Authentication

The API accepts 3 different authentication methods:

Api key auth (http_api_key)

Elasticsearch APIs support key-based authentication. You must create an API key and use the encoded value in the request header. For example:

curl -X GET "${ES_URL}/_cat/indices?v=true" \
  -H "Authorization: ApiKey ${API_KEY}"

To get API keys, use the /_security/api_key APIs.

Basic auth (http)

Basic auth tokens are constructed with the Basic keyword, followed by a space, followed by a base64-encoded string of your username:password (separated by a : colon).

Example: send a Authorization: Basic aGVsbG86aGVsbG8= HTTP header with your requests to authenticate with the API.

Bearer auth (http)

Elasticsearch APIs support the use of bearer tokens in the Authorization HTTP header to authenticate with the API. For examples, refer to Token-based authentication services

Get component templates Added in 5.1.0

GET /_cat/component_templates/{name}

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

  • 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}
Response examples (200) 
[
  {
    "name": "string",
    "version": "string",
    "alias_count": "string",
    "mapping_count": "string",
    "settings_count": "string",
    "metadata_count": "string",
    "included_in": "string"
  }
]

Get a document count

GET /_cat/count

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.

Responses

GET /_cat/count 
curl \
 --request GET http://api.example.com/_cat/count
Response examples (200) 
[
  {
    "": 42.0,
    "timestamp": "string",
    "count": "string"
  }
]

Get index information

GET /_cat/indices

Get high-level information about indices in a cluster, including backing indices for data streams.

Use this request to get the following information for each index in a cluster:

  • shard count
  • document count
  • deleted document count
  • primary store size
  • total store size of all shards, including shard replicas

These metrics are retrieved directly from Lucene, which Elasticsearch uses internally to power indexing and search. As a result, all document counts include hidden nested documents. To get an accurate count of Elasticsearch documents, use the cat count or count APIs.

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 an index endpoint.

Query parameters

  • bytes string

    The unit used to display byte values.

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

  • expand_wildcards string | array[string]

    The type of index that wildcard patterns can match.

  • health string

    The health status used to limit returned indices. By default, the response includes indices of any health status.

    Values are green, GREEN, yellow, YELLOW, red, or RED.

  • include_unloaded_segments boolean

    If true, the response includes information from segments that are not loaded into memory.

  • pri boolean

    If true, the response only includes information from primary shards.

  • time string

    The unit used to display time values.

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

  • master_timeout string

    Period to wait for a connection to the master node.

