,
    "successful": 5,
    "failed": 0
  },
  "data_stream_count": 2,
  "backing_indices": 5,
  "total_store_size": "7kb",
  "total_store_size_bytes": 7268,
  "data_streams": [
    {
      "data_stream": "my-data-stream",
      "backing_indices": 3,
      "store_size": "3.7kb",
      "store_size_bytes": 3772,
      "maximum_timestamp": 1607512028000
    },
    {
      "data_stream": "my-data-stream-two",
      "backing_indices": 2,
      "store_size": "3.4kb",
      "store_size_bytes": 3496,
      "maximum_timestamp": 1607425567000
    }
  ]
}

Get data stream stats Added in 7.9.0

GET /_data_stream/{name}/_stats
Api key auth Basic auth Bearer auth

Get statistics for one or more data streams.

Path parameters

  • name string Required

    Comma-separated list of data streams used to limit the request. Wildcard expressions (*) are supported. To target all data streams in a cluster, omit this parameter or use *.

Query parameters

  • expand_wildcards string | array[string]

    Type of data stream that wildcard patterns can match. Supports comma-separated values, such as open,hidden.

    Supported values include:

    • all: Match any data stream or index, including hidden ones.
    • open: Match open, non-hidden indices. Also matches any non-hidden data stream.
    • closed: Match closed, non-hidden indices. Also matches any non-hidden data stream. Data streams cannot be closed.
    • hidden: Match hidden data streams and hidden indices. Must be combined with open, closed, or both.
    • none: Wildcard expressions are not accepted.

Responses

GET /_data_stream/{name}/_stats 
curl \
 --request GET 'http://api.example.com/_data_stream/{name}/_stats' \
 --header "Authorization: $API_KEY"
Response examples (200)
A successful response for retrieving statistics for a data stream. 
{
  "_shards": {
    "total": 10,
    "successful": 5,
    "failed": 0
  },
  "data_stream_count": 2,
  "backing_indices": 5,
  "total_store_size": "7kb",
  "total_store_size_bytes": 7268,
  "data_streams": [
    {
      "data_stream": "my-data-stream",
      "backing_indices": 3,
      "store_size": "3.7kb",
      "store_size_bytes": 3772,
      "maximum_timestamp": 1607512028000
    },
    {
      "data_stream": "my-data-stream-two",
      "backing_indices": 2,
      "store_size": "3.4kb",
      "store_size_bytes": 3496,
      "maximum_timestamp": 1607425567000
    }
  ]
}

Downsample an index Technical preview

POST /{index}/_downsample/{target_index}
Api key auth Basic auth Bearer auth

Aggregate a time series (TSDS) index and store pre-computed statistical summaries (min, max, sum, value_count and avg) for each metric field grouped by a configured time interval. For example, a TSDS index that contains metrics sampled every 10 seconds can be downsampled to an hourly index. All documents within an hour interval are summarized and stored as a single document in the downsample index.

NOTE: Only indices in a time series data stream are supported. Neither field nor document level security can be defined on the source index. The source index must be read only (index.blocks.write: true).

Path parameters

  • index string Required

    Name of the time series index to downsample.

  • target_index string Required

    Name of the index to create.

application/json

Body Required

  • fixed_interval string Required

    A date histogram interval. Similar to Duration with additional units: w (week), M (month), q (quarter) and y (year)

Responses

POST /{index}/_downsample/{target_index} 
curl \
 --request POST 'http://api.example.com/{index}/_downsample/{target_index}' \
 --header "Authorization: $API_KEY" \
 --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
 --data '"{\n  \"fixed_interval\": \"1d\"\n}"'
Request example 
{
  "fixed_interval": "1d"
}

Get data stream lifecycle stats Added in 8.12.0

GET /_lifecycle/stats
Api key auth Basic auth Bearer auth

Get statistics about the data streams that are managed by a data stream lifecycle.

Responses

GET /_lifecycle/stats 
curl \
 --request GET 'http://api.example.com/_lifecycle/stats' \
 --header "Authorization: $API_KEY"
Response examples (200)
A successful response for `GET _lifecycle/stats?human&pretty` 
{
  "last_run_duration_in_millis": 2,
  "last_run_duration": "2ms",
  "time_between_starts_in_millis": 9998,
  "time_between_starts": "9.99s",
  "data_streams_count": 2,
  "data_streams": [
    {
      "name": "my-data-stream",
      "backing_indices_in_total": 2,
      "backing_indices_in_error": 0
    },
    {
      "name": "my-other-stream",
      "backing_indices_in_total": 2,
      "backing_indices_in_error": 1
    }
  ]
}

Convert an index alias to a data stream Added in 7.9.0

POST /_data_stream/_migrate/{name}
Api key auth Basic auth Bearer auth

Converts an index alias to a data stream. You must have a matching index template that is data stream enabled. The alias must meet the following criteria: The alias must have a write index; All indices for the alias must have a @timestamp field mapping of a date or date_nanos field type; The alias must not have any filters; The alias must not use custom routing. If successful, the request removes the alias and creates a data stream with the same name. The indices for the alias become hidden backing indices for the stream. The write index for the alias becomes the write index for the stream.

Path parameters

  • name string Required

    Name of the index alias to convert to a data stream.

Query parameters

  • master_timeout string

    Period to wait for a connection to the master node. If no response is received before the timeout expires, the request fails and returns an error.

  • timeout string

    Period to wait for a response. If no response is received before the timeout expires, the request fails and returns an error.

Responses

  • 200 application/json
    Hide response attribute Show response attribute object
    • acknowledged boolean Required

      For a successful response, this value is always true. On failure, an exception is returned instead.
POST /_data_stream/_migrate/{name} 
curl \
 --request POST 'http://api.example.com/_data_stream/_migrate/{name}' \
 --header "Authorization: $API_KEY"

Promote a data stream Added in 7.9.0

POST /_data_stream/_promote/{name}
Api key auth Basic auth Bearer auth

Promote a data stream from a replicated data stream managed by cross-cluster replication (CCR) to a regular data stream.

With CCR auto following, a data stream from a remote cluster can be replicated to the local cluster. These data streams can't be rolled over in the local cluster. These replicated data streams roll over only if the upstream data stream rolls over. In the event that the remote cluster is no longer available, the data stream in the local cluster can be promoted to a regular data stream, which allows these data streams to be rolled over in the local cluster.

NOTE: When promoting a data stream, ensure the local cluster has a data stream enabled index template that matches the data stream. If this is missing, the data stream will not be able to roll over until a matching index template is created. This will affect the lifecycle management of the data stream and interfere with the data stream size and retention.

Path parameters

  • name string Required

    The name of the data stream

Query parameters

  • master_timeout string

    Period to wait for a connection to the master node. If no response is received before the timeout expires, the request fails and returns an error.

Responses

POST /_data_stream/_promote/{name} 
curl \
 --request POST 'http://api.example.com/_data_stream/_promote/{name}' \
 --header "Authorization: $API_KEY"

Document

Learn more about reading and writing documents

Get a document by its ID

GET /{index}/_doc/{id}
Api key auth Basic auth Bearer auth

Get a document and its source or stored fields from an index.

By default, this API is realtime and is not affected by the refresh rate of the index (when data will become visible for search). In the case where stored fields are requested with the stored_fields parameter and the document has been updated but is not yet refreshed, the API will have to parse and analyze the source to extract the stored fields. To turn off realtime behavior, set the realtime parameter to false.

Source filtering

By default, the API returns the contents of the _source field unless you have used the stored_fields parameter or the _source field is turned off. You can turn off _source retrieval by using the _source parameter:

GET my-index-000001/_doc/0?_source=false

If you only need one or two fields from the _source, use the _source_includes or _source_excludes parameters to include or filter out particular fields. This can be helpful with large documents where partial retrieval can save on network overhead Both parameters take a comma separated list of fields or wildcard expressions. For example:

GET my-index-000001/_doc/0?_source_includes=*.id&_source_excludes=entities

If you only want to specify includes, you can use a shorter notation:

GET my-index-000001/_doc/0?_source=*.id

Routing

If routing is used during indexing, the routing value also needs to be specified to retrieve a document. For example:

GET my-index-000001/_doc/2?routing=user1

This request gets the document with ID 2, but it is routed based on the user. The document is not fetched if the correct routing is not specified.

Distributed

The GET operation is hashed into a specific shard ID. It is then redirected to one of the replicas within that shard ID and returns the result. The replicas are the primary shard and its replicas within that shard ID group. This means that the more replicas you have, the better your GET scaling will be.

Versioning support

You can use the version parameter to retrieve the document only if its current version is equal to the specified one.

Internally, Elasticsearch has marked the old document as deleted and added an entirely new document. The old version of the document doesn't disappear immediately, although you won't be able to access it. Elasticsearch cleans up deleted documents in the background as you continue to index more data.

Path parameters

  • index string Required

    The name of the index that contains the document.

  • id string Required

    A unique document identifier.

Query parameters

  • preference string

    The node or shard the operation should be performed on. By default, the operation is randomized between the shard replicas.

    If it is set to _local, the operation will prefer to be run on a local allocated shard when possible. If it is set to a custom value, the value is used to guarantee that the same shards will be used for the same custom value. This can help with "jumping values" when hitting different shards in different refresh states. A sample value can be something like the web session ID or the user name.

  • realtime boolean

    If true, the request is real-time as opposed to near-real-time.

  • refresh boolean

    If true, the request refreshes the relevant shards before retrieving the document. Setting it to true should be done after careful thought and verification that this does not cause a heavy load on the system (and slow down indexing).

  • routing string

    A custom value used to route operations to a specific shard.

  • _source boolean | string | array[string]

    Indicates whether to return the _source field (true or false) or lists the fields to return.

  • _source_excludes string | array[string]

    A comma-separated list of source fields to exclude from the response. You can also use this parameter to exclude fields from the subset specified in _source_includes query parameter. If the _source parameter is false, this parameter is ignored.

  • _source_includes string | array[string]

    A comma-separated list of source fields to include in the response. If this parameter is specified, only these source fields are returned. You can exclude fields from this subset using the _source_excludes query parameter. If the _source parameter is false, this parameter is ignored.

  • stored_fields string | array[string]

    A comma-separated list of stored fields to return as part of a hit. If no fields are specified, no stored fields are included in the response. If this field is specified, the _source parameter defaults to false. Only leaf fields can be retrieved with the stored_field option. Object fields can't be returned;​if specified, the request fails.

  • version number

    The version number for concurrency control. It must match the current version of the document for the request to succeed.

  • version_type string

    The version type.

    Supported values include:

    • internal: Use internal versioning that starts at 1 and increments with each update or delete.
    • external: Only index the document if the specified version is strictly higher than the version of the stored document or if there is no existing document.
    • external_gte: Only index the document if the specified version is equal or higher than the version of the stored document or if there is no existing document. NOTE: The external_gte version type is meant for special use cases and should be used with care. If used incorrectly, it can result in loss of data.
    • force: This option is deprecated because it can cause primary and replica shards to diverge.

    Values are internal, external, external_gte, or force.