Responses

GET /_cat/indices 
curl \
 --request GET http://api.example.com/_cat/indices
Response examples (200) 
[
  {
    "health": "string",
    "status": "string",
    "index": "string",
    "uuid": "string",
    "pri": "string",
    "rep": "string",
    "docs.count": "string",
    "docs.deleted": "string",
    "creation.date": "string",
    "creation.date.string": "string",
    "store.size": "string",
    "pri.store.size": "string",
    "dataset.size": "string",
    "completion.size": "string",
    "pri.completion.size": "string",
    "fielddata.memory_size": "string",
    "pri.fielddata.memory_size": "string",
    "fielddata.evictions": "string",
    "pri.fielddata.evictions": "string",
    "query_cache.memory_size": "string",
    "pri.query_cache.memory_size": "string",
    "query_cache.evictions": "string",
    "pri.query_cache.evictions": "string",
    "request_cache.memory_size": "string",
    "pri.request_cache.memory_size": "string",
    "request_cache.evictions": "string",
    "pri.request_cache.evictions": "string",
    "request_cache.hit_count": "string",
    "pri.request_cache.hit_count": "string",
    "request_cache.miss_count": "string",
    "pri.request_cache.miss_count": "string",
    "flush.total": "string",
    "pri.flush.total": "string",
    "flush.total_time": "string",
    "pri.flush.total_time": "string",
    "get.current": "string",
    "pri.get.current": "string",
    "get.time": "string",
    "pri.get.time": "string",
    "get.total": "string",
    "pri.get.total": "string",
    "get.exists_time": "string",
    "pri.get.exists_time": "string",
    "get.exists_total": "string",
    "pri.get.exists_total": "string",
    "get.missing_time": "string",
    "pri.get.missing_time": "string",
    "get.missing_total": "string",
    "pri.get.missing_total": "string",
    "indexing.delete_current": "string",
    "pri.indexing.delete_current": "string",
    "indexing.delete_time": "string",
    "pri.indexing.delete_time": "string",
    "indexing.delete_total": "string",
    "pri.indexing.delete_total": "string",
    "indexing.index_current": "string",
    "pri.indexing.index_current": "string",
    "indexing.index_time": "string",
    "pri.indexing.index_time": "string",
    "indexing.index_total": "string",
    "pri.indexing.index_total": "string",
    "indexing.index_failed": "string",
    "pri.indexing.index_failed": "string",
    "merges.current": "string",
    "pri.merges.current": "string",
    "merges.current_docs": "string",
    "pri.merges.current_docs": "string",
    "merges.current_size": "string",
    "pri.merges.current_size": "string",
    "merges.total": "string",
    "pri.merges.total": "string",
    "merges.total_docs": "string",
    "pri.merges.total_docs": "string",
    "merges.total_size": "string",
    "pri.merges.total_size": "string",
    "merges.total_time": "string",
    "pri.merges.total_time": "string",
    "refresh.total": "string",
    "pri.refresh.total": "string",
    "refresh.time": "string",
    "pri.refresh.time": "string",
    "refresh.external_total": "string",
    "pri.refresh.external_total": "string",
    "refresh.external_time": "string",
    "pri.refresh.external_time": "string",
    "refresh.listeners": "string",
    "pri.refresh.listeners": "string",
    "search.fetch_current": "string",
    "pri.search.fetch_current": "string",
    "search.fetch_time": "string",
    "pri.search.fetch_time": "string",
    "search.fetch_total": "string",
    "pri.search.fetch_total": "string",
    "search.open_contexts": "string",
    "pri.search.open_contexts": "string",
    "search.query_current": "string",
    "pri.search.query_current": "string",
    "search.query_time": "string",
    "pri.search.query_time": "string",
    "search.query_total": "string",
    "pri.search.query_total": "string",
    "search.scroll_current": "string",
    "pri.search.scroll_current": "string",
    "search.scroll_time": "string",
    "pri.search.scroll_time": "string",
    "search.scroll_total": "string",
    "pri.search.scroll_total": "string",
    "segments.count": "string",
    "pri.segments.count": "string",
    "segments.memory": "string",
    "pri.segments.memory": "string",
    "segments.index_writer_memory": "string",
    "pri.segments.index_writer_memory": "string",
    "segments.version_map_memory": "string",
    "pri.segments.version_map_memory": "string",
    "segments.fixed_bitset_memory": "string",
    "pri.segments.fixed_bitset_memory": "string",
    "warmer.current": "string",
    "pri.warmer.current": "string",
    "warmer.total": "string",
    "pri.warmer.total": "string",
    "warmer.total_time": "string",
    "pri.warmer.total_time": "string",
    "suggest.current": "string",
    "pri.suggest.current": "string",
    "suggest.time": "string",
    "pri.suggest.time": "string",
    "suggest.total": "string",
    "pri.suggest.total": "string",
    "memory.total": "string",
    "pri.memory.total": "string",
    "search.throttled": "string",
    "bulk.total_operations": "string",
    "pri.bulk.total_operations": "string",
    "bulk.total_time": "string",
    "pri.bulk.total_time": "string",
    "bulk.total_size_in_bytes": "string",
    "pri.bulk.total_size_in_bytes": "string",
    "bulk.avg_time": "string",
    "pri.bulk.avg_time": "string",
    "bulk.avg_size_in_bytes": "string",
    "pri.bulk.avg_size_in_bytes": "string"
  }
]

Get datafeeds Added in 7.7.0

GET /_cat/ml/datafeeds

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.

  • s string | array[string]

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

  • time string

    The unit used to display time values.

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

Responses

  • 200
    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
Response examples (200) 
[
  {
    "id": "string",
    "state": "started",
    "assignment_explanation": "string",
    "buckets.count": "string",
    "search.count": "string",
    "search.time": "string",
    "search.bucket_avg": "string",
    "search.exp_avg_hour": "string",
    "node.id": "string",
    "node.name": "string",
    "node.ephemeral_id": "string",
    "node.address": "string"
  }
]

Get node attribute information

GET /_cat/nodeattrs

Get information about custom node attributes. 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

  • 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/nodeattrs 
curl \
 --request GET http://api.example.com/_cat/nodeattrs
Response examples (200) 
[
  {
    "node": "string",
    "id": "string",
    "pid": "string",
    "host": "string",
    "ip": "string",
    "port": "string",
    "attr": "string",
    "value": "string"
  }
]

Get segment information

GET /_cat/segments

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.

  • 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
    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:
      _types:ByteSize number _types:ByteSize string

    • size.memory number | string

      One of:
      _types:ByteSize number _types: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
Response examples (200) 
[
  {
    "index": "string",
    "shard": "string",
    "prirep": "string",
    "ip": "string",
    "id": "string",
    "segment": "string",
    "generation": "string",
    "docs.count": "string",
    "docs.deleted": "string",
    "": 42.0,
    "committed": "string",
    "searchable": "string",
    "version": "string",
    "compound": "string"
  }
]

Get index template information Added in 5.2.0

GET /_cat/templates

Get information about the index templates in a cluster. You can use index templates to apply index settings and field mappings to new indices at creation. 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 index template API.

Query parameters

  • 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/templates 
curl \
 --request GET http://api.example.com/_cat/templates
Response examples (200) 
[
  {
    "name": "string",
    "index_patterns": "string",
    "order": "string",
    "version": "string",
    "composed_of": "string"
  }
]

Update voting configuration exclusions Added in 7.0.0

POST /_cluster/voting_config_exclusions

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

Get cluster-wide settings

GET /_cluster/settings

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

        Additional properties are allowed.

    • transient object Required
      Hide transient attribute Show transient attribute object
      • * object Additional properties

        Additional properties are allowed.

    • defaults object
      Hide defaults attribute Show defaults attribute object
      • * object Additional properties

        Additional properties are allowed.
GET /_cluster/settings 
curl \
 --request GET http://api.example.com/_cluster/settings
Response examples (200) 
{
  "persistent": {
    "additionalProperty1": {},
    "additionalProperty2": {}
  },
  "transient": {
    "additionalProperty1": {},
    "additionalProperty2": {}
  },
  "defaults": {
    "additionalProperty1": {},
    "additionalProperty2": {}
  }
}

Get the hot threads for nodes

GET /_nodes/{node_id}/hot_threads

Get a breakdown of the hot threads on each selected node in the cluster. The output is plain text with a breakdown of the top hot threads for each node.

Path parameters

  • node_id string | array[string] Required

    List of node IDs or names used to limit returned information.

Query parameters

  • ignore_idle_threads boolean

    If true, known idle threads (e.g. waiting in a socket select, or to get a task from an empty queue) are filtered out.

  • interval string

    The interval to do the second sampling of threads.

  • snapshots number

    Number of samples of thread stacktrace.

  • threads number

    Specifies the number of hot threads to provide information for.

  • timeout string

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

  • type string

    The type to sample.

    Values are cpu, wait, block, gpu, or mem.

  • sort string

    The sort order for 'cpu' type (default: total)

    Values are cpu, wait, block, gpu, or mem.

Responses

  • 200 application/json

    Additional properties are allowed.
GET /_nodes/{node_id}/hot_threads 
curl \
 --request GET http://api.example.com/_nodes/{node_id}/hot_threads
Response examples (200) 
{}

Get feature usage information Added in 6.0.0

GET /_nodes/usage

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

      Additional properties are allowed.

      Hide _nodes attributes Show _nodes attributes object
      • failures array[object]
        Hide failures attributes Show failures attributes object
        • type string Required

          The type of error

        • reason string

          A human-readable explanation of the error, in English.

        • stack_trace string

          The server stack trace. Present only if the error_trace=true parameter was sent with the request.

        • caused_by object

          Additional properties are allowed.

        • root_cause array[object]

          Additional properties are allowed.

        • suppressed array[object]

          Additional properties are allowed.

      • 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

        Additional properties are allowed.

        Hide * attributes Show * attributes object
        • rest_actions object Required
          Hide rest_actions attribute Show rest_actions attribute object
          • * number Additional properties
        • since number

          Time unit for milliseconds

        • timestamp number

          Time unit for milliseconds

        • aggregations object Required
          Hide aggregations attribute Show aggregations attribute object
          • * object Additional properties

            Additional properties are allowed.
GET /_nodes/usage 
curl \
 --request GET http://api.example.com/_nodes/usage
Response examples (200) 
{
  "_nodes": {
    "failures": [
      {
        "type": "string",
        "reason": "string",
        "stack_trace": "string",
        "caused_by": {},
        "root_cause": [
          {}
        ],
        "suppressed": [
          {}
        ]
      }
    ],
    "total": 42.0,
    "successful": 42.0,
    "failed": 42.0
  },
  "cluster_name": "string",
  "nodes": {
    "additionalProperty1": {
      "rest_actions": {
        "additionalProperty1": 42.0,
        "additionalProperty2": 42.0
      },
      "": 42.0,
      "aggregations": {
        "additionalProperty1": {},
        "additionalProperty2": {}
      }
    },
    "additionalProperty2": {
      "rest_actions": {
        "additionalProperty1": 42.0,
        "additionalProperty2": 42.0
      },
      "": 42.0,
      "aggregations": {
        "additionalProperty1": {},
        "additionalProperty2": {}
      }
    }
  }
}

Claim a connector sync job Technical preview

PUT /_connector/_sync_job/{connector_sync_job_id}/_claim

This action updates the job status to in_progress and sets the last_seen and started_at timestamps to the current time. Additionally, it can set the sync_cursor property for the sync job.