Responses

  • 200 application/json
    Hide response attributes Show response attributes object
    • _index string Required
    • fields object

      If the stored_fields parameter is set to true and found is true, it contains the document fields stored in the index.

      Hide fields attribute Show fields attribute object
      • * object Additional properties
    • _ignored array[string]
    • found boolean Required

      Indicates whether the document exists.

    • _id string Required
    • _primary_term number

      The primary term assigned to the document for the indexing operation.

    • _routing string

      The explicit routing, if set.

    • _seq_no number
    • _source object

      If found is true, it contains the document data formatted in JSON. If the _source parameter is set to false or the stored_fields parameter is set to true, it is excluded.

    • _version number
GET /{index}/_doc/{id} 
curl \
 --request GET 'http://api.example.com/{index}/_doc/{id}' \
 --header "Authorization: $API_KEY"
Response examples (200)
A successful response from `GET my-index-000001/_doc/0`. It retrieves the JSON document with the `_id` 0 from the `my-index-000001` index. 
{
  "_index": "my-index-000001",
  "_id": "0",
  "_version": 1,
  "_seq_no": 0,
  "_primary_term": 1,
  "found": true,
  "_source": {
    "@timestamp": "2099-11-15T14:12:12",
    "http": {
      "request": {
        "method": "get"
      },
      "response": {
        "status_code": 200,
        "bytes": 1070000
      },
      "version": "1.1"
    },
    "source": {
      "ip": "127.0.0.1"
    },
    "message": "GET /search HTTP/1.1 200 1070000",
    "user": {
      "id": "kimchy"
    }
  }
}
A successful response from `GET my-index-000001/_doc/1?stored_fields=tags,counter`, which retrieves a set of stored fields. Field values fetched from the document itself are always returned as an array. Any requested fields that are not stored (such as the counter field in this example) are ignored. 
{
  "_index": "my-index-000001",
  "_id": "1",
  "_version": 1,
  "_seq_no" : 22,
  "_primary_term" : 1,
  "found": true,
  "fields": {
      "tags": [
        "production"
      ]
  }
}
A successful response from `GET my-index-000001/_doc/2?routing=user1&stored_fields=tags,counter`, which retrieves the `_routing` metadata field. 
{
  "_index": "my-index-000001",
  "_id": "2",
  "_version": 1,
  "_seq_no" : 13,
  "_primary_term" : 1,
  "_routing": "user1",
  "found": true,
  "fields": {
      "tags": [
        "env2"
      ]
  }
}

Delete a document

DELETE /{index}/_doc/{id}
Api key auth Basic auth Bearer auth

Remove a JSON document from the specified index.

NOTE: You cannot send deletion requests directly to a data stream. To delete a document in a data stream, you must target the backing index containing the document.

Optimistic concurrency control

Delete operations can be made conditional and only be performed if the last modification to the document was assigned the sequence number and primary term specified by the if_seq_no and if_primary_term parameters. If a mismatch is detected, the operation will result in a VersionConflictException and a status code of 409.

Versioning

Each document indexed is versioned. When deleting a document, the version can be specified to make sure the relevant document you are trying to delete is actually being deleted and it has not changed in the meantime. Every write operation run on a document, deletes included, causes its version to be incremented. The version number of a deleted document remains available for a short time after deletion to allow for control of concurrent operations. The length of time for which a deleted document's version remains available is determined by the index.gc_deletes index setting.

Routing

If routing is used during indexing, the routing value also needs to be specified to delete a document.

If the _routing mapping is set to required and no routing value is specified, the delete API throws a RoutingMissingException and rejects the request.

For example:

DELETE /my-index-000001/_doc/1?routing=shard-1

This request deletes the document with ID 1, but it is routed based on the user. The document is not deleted if the correct routing is not specified.

Distributed

The delete operation gets hashed into a specific shard ID. It then gets redirected into the primary shard within that ID group and replicated (if needed) to shard replicas within that ID group.

Path parameters

  • index string Required

    The name of the target index.

  • id string Required

    A unique identifier for the document.

Query parameters

  • if_primary_term number

    Only perform the operation if the document has this primary term.

  • if_seq_no number

    Only perform the operation if the document has this sequence number.

  • refresh string

    If true, Elasticsearch refreshes the affected shards to make this operation visible to search. If wait_for, it waits for a refresh to make this operation visible to search. If false, it does nothing with refreshes.

    Values are true, false, or wait_for.

  • routing string

    A custom value used to route operations to a specific shard.

  • timeout string

    The period to wait for active shards.

    This parameter is useful for situations where the primary shard assigned to perform the delete operation might not be available when the delete operation runs. Some reasons for this might be that the primary shard is currently recovering from a store or undergoing relocation. By default, the delete operation will wait on the primary shard to become available for up to 1 minute before failing and responding with an error.

  • version number

    An explicit version number for concurrency control. It must match the current version of the document for the request to succeed.

  • version_type string

    The version type.

    Supported values include:

    • internal: Use internal versioning that starts at 1 and increments with each update or delete.
    • external: Only index the document if the specified version is strictly higher than the version of the stored document or if there is no existing document.
    • external_gte: Only index the document if the specified version is equal or higher than the version of the stored document or if there is no existing document. NOTE: The external_gte version type is meant for special use cases and should be used with care. If used incorrectly, it can result in loss of data.
    • force: This option is deprecated because it can cause primary and replica shards to diverge.

    Values are internal, external, external_gte, or force.

  • wait_for_active_shards number | string

    The minimum number of shard copies that must be active before proceeding with the operation. You can set it to all or any positive integer up to the total number of shards in the index (number_of_replicas+1). The default value of 1 means it waits for each primary shard to be active.