This API is not intended for direct connector management by users. It supports the implementation of services that utilize the connector protocol to communicate with Elasticsearch.

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

  • sync_cursor object

    The cursor object from the last incremental sync job. This should reference the sync_cursor field in the connector state for which the job runs.

    Additional properties are allowed.

  • worker_hostname string Required

    The host name of the current system that will run the job.

Responses

  • 200 application/json

    Additional properties are allowed.
PUT /_connector/_sync_job/{connector_sync_job_id}/_claim 
curl \
 --request PUT http://api.example.com/_connector/_sync_job/{connector_sync_job_id}/_claim \
 --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
 --data '{"sync_cursor":{},"worker_hostname":"string"}'
Request examples 
{
  "sync_cursor": {},
  "worker_hostname": "string"
}
Response examples (200) 
{}

Delete a connector sync job Beta

DELETE /_connector/_sync_job/{connector_sync_job_id}

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}
Response examples (200) 
{
  "acknowledged": true
}

Update the connector scheduling Beta

PUT /_connector/{connector_id}/_scheduling

Path parameters

  • connector_id string Required

    The unique identifier of the connector to be updated

application/json

Body Required

  • scheduling object Required

    Additional properties are allowed.

    Hide scheduling attributes Show scheduling attributes object
    • access_control object

      Additional properties are allowed.

      Hide access_control attributes Show access_control attributes object
      • enabled boolean Required
      • interval string Required

        The interval is expressed using the crontab syntax

    • full object

      Additional properties are allowed.

      Hide full attributes Show full attributes object
      • enabled boolean Required
      • interval string Required

        The interval is expressed using the crontab syntax

    • incremental object

      Additional properties are allowed.

      Hide incremental attributes Show incremental attributes object
      • enabled boolean Required
      • interval string Required

        The interval is expressed using the crontab syntax

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}/_scheduling 
curl \
 --request PUT http://api.example.com/_connector/{connector_id}/_scheduling \
 --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
 --data '"{\n    \"scheduling\": {\n        \"access_control\": {\n            \"enabled\": true,\n            \"interval\": \"0 10 0 * * ?\"\n        },\n        \"full\": {\n            \"enabled\": true,\n            \"interval\": \"0 20 0 * * ?\"\n        },\n        \"incremental\": {\n            \"enabled\": false,\n            \"interval\": \"0 30 0 * * ?\"\n        }\n    }\n}"'
Request examples 
{
    "scheduling": {
        "access_control": {
            "enabled": true,
            "interval": "0 10 0 * * ?"
        },
        "full": {
            "enabled": true,
            "interval": "0 20 0 * * ?"
        },
        "incremental": {
            "enabled": false,
            "interval": "0 30 0 * * ?"
        }
    }
}
{
    "scheduling": {
        "full": {
            "enabled": true,
            "interval": "0 10 0 * * ?"
        }
    }
}
Response examples (200) 
{
  "result": "updated"
}

Pause a follower Added in 6.5.0

POST /{index}/_ccr/pause_follow

Pause a cross-cluster replication follower index. The follower index will not fetch any additional operations from the leader index. You can resume following with the resume follower API. You can pause and resume a follower index to change the configuration of the following task.

Path parameters

  • index string Required

    The name of the follower index.

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 /{index}/_ccr/pause_follow 
curl \
 --request POST http://api.example.com/{index}/_ccr/pause_follow
Response examples (200)
A successful response from `POST /follower_index/_ccr/pause_follow`, which pauses a follower index. 
{
  "acknowledged" : true
}

Resume an auto-follow pattern Added in 7.5.0

POST /_ccr/auto_follow/{name}/resume

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
Response examples (200)
A successful response `POST /_ccr/auto_follow/my_auto_follow_pattern/resume`, which resumes an auto-follow pattern. 
{
  "acknowledged" : true
}

Check a document

HEAD /{index}/_doc/{id}

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.

    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

Get EQL search results Added in 7.9.0

GET /{index}/_eql/search

Returns search results for an Event Query Language (EQL) query. EQL assumes each document in a data stream or index corresponds to an event.

External documentation

Path parameters

  • index string | array[string] Required

    The name of the index to scope the operation

Query parameters

application/json

Body Required

  • query string Required

    EQL query you wish to run.

  • case_sensitive boolean
  • event_category_field string

    Path to field or array of paths. Some API's support wildcards in the path to select multiple fields.

  • tiebreaker_field string

    Path to field or array of paths. Some API's support wildcards in the path to select multiple fields.