Responses

DELETE /{index}/_doc/{id} 
curl \
 --request DELETE 'http://api.example.com/{index}/_doc/{id}' \
 --header "Authorization: $API_KEY"
Response examples (200)
A successful response from `DELETE /my-index-000001/_doc/1`, which deletes the JSON document 1 from the `my-index-000001` index. 
{
  "_shards": {
    "total": 2,
    "failed": 0,
    "successful": 2
  },
  "_index": "my-index-000001",
  "_id": "1",
  "_version": 2,
  "_primary_term": 1,
  "_seq_no": 5,
  "result": "deleted"
}

Check a document

HEAD /{index}/_doc/{id}
Api key auth Basic auth Bearer auth

Verify that a document exists. For example, check to see if a document with the _id 0 exists:

HEAD my-index-000001/_doc/0

If the document exists, the API returns a status code of 200 - OK. If the document doesn’t exist, the API returns 404 - Not Found.

Versioning support

You can use the version parameter to check the document only if its current version is equal to the specified one.

Internally, Elasticsearch has marked the old document as deleted and added an entirely new document. The old version of the document doesn't disappear immediately, although you won't be able to access it. Elasticsearch cleans up deleted documents in the background as you continue to index more data.

Path parameters

  • index string Required

    A comma-separated list of data streams, indices, and aliases. It supports wildcards (*).

  • id string Required

    A unique document identifier.

Query parameters

  • preference string

    The node or shard the operation should be performed on. By default, the operation is randomized between the shard replicas.

    If it is set to _local, the operation will prefer to be run on a local allocated shard when possible. If it is set to a custom value, the value is used to guarantee that the same shards will be used for the same custom value. This can help with "jumping values" when hitting different shards in different refresh states. A sample value can be something like the web session ID or the user name.

  • realtime boolean

    If true, the request is real-time as opposed to near-real-time.

  • refresh boolean

    If true, the request refreshes the relevant shards before retrieving the document. Setting it to true should be done after careful thought and verification that this does not cause a heavy load on the system (and slow down indexing).

  • routing string

    A custom value used to route operations to a specific shard.

  • _source boolean | string | array[string]

    Indicates whether to return the _source field (true or false) or lists the fields to return.

  • _source_excludes string | array[string]

    A comma-separated list of source fields to exclude from the response. You can also use this parameter to exclude fields from the subset specified in _source_includes query parameter. If the _source parameter is false, this parameter is ignored.

  • _source_includes string | array[string]

    A comma-separated list of source fields to include in the response. If this parameter is specified, only these source fields are returned. You can exclude fields from this subset using the _source_excludes query parameter. If the _source parameter is false, this parameter is ignored.

  • stored_fields string | array[string]

    A comma-separated list of stored fields to return as part of a hit. If no fields are specified, no stored fields are included in the response. If this field is specified, the _source parameter defaults to false.

  • version number

    Explicit version number for concurrency control. The specified version must match the current version of the document for the request to succeed.

  • version_type string

    The version type.

    Supported values include:

    • internal: Use internal versioning that starts at 1 and increments with each update or delete.
    • external: Only index the document if the specified version is strictly higher than the version of the stored document or if there is no existing document.
    • external_gte: Only index the document if the specified version is equal or higher than the version of the stored document or if there is no existing document. NOTE: The external_gte version type is meant for special use cases and should be used with care. If used incorrectly, it can result in loss of data.
    • force: This option is deprecated because it can cause primary and replica shards to diverge.

    Values are internal, external, external_gte, or force.

Responses

HEAD /{index}/_doc/{id} 
HEAD my-index-000001/_doc/0

curl -I "localhost:9200/my-index-000001/_doc/0?pretty"

const response = await client.exists({
  index: "my-index-000001",
  id: 0,
});
console.log(response);

resp = client.exists(
  index="my-index-000001",
  id="0",
)
print(resp)

response = client.exists(
  index: 'my-index-000001',
  id: 0
)
puts response

Enrich

Get an enrich policy Added in 7.5.0

GET /_enrich/policy/{name}
Api key auth Basic auth Bearer auth

Returns information about an enrich policy.

Path parameters

  • name string | array[string] Required

    Comma-separated list of enrich policy names used to limit the request. To return information for all enrich policies, omit this parameter.

Query parameters

Responses

  • 200 application/json
    Hide response attribute Show response attribute object
    • policies array[object] Required
      Hide policies attribute Show policies attribute object
GET /_enrich/policy/{name} 
curl \
 --request GET 'http://api.example.com/_enrich/policy/{name}' \
 --header "Authorization: $API_KEY"

Delete an enrich policy Added in 7.5.0

DELETE /_enrich/policy/{name}
Api key auth Basic auth Bearer auth

Deletes an existing enrich policy and its enrich index.

Path parameters

  • name string Required

    Enrich policy to delete.

Query parameters

Responses

  • 200 application/json
    Hide response attribute Show response attribute object
    • acknowledged boolean Required

      For a successful response, this value is always true. On failure, an exception is returned instead.
DELETE /_enrich/policy/{name} 
curl \
 --request DELETE 'http://api.example.com/_enrich/policy/{name}' \
 --header "Authorization: $API_KEY"

Run an enrich policy Added in 7.5.0

PUT /_enrich/policy/{name}/_execute
Api key auth Basic auth Bearer auth

Create the enrich index for an existing enrich policy.

Path parameters

  • name string Required

    Enrich policy to execute.

Query parameters

  • master_timeout string

    Period to wait for a connection to the master node.

  • wait_for_completion boolean

    If true, the request blocks other enrich policy execution requests until complete.