  • timestamp_field string

    Path to field or array of paths. Some API's support wildcards in the path to select multiple fields.

  • fetch_size number

  • filter object | array[object]

    Query, written in Query DSL, used to filter the events on which the EQL query runs.

    One of:
    query_dsl:QueryContainer object array-2 array[object]

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

    Additional properties are allowed.

    External documentation
  • keep_alive 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.

  • keep_on_completion boolean
  • wait_for_completion_timeout 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.

  • allow_partial_search_results boolean

    Allow query execution also in case of shard failures. If true, the query will keep running and will return results based on the available shards. For sequences, the behavior can be further refined using allow_partial_sequence_results

  • allow_partial_sequence_results boolean

    This flag applies only to sequences and has effect only if allow_partial_search_results=true. If true, the sequence query will return results based on the available shards, ignoring the others. If false, the sequence query will return successfully, but will always have empty results.

  • size number

  • fields object | array[object]

    Array of wildcard (*) patterns. The response returns values for field names matching these patterns in the fields property of each hit.

    One of:
    query_dsl:FieldAndFormat object array-2 array[object]
    Hide attributes Show attributes
    • field string Required

      Path to field or array of paths. Some API's support wildcards in the path to select multiple fields.

    • format string

      The format in which the values are returned.

    • include_unmapped boolean
  • result_position string

    Values are tail or head.

  • runtime_mappings object
    Hide runtime_mappings attribute Show runtime_mappings attribute object
    • * object Additional properties

      Additional properties are allowed.

      Hide * attributes Show * attributes object
      • fields object

        For type composite

        Hide fields attribute Show fields attribute object
        • * object Additional properties

          Additional properties are allowed.

          Hide * attribute Show * attribute object
          • type string Required

            Values are boolean, composite, date, double, geo_point, ip, keyword, long, or lookup.

      • fetch_fields array[object]

        For type lookup

        Hide fetch_fields attributes Show fetch_fields attributes object
        • field string Required

          Path to field or array of paths. Some API's support wildcards in the path to select multiple fields.

        • format string
      • format string

        A custom format for date type runtime fields.

      • input_field string

        Path to field or array of paths. Some API's support wildcards in the path to select multiple fields.

      • target_field string

        Path to field or array of paths. Some API's support wildcards in the path to select multiple fields.

      • target_index string
      • script object

        Additional properties are allowed.

        Hide script attributes Show script attributes object
        • source string

          The script source.

        • id string
        • params object

          Specifies any named parameters that are passed into the script as variables. Use parameters instead of hard-coded values to decrease compile time.

          Hide params attribute Show params attribute object
          • * object Additional properties

            Additional properties are allowed.

        • lang string

          Any of:
          _types:ScriptLanguage string _types:ScriptLanguage string

          Values are painless, expression, mustache, or java.

        • options object
          Hide options attribute Show options attribute object
          • * string Additional properties
      • type string Required

        Values are boolean, composite, date, double, geo_point, ip, keyword, long, or lookup.

  • max_samples_per_key number

    By default, the response of a sample query contains up to 10 samples, with one sample per unique set of join keys. Use the size parameter to get a smaller or larger set of samples. To retrieve more than one sample per set of join keys, use the max_samples_per_key parameter. Pipes are not supported for sample queries.

Responses

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

      If true, the response does not contain complete search results.

    • is_running boolean

      If true, the search request is still executing.

    • took number

      Time unit for milliseconds

    • timed_out boolean

      If true, the request timed out before completion.

    • hits object Required

      Additional properties are allowed.

      Hide hits attributes Show hits attributes object
      • total object

        Additional properties are allowed.

        Hide total attributes Show total attributes object
      • events array[object]

        Contains events matching the query. Each object represents a matching event.

        Hide events attributes Show events attributes object
        • _index string Required
        • _id string Required
        • _source object Required

          Original JSON body passed for the event at index time.

          Additional properties are allowed.

        • missing boolean

          Set to true for events in a timespan-constrained sequence that do not meet a given condition.

        • fields object
          Hide fields attribute Show fields attribute object
          • * array[object] Additional properties

            Additional properties are allowed.

      • sequences array[object]

        Contains event sequences matching the query. Each object represents a matching sequence. This parameter is only returned for EQL queries containing a sequence.

        Hide sequences attributes Show sequences attributes object
        • events array[object] Required

          Contains events matching the query. Each object represents a matching event.

          Hide events attributes Show events attributes object
          • _index string Required
          • _id string Required
          • _source object Required

            Original JSON body passed for the event at index time.

            Additional properties are allowed.

          • missing boolean

            Set to true for events in a timespan-constrained sequence that do not meet a given condition.

          • fields object
        • join_keys array[object]

          Shared field values used to constrain matches in the sequence. These are defined using the by keyword in the EQL query syntax.

          Additional properties are allowed.

    • shard_failures array[object]

      Contains information about shard failures (if any), in case allow_partial_search_results=true

      Hide shard_failures attributes Show shard_failures attributes object
      • index string
      • node string
      • reason object Required

        Additional properties are allowed.

        Hide reason attributes Show reason attributes object
        • type string Required

          The type of error

        • reason string

          A human-readable explanation of the error, in English.

        • stack_trace string

          The server stack trace. Present only if the error_trace=true parameter was sent with the request.

        • caused_by object

          Additional properties are allowed.

        • root_cause array[object]

          Additional properties are allowed.

        • suppressed array[object]

          Additional properties are allowed.

      • shard number Required
      • status string
GET /{index}/_eql/search 
curl \
 --request GET http://api.example.com/{index}/_eql/search \
 --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
 --data '"{\n  \"query\": \"\"\"\n    process where (process.name == \"cmd.exe\" and process.pid != 2013)\n  \"\"\"\n}"'
Request examples
Run `GET /my-data-stream/_eql/search` to search for events that have a `process.name` of `cmd.exe` and a `process.pid` other than `2013`. 
{
  "query": """
    process where (process.name == "cmd.exe" and process.pid != 2013)
  """
}
Run `GET /my-data-stream/_eql/search` to search for a sequence of events. The sequence starts with an event with an `event.category` of `file`, a `file.name` of `cmd.exe`, and a `process.pid` other than `2013`. It is followed by an event with an `event.category` of `process` and a `process.executable` that contains the substring `regsvr32`. These events must also share the same `process.pid` value. 
{
  "query": """
    sequence by process.pid
      [ file where file.name == "cmd.exe" and process.pid != 2013 ]
      [ process where stringContains(process.executable, "regsvr32") ]
  """
}
Response examples (200) 
{
  "id": "string",
  "is_partial": true,
  "is_running": true,
  "": 42.0,
  "timed_out": true,
  "hits": {
    "total": {
      "relation": "eq",
      "value": 42.0
    },
    "events": [
      {
        "_index": "string",
        "_id": "string",
        "_source": {},
        "missing": true,
        "fields": {
          "additionalProperty1": [
            {}
          ],
          "additionalProperty2": [
            {}
          ]
        }
      }
    ],
    "sequences": [
      {
        "events": [
          {
            "_index": "string",
            "_id": "string",
            "_source": {},
            "missing": true,
            "fields": {}
          }
        ],
        "join_keys": [
          {}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "shard_failures": [
    {
      "index": "string",
      "node": "string",
      "reason": {
        "type": "string",
        "reason": "string",
        "stack_trace": "string",
        "caused_by": {},
        "root_cause": [
          {}
        ],
        "suppressed": [
          {}
        ]
      },
      "shard": 42.0,
      "status": "string"
    }
  ]
}

Check component templates Added in 7.8.0

HEAD /_component_template/{name}

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}

Create or update an alias

POST /{index}/_alias/{name}

Adds a data stream or index to an alias.

Path parameters

  • index string | array[string] Required

    Comma-separated list of data streams or indices to add. Supports wildcards (*). Wildcard patterns that match both data streams and indices return an error.

  • name string Required

    Alias to update. If the alias doesn’t exist, the request creates it. Index alias names support date math.

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.

application/json

Body

  • filter object

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

    Additional properties are allowed.

    External documentation
  • index_routing string
  • is_write_index boolean

    If true, sets the write index or data stream for the alias. If an alias points to multiple indices or data streams and is_write_index isn’t set, the alias rejects write requests. If an index alias points to one index and is_write_index isn’t set, the index automatically acts as the write index. Data stream aliases don’t automatically set a write data stream, even if the alias points to one data stream.

  • routing string
  • search_routing string

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 /{index}/_alias/{name} 
curl \
 --request POST http://api.example.com/{index}/_alias/{name} \
 --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
 --data '{"filter":{},"index_routing":"string","is_write_index":true,"routing":"string","search_routing":"string"}'
Request examples 
{
  "filter": {},
  "index_routing": "string",
  "is_write_index": true,
  "routing": "string",
  "search_routing": "string"
}
Response examples (200) 
{
  "acknowledged": true
}

Check aliases

HEAD /{index}/_alias/{name}

Check if one or more data stream or index aliases exist.

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 check. Supports wildcards (*).

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.

  • ignore_unavailable boolean

    If false, requests that include a missing data stream or index in the target indices or data streams return an error.