Responses

PUT /_enrich/policy/{name}/_execute 
curl \
 --request PUT 'http://api.example.com/_enrich/policy/{name}/_execute' \
 --header "Authorization: $API_KEY"

Get an enrich policy Added in 7.5.0

GET /_enrich/policy
Api key auth Basic auth Bearer auth

Returns information about an enrich policy.

Query parameters

Responses

  • 200 application/json
    Hide response attribute Show response attribute object
    • policies array[object] Required
      Hide policies attribute Show policies attribute object
GET /_enrich/policy 
curl \
 --request GET 'http://api.example.com/_enrich/policy' \
 --header "Authorization: $API_KEY"

Get enrich stats Added in 7.5.0

GET /_enrich/_stats
Api key auth Basic auth Bearer auth

Returns enrich coordinator statistics and information about enrich policies that are currently executing.

Query parameters

Responses

  • 200 application/json
    Hide response attributes Show response attributes object
    • coordinator_stats array[object] Required

      Objects containing information about each coordinating ingest node for configured enrich processors.

      Hide coordinator_stats attributes Show coordinator_stats attributes object
    • executing_policies array[object] Required

      Objects containing information about each enrich policy that is currently executing.

      Hide executing_policies attributes Show executing_policies attributes object
      • name string Required
      • task object Required Additional properties
        Hide task attributes Show task attributes object
        • action string Required
        • cancelled boolean
        • cancellable boolean Required
        • description string

          Human readable text that identifies the particular request that the task is performing. For example, it might identify the search request being performed by a search task. Other kinds of tasks have different descriptions, like _reindex which has the source and the destination, or _bulk which just has the number of requests and the destination indices. Many requests will have only an empty description because more detailed information about the request is not easily available or particularly helpful in identifying the request.

        • headers object Required
          Hide headers attribute Show headers attribute object
          • * string Additional properties
        • id number Required
        • node string Required
        • running_time string

          A duration. Units can be nanos, micros, ms (milliseconds), s (seconds), m (minutes), h (hours) and d (days). Also accepts "0" without a unit and "-1" to indicate an unspecified value.

        • running_time_in_nanos number

          Time unit for nanoseconds

        • start_time_in_millis number

          Time unit for milliseconds

        • status object

          The internal status of the task, which varies from task to task. The format also varies. While the goal is to keep the status for a particular task consistent from version to version, this is not always possible because sometimes the implementation changes. Fields might be removed from the status for a particular request so any parsing you do of the status might break in minor releases.

        • type string Required

        • parent_task_id string | number

          One of:
          TaskId string TaskId number
    • cache_stats array[object]

      Objects containing information about the enrich cache stats on each ingest node.

      Hide cache_stats attributes Show cache_stats attributes object
GET /_enrich/_stats 
curl \
 --request GET 'http://api.example.com/_enrich/_stats' \
 --header "Authorization: $API_KEY"

Delete an async EQL search Added in 7.9.0

DELETE /_eql/search/{id}
Api key auth Basic auth Bearer auth

Delete an async EQL search or a stored synchronous EQL search. The API also deletes results for the search.

Path parameters

  • id string Required

    Identifier for the search to delete. A search ID is provided in the EQL search API's response for an async search. A search ID is also provided if the request’s keep_on_completion parameter is true.

Responses

  • 200 application/json
    Hide response attribute Show response attribute object
    • acknowledged boolean Required

      For a successful response, this value is always true. On failure, an exception is returned instead.
DELETE /_eql/search/{id} 
curl \
 --request DELETE 'http://api.example.com/_eql/search/{id}' \
 --header "Authorization: $API_KEY"

ES|QL

The Elasticsearch Query Language (ES|QL) provides a powerful way to filter, transform, and analyze data stored in Elasticsearch, and in the future in other runtimes.

Learn more about ES|QL

Get async ES|QL query results Added in 8.13.0

GET /_query/async/{id}
Api key auth Basic auth Bearer auth

Get the current status and available results or stored results for an ES|QL asynchronous query. If the Elasticsearch security features are enabled, only the user who first submitted the ES|QL query can retrieve the results using this API.

External documentation

Path parameters

  • id string Required

    The unique identifier of the query. A query ID is provided in the ES|QL async query API response for a query that does not complete in the designated time. A query ID is also provided when the request was submitted with the keep_on_completion parameter set to true.

Query parameters

  • drop_null_columns boolean

    Indicates whether columns that are entirely null will be removed from the columns and values portion of the results. If true, the response will include an extra section under the name all_columns which has the name of all the columns.

  • keep_alive string

    The period for which the query and its results are stored in the cluster. When this period expires, the query and its results are deleted, even if the query is still ongoing.

  • wait_for_completion_timeout string

    The period to wait for the request to finish. By default, the request waits for complete query results. If the request completes during the period specified in this parameter, complete query results are returned. Otherwise, the response returns an is_running value of true and no results.

Responses

  • 200 application/json
    Hide response attributes Show response attributes object

    • Time unit for milliseconds

    • is_partial boolean
    • all_columns array[object]
      Hide all_columns attributes Show all_columns attributes object
    • columns array[object] Required
      Hide columns attributes Show columns attributes object
    • values array[array] Required

      A field value.

      A field value.

    • _clusters object
      Hide _clusters attributes Show _clusters attributes object
    • profile object

      Profiling information. Present if profile was true in the request. The contents of this field are currently unstable.

    • id string
    • is_running boolean Required
GET /_query/async/{id} 
curl \
 --request GET 'http://api.example.com/_query/async/{id}' \
 --header "Authorization: $API_KEY"

Stop async ES|QL query Added in 8.18.0

POST /_query/async/{id}/stop
Api key auth Basic auth Bearer auth

This API interrupts the query execution and returns the results so far. If the Elasticsearch security features are enabled, only the user who first submitted the ES|QL query can stop it.

External documentation

Path parameters

  • id string Required

    The unique identifier of the query. A query ID is provided in the ES|QL async query API response for a query that does not complete in the designated time. A query ID is also provided when the request was submitted with the keep_on_completion parameter set to true.

Query parameters

  • drop_null_columns boolean

    Indicates whether columns that are entirely null will be removed from the columns and values portion of the results. If true, the response will include an extra section under the name all_columns which has the name of all the columns.

Responses

  • 200 application/json
    Hide response attributes Show response attributes object
    • took number

      Time unit for milliseconds

    • is_partial boolean
    • all_columns array[object]
      Hide all_columns attributes Show all_columns attributes object
    • columns array[object] Required
      Hide columns attributes Show columns attributes object
    • values array[array] Required

      A field value.

      A field value.

    • _clusters object
      Hide _clusters attributes Show _clusters attributes object
    • profile object

      Profiling information. Present if profile was true in the request. The contents of this field are currently unstable.
POST /_query/async/{id}/stop 
curl \
 --request POST 'http://api.example.com/_query/async/{id}/stop' \
 --header "Authorization: $API_KEY"

Get running ES|QL queries information Technical preview

GET /_query/queries
Api key auth Basic auth Bearer auth

Returns an object containing IDs and other information about the running ES|QL queries.

Responses

GET /_query/queries 
curl \
 --request GET 'http://api.example.com/_query/queries' \
 --header "Authorization: $API_KEY"

Features

The feature APIs enable you to introspect and manage features provided by Elasticsearch and Elasticsearch plugins.

Get the features Added in 7.12.0

GET /_features
Api key auth Basic auth Bearer auth

Get a list of features that can be included in snapshots using the feature_states field when creating a snapshot. You can use this API to determine which feature states to include when taking a snapshot. By default, all feature states are included in a snapshot if that snapshot includes the global state, or none if it does not.

A feature state includes one or more system indices necessary for a given feature to function. In order to ensure data integrity, all system indices that comprise a feature state are snapshotted and restored together.

The features listed by this API are a combination of built-in features and features defined by plugins. In order for a feature state to be listed in this API and recognized as a valid feature state by the create snapshot API, the plugin that defines that feature must be installed on the master node.

External documentation

Query parameters

Responses

  • 200 application/json
    Hide response attribute Show response attribute object
GET /_features 
curl \
 --request GET 'http://api.example.com/_features' \
 --header "Authorization: $API_KEY"
Response examples (200)
A successful response for retrieving a list of feature states that can be included when taking a snapshot. 
{
  "features": [
    {
      "name": "tasks",
      "description": "Manages task results"
    },
    {
      "name": "kibana",
      "description": "Manages Kibana configuration and reports"
    }
  ]
}

Get global checkpoints Added in 7.13.0

GET /{index}/_fleet/global_checkpoints
Api key auth Basic auth Bearer auth

Get the current global checkpoints for an index. This API is designed for internal use by the Fleet server project.

Path parameters

  • index string Required

    A single index or index alias that resolves to a single index.

Query parameters

  • wait_for_advance boolean

    A boolean value which controls whether to wait (until the timeout) for the global checkpoints to advance past the provided checkpoints.

  • wait_for_index boolean

    A boolean value which controls whether to wait (until the timeout) for the target index to exist and all primary shards be active. Can only be true when wait_for_advance is true.

  • checkpoints array[number]

    A comma separated list of previous global checkpoints. When used in combination with wait_for_advance, the API will only return once the global checkpoints advances past the checkpoints. Providing an empty list will cause Elasticsearch to immediately return the current global checkpoints.

  • timeout string

    Period to wait for a global checkpoints to advance past checkpoints.

Responses

GET /{index}/_fleet/global_checkpoints 
curl \
 --request GET 'http://api.example.com/{index}/_fleet/global_checkpoints' \
 --header "Authorization: $API_KEY"

Graph explore

The graph explore API enables you to extract and summarize information about the documents and terms in an Elasticsearch data stream or index.

Get started with Graph

Delete component templates Added in 7.8.0

DELETE /_component_template/{name}
Api key auth Basic auth Bearer auth

Component templates are building blocks for constructing index templates that specify index mappings, settings, and aliases.

Path parameters

  • name string | array[string] Required

    Comma-separated list or wildcard expression of component template names used to limit the request.

Query parameters

  • master_timeout string

    Period to wait for a connection to the master node. If no response is received before the timeout expires, the request fails and returns an error.

  • timeout string

    Period to wait for a response. If no response is received before the timeout expires, the request fails and returns an error.

Responses

  • 200 application/json
    Hide response attribute Show response attribute object
    • acknowledged boolean Required

      For a successful response, this value is always true. On failure, an exception is returned instead.
DELETE /_component_template/{name} 
curl \
 --request DELETE 'http://api.example.com/_component_template/{name}' \
 --header "Authorization: $API_KEY"

Check component templates Added in 7.8.0

HEAD /_component_template/{name}
Api key auth Basic auth Bearer auth

Returns information about whether a particular component template exists.

Path parameters

  • name string | array[string] Required

    Comma-separated list of component template names used to limit the request. Wildcard (*) expressions are supported.

Query parameters

  • master_timeout string

    Period to wait for a connection to the master node. If no response is received before the timeout expires, the request fails and returns an error.

  • local boolean

    If true, the request retrieves information from the local node only. Defaults to false, which means information is retrieved from the master node.