  • 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

HEAD /{index}/_alias/{name} 
curl \
 --request HEAD http://api.example.com/{index}/_alias/{name}

Refresh an index

GET /{index}/_refresh

A refresh makes recent operations performed on one or more indices available for search. For data streams, the API runs the refresh operation on the stream’s backing indices.

By default, Elasticsearch periodically refreshes indices every second, but only on indices that have received one search request or more in the last 30 seconds. You can change this default interval with the index.refresh_interval setting.

Refresh requests are synchronous and do not return a response until the refresh operation completes.

Refreshes are resource-intensive. To ensure good cluster performance, it's recommended to wait for Elasticsearch's periodic refresh rather than performing an explicit refresh when possible.

If your application workflow indexes documents and then runs a search to retrieve the indexed document, it's recommended to use the index API's refresh=wait_for query parameter option. This option ensures the indexing operation waits for a periodic refresh before running the search.

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

  • 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.

  • ignore_unavailable boolean

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

Responses

  • 200 application/json
    Hide response attribute Show response attribute object
    • _shards object

      Additional properties are allowed.

      Hide _shards attributes Show _shards attributes object
      • failed number Required
      • successful number Required
      • total number Required
      • failures array[object]
        Hide failures attributes Show failures attributes object
        • index string
        • node string
        • reason object Required

          Additional properties are allowed.

          Hide reason attributes Show reason attributes object
          • type string Required

            The type of error

          • reason string

            A human-readable explanation of the error, in English.

          • stack_trace string

            The server stack trace. Present only if the error_trace=true parameter was sent with the request.

          • caused_by object

            Additional properties are allowed.

          • root_cause array[object]

            Additional properties are allowed.

          • suppressed array[object]

            Additional properties are allowed.

        • shard number Required
        • status string
      • skipped number
GET /{index}/_refresh 
curl \
 --request GET http://api.example.com/{index}/_refresh
Response examples (200) 
{
  "_shards": {
    "failed": 42.0,
    "successful": 42.0,
    "total": 42.0,
    "failures": [
      {
        "index": "string",
        "node": "string",
        "reason": {
          "type": "string",
          "reason": "string",
          "stack_trace": "string",
          "caused_by": {},
          "root_cause": [
            {}
          ],
          "suppressed": [
            {}
          ]
        },
        "shard": 42.0,
        "status": "string"
      }
    ],
    "skipped": 42.0
  }
}

Split an index Added in 6.1.0

POST /{index}/_split/{target}

Split an index into a new index with more primary shards.

  • Before you can split an index:

  • The index must be read-only.

  • The cluster health status must be green.

You can do make an index read-only with the following request using the add index block API:

PUT /my_source_index/_block/write

The current write index on a data stream cannot be split. In order to split the current write index, the data stream must first be rolled over so that a new write index is created and then the previous write index can be split.

The number of times the index can be split (and the number of shards that each original shard can be split into) is determined by the index.number_of_routing_shards setting. The number of routing shards specifies the hashing space that is used internally to distribute documents across shards with consistent hashing. For instance, a 5 shard index with number_of_routing_shards set to 30 (5 x 2 x 3) could be split by a factor of 2 or 3.

A split operation:

  • Creates a new target index with the same definition as the source index, but with a larger number of primary shards.
  • Hard-links segments from the source index into the target index. If the file system doesn't support hard-linking, all segments are copied into the new index, which is a much more time consuming process.
  • Hashes all documents again, after low level files are created, to delete documents that belong to a different shard.
  • Recovers the target index as though it were a closed index which had just been re-opened.

IMPORTANT: Indices can only be split if they satisfy the following requirements:

  • The target index must not exist.
  • The source index must have fewer primary shards than the target index.
  • The number of primary shards in the target index must be a multiple of the number of primary shards in the source index.
  • The node handling the split process must have sufficient free disk space to accommodate a second copy of the existing index.

Path parameters

  • index string Required

    Name of the source index to split.

  • target string Required

    Name of the target index to create.

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.

  • wait_for_active_shards number | string

    The number of shard copies that must be active before proceeding with the operation. Set to all or any positive integer up to the total number of shards in the index (number_of_replicas+1).

application/json

Body

  • aliases object

    Aliases for the resulting index.

    Hide aliases attribute Show aliases attribute object
  • settings object

    Configuration options for the target index.

    Hide settings attribute Show settings attribute object
    • * object Additional properties

      Additional properties are allowed.

Responses

POST /{index}/_split/{target} 
curl \
 --request POST http://api.example.com/{index}/_split/{target} \
 --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
 --data '"{\n  \"settings\": {\n    \"index.number_of_shards\": 2\n  }\n}"'
Request example
Split an existing index into a new index with more primary shards. 
{
  "settings": {
    "index.number_of_shards": 2
  }
}
Response examples (200) 
{
  "acknowledged": true,
  "shards_acknowledged": true,
  "index": "string"
}

Validate a query Added in 1.3.0

GET /{index}/_validate/query

Validates a query without running it.

Path parameters

  • index string | array[string] Required

    Comma-separated list of data streams, indices, and aliases to search. Supports wildcards (*). To search all data streams or indices, 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.

  • all_shards boolean

    If true, the validation is executed on all shards instead of one random shard per index.

  • analyzer string

    Analyzer to use for the query string. This parameter can only be used when the q query string parameter is specified.

  • analyze_wildcard boolean

    If true, wildcard and prefix queries are analyzed.

  • default_operator string

    The default operator for query string query: AND or OR.

    Values are and, AND, or, or OR.

  • df string

    Field to use as default where no field prefix is given in the query string. This parameter can only be used when the q query string parameter is specified.

  • 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.

  • explain boolean

    If true, the response returns detailed information if an error has occurred.

  • ignore_unavailable boolean

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

  • lenient boolean

    If true, format-based query failures (such as providing text to a numeric field) in the query string will be ignored.

  • rewrite boolean

    If true, returns a more detailed explanation showing the actual Lucene query that will be executed.

  • q string

    Query in the Lucene query string syntax.

application/json

Body

  • query object

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

    Additional properties are allowed.

    External documentation

Responses

  • 200 application/json
    Hide response attributes Show response attributes object
GET /{index}/_validate/query 
curl \
 --request GET http://api.example.com/{index}/_validate/query \
 --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
 --data '{"query":{}}'
Request examples 
{
  "query": {}
}
Response examples (200) 
{
  "explanations": [
    {
      "error": "string",
      "explanation": "string",
      "index": "string",
      "valid": true
    }
  ],
  "_shards": {
    "failed": 42.0,
    "successful": 42.0,
    "total": 42.0,
    "failures": [
      {
        "index": "string",
        "node": "string",
        "reason": {
          "type": "string",
          "reason": "string",
          "stack_trace": "string",
          "caused_by": {},
          "root_cause": [
            {}
          ],
          "suppressed": [
            {}
          ]
        },
        "shard": 42.0,
        "status": "string"
      }
    ],
    "skipped": 42.0
  },
  "valid": true,
  "error": "string"
}

Get the ILM status Added in 6.6.0

GET /_ilm/status

Get the current index lifecycle management status.

Responses

  • 200 application/json
    Hide response attribute Show response attribute object
GET /_ilm/status 
curl \
 --request GET http://api.example.com/_ilm/status
Response examples (200)
A successful response when retrieving the current ILM status. 
{
  "operation_mode": "RUNNING"
}

Move to a lifecycle step Added in 6.6.0

POST /_ilm/move/{index}

Manually move an index into a specific step in the lifecycle policy and run that step.

WARNING: This operation can result in the loss of data. Manually moving an index into a specific step runs that step even if it has already been performed. This is a potentially destructive action and this should be considered an expert level API.

You must specify both the current step and the step to be executed in the body of the request. The request will fail if the current step does not match the step currently running for the index This is to prevent the index from being moved from an unexpected step into the next step.

When specifying the target (next_step) to which the index will be moved, either the name or both the action and name fields are optional. If only the phase is specified, the index will move to the first step of the first action in the target phase. If the phase and action are specified, the index will move to the first step of the specified action in the specified phase. Only actions specified in the ILM policy are considered valid. An index cannot move to a step that is not part of its policy.

Path parameters

  • index string Required

    The name of the index whose lifecycle step is to change

application/json

Body

  • current_step object Required

    Additional properties are allowed.

    Hide current_step attributes Show current_step attributes object
    • action string

      The optional action to which the index will be moved.

    • name string

      The optional step name to which the index will be moved.

    • phase string Required
  • next_step object Required

    Additional properties are allowed.

    Hide next_step attributes Show next_step attributes object
    • action string

      The optional action to which the index will be moved.

    • name string

      The optional step name to which the index will be moved.

    • phase string Required

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 /_ilm/move/{index} 
curl \
 --request POST http://api.example.com/_ilm/move/{index} \
 --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
 --data '"{\n  \"current_step\": {\n    \"phase\": \"new\",\n    \"action\": \"complete\",\n    \"name\": \"complete\"\n  },\n  \"next_step\": {\n    \"phase\": \"warm\",\n    \"action\": \"forcemerge\",\n    \"name\": \"forcemerge\"\n  }\n}"'
Request examples
Run `POST