Responses

HEAD /_component_template/{name} 
curl \
 --request HEAD 'http://api.example.com/_component_template/{name}' \
 --header "Authorization: $API_KEY"

Delete a dangling index Added in 7.9.0

DELETE /_dangling/{index_uuid}
Api key auth Basic auth Bearer auth

If Elasticsearch encounters index data that is absent from the current cluster state, those indices are considered to be dangling. For example, this can happen if you delete more than cluster.indices.tombstones.size indices while an Elasticsearch node is offline.

Path parameters

  • index_uuid string Required

    The UUID of the index to delete. Use the get dangling indices API to find the UUID.

Query parameters

  • accept_data_loss boolean Required

    This parameter must be set to true to acknowledge that it will no longer be possible to recove data from the dangling index.

  • master_timeout string

    Specify timeout for connection to master

  • timeout string

    Explicit operation timeout

Responses

  • 200 application/json
    Hide response attribute Show response attribute object
    • acknowledged boolean Required

      For a successful response, this value is always true. On failure, an exception is returned instead.
DELETE /_dangling/{index_uuid} 
curl \
 --request DELETE 'http://api.example.com/_dangling/{index_uuid}?accept_data_loss=true' \
 --header "Authorization: $API_KEY"

Add an index block Added in 7.9.0

PUT /{index}/_block/{block}
Api key auth Basic auth Bearer auth

Add an index block to an index. Index blocks limit the operations allowed on an index by blocking specific operation types.

Path parameters

  • index string Required

    A comma-separated list or wildcard expression of index names used to limit the request. By default, you must explicitly name the indices you are adding blocks to. To allow the adding of blocks to indices with _all, *, or other wildcard expressions, change the action.destructive_requires_name setting to false. You can update this setting in the elasticsearch.yml file or by using the cluster update settings API.

  • block string Required

    The block type to add to the index.

    Supported values include:

    • metadata: Disable metadata changes, such as closing the index.
    • read: Disable read operations.
    • read_only: Disable write operations and metadata changes.
    • write: Disable write operations. However, metadata changes are still allowed.

    Values are metadata, read, read_only, or write.

Query parameters

  • allow_no_indices boolean

    If false, the request returns an error if any wildcard expression, index alias, or _all value targets only missing or closed indices. This behavior applies even if the request targets other open indices. For example, a request targeting foo*,bar* returns an error if an index starts with foo but no index starts with bar.

  • expand_wildcards string | array[string]

    The type of index that wildcard patterns can match. If the request can target data streams, this argument determines whether wildcard expressions match hidden data streams. It supports comma-separated values, such as open,hidden.

    Supported values include:

    • all: Match any data stream or index, including hidden ones.
    • open: Match open, non-hidden indices. Also matches any non-hidden data stream.
    • closed: Match closed, non-hidden indices. Also matches any non-hidden data stream. Data streams cannot be closed.
    • hidden: Match hidden data streams and hidden indices. Must be combined with open, closed, or both.
    • none: Wildcard expressions are not accepted.
  • ignore_unavailable boolean

    If false, the request returns an error if it targets a missing or closed index.

  • master_timeout string

    The period to wait for the master node. If the master node is not available before the timeout expires, the request fails and returns an error. It can also be set to -1 to indicate that the request should never timeout.

  • timeout string

    The period to wait for a response from all relevant nodes in the cluster after updating the cluster metadata. If no response is received before the timeout expires, the cluster metadata update still applies but the response will indicate that it was not completely acknowledged. It can also be set to -1 to indicate that the request should never timeout.

Responses

PUT /{index}/_block/{block} 
curl \
 --request PUT 'http://api.example.com/{index}/_block/{block}' \
 --header "Authorization: $API_KEY"
Response examples (200)
A successful response from `PUT /my-index-000001/_block/write`, which adds an index block to an index.' 
{
  "acknowledged" : true,
  "shards_acknowledged" : true,
  "indices" : [ {
    "name" : "my-index-000001",
    "blocked" : true
  } ]
}

Clear the cache

POST /{index}/_cache/clear
Api key auth Basic auth Bearer auth

Clear the cache of one or more indices. For data streams, the API clears the caches of the stream's backing indices.

By default, the clear cache API clears all caches. To clear only specific caches, use the fielddata, query, or request parameters. To clear the cache only of specific fields, use the fields parameter.

Path parameters

  • index string | array[string] Required

    Comma-separated list of data streams, indices, and aliases used to limit the request. Supports wildcards (*). To target all data streams and indices, omit this parameter or use * or _all.

Query parameters

  • index string | array[string]

    Comma-separated list of data streams, indices, and aliases used to limit the request. Supports wildcards (*). To target all data streams and indices, omit this parameter or use * or _all.

  • allow_no_indices boolean

    If false, the request returns an error if any wildcard expression, index alias, or _all value targets only missing or closed indices. This behavior applies even if the request targets other open indices.

  • expand_wildcards string | array[string]

    Type of index that wildcard patterns can match. If the request can target data streams, this argument determines whether wildcard expressions match hidden data streams. Supports comma-separated values, such as open,hidden. Valid values are: all, open, closed, hidden, none.

    Supported values include:

    • all: Match any data stream or index, including hidden ones.
    • open: Match open, non-hidden indices. Also matches any non-hidden data stream.
    • closed: Match closed, non-hidden indices. Also matches any non-hidden data stream. Data streams cannot be closed.
    • hidden: Match hidden data streams and hidden indices. Must be combined with open, closed, or both.
    • none: Wildcard expressions are not accepted.
  • fielddata boolean

    If true, clears the fields cache. Use the fields parameter to clear the cache of specific fields only.

  • fields string | array[string]

    Comma-separated list of field names used to limit the fielddata parameter.

  • ignore_unavailable boolean

    If false, the request returns an error if it targets a missing or closed index.

  • query boolean

    If true, clears the query cache.

  • request boolean

    If true, clears the request cache.

Responses

POST /{index}/_cache/clear 
curl \
 --request POST 'http://api.example.com/{index}/_cache/clear' \
 --header "Authorization: $API_KEY"

Delete indices

DELETE /{index}
Api key auth Basic auth Bearer auth

Deleting an index deletes its documents, shards, and metadata. It does not delete related Kibana components, such as data views, visualizations, or dashboards.

You cannot delete the current write index of a data stream. To delete the index, you must roll over the data stream so a new write index is created. You can then use the delete index API to delete the previous write index.

Path parameters

  • index string | array[string] Required

    Comma-separated list of indices to delete. You cannot specify index aliases. By default, this parameter does not support wildcards (*) or _all. To use wildcards or _all, set the action.destructive_requires_name cluster setting to false.

Query parameters

  • allow_no_indices boolean

    If false, the request returns an error if any wildcard expression, index alias, or _all value targets only missing or closed indices. This behavior applies even if the request targets other open indices.

  • expand_wildcards string | array[string]

    Type of index that wildcard patterns can match. If the request can target data streams, this argument determines whether wildcard expressions match hidden data streams. Supports comma-separated values, such as open,hidden. Valid values are: all, open, closed, hidden, none.

    Supported values include:

    • all: Match any data stream or index, including hidden ones.
    • open: Match open, non-hidden indices. Also matches any non-hidden data stream.
    • closed: Match closed, non-hidden indices. Also matches any non-hidden data stream. Data streams cannot be closed.
    • hidden: Match hidden data streams and hidden indices. Must be combined with open, closed, or both.
    • none: Wildcard expressions are not accepted.
  • ignore_unavailable boolean

    If false, the request returns an error if it targets a missing or closed index.

  • master_timeout string

    Period to wait for a connection to the master node. If no response is received before the timeout expires, the request fails and returns an error.

  • timeout string

    Period to wait for a response. If no response is received before the timeout expires, the request fails and returns an error.

Responses

  • 200 application/json
    Hide response attributes Show response attributes object
DELETE /{index} 
curl \
 --request DELETE 'http://api.example.com/{index}' \
 --header "Authorization: $API_KEY"

Get aliases

GET /{index}/_alias/{name}
Api key auth Basic auth Bearer auth

Retrieves information for one or more data stream or index aliases.

Path parameters

  • index string | array[string] Required

    Comma-separated list of data streams or indices used to limit the request. Supports wildcards (*). To target all data streams and indices, omit this parameter or use * or _all.

  • name string | array[string] Required

    Comma-separated list of aliases to retrieve. Supports wildcards (*). To retrieve all aliases, omit this parameter or use * or _all.

Query parameters

  • allow_no_indices boolean

    If false, the request returns an error if any wildcard expression, index alias, or _all value targets only missing or closed indices. This behavior applies even if the request targets other open indices.

  • expand_wildcards string | array[string]

    Type of index that wildcard patterns can match. If the request can target data streams, this argument determines whether wildcard expressions match hidden data streams. Supports comma-separated values, such as open,hidden. Valid values are: all, open, closed, hidden, none.

    Supported values include:

    • all: Match any data stream or index, including hidden ones.
    • open: Match open, non-hidden indices. Also matches any non-hidden data stream.
    • closed: Match closed, non-hidden indices. Also matches any non-hidden data stream. Data streams cannot be closed.
    • hidden: Match hidden data streams and hidden indices. Must be combined with open, closed, or both.
    • none: Wildcard expressions are not accepted.
  • ignore_unavailable boolean

    If false, the request returns an error if it targets a missing or closed index.

  • master_timeout string

    Period to wait for a connection to the master node. If no response is received before the timeout expires, the request fails and returns an error.

Responses

  • 200 application/json
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    • * object Additional properties
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      • aliases object Required
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        • * object Additional properties
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          • filter object

            An Elasticsearch Query DSL (Domain Specific Language) object that defines a query.

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          • index_routing string

            Value used to route indexing operations to a specific shard. If specified, this overwrites the routing value for indexing operations.

          • is_write_index boolean

            If true, the index is the write index for the alias.

          • routing string

            Value used to route indexing and search operations to a specific shard.

          • search_routing string

            Value used to route search operations to a specific shard. If specified, this overwrites the routing value for search operations.

          • is_hidden boolean

            If true, the alias is hidden. All indices for the alias must have the same is_hidden value.
GET /{index}/_alias/{name} 
curl \
 --request GET 'http://api.example.com/{index}/_alias/{name}' \
 --header "Authorization: $API_KEY"

Delete an alias

DELETE /{index}/_alias/{name}
Api key auth Basic auth Bearer auth

Removes a data stream or index from an alias.

Path parameters

  • index string | array[string] Required

    Comma-separated list of data streams or indices used to limit the request. Supports wildcards (*).

  • name string | array[string] Required

    Comma-separated list of aliases to remove. Supports wildcards (*). To remove all aliases, use * or _all.

Query parameters

  • master_timeout string

    Period to wait for a connection to the master node. If no response is received before the timeout expires, the request fails and returns an error.

  • timeout string

    Period to wait for a response. If no response is received before the timeout expires, the request fails and returns an error.

Responses

  • 200 application/json
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    • acknowledged boolean Required

      For a successful response, this value is always true. On failure, an exception is returned instead.
DELETE /{index}/_alias/{name} 
curl \
 --request DELETE 'http://api.example.com/{index}/_alias/{name}' \
 --header "Authorization: $API_KEY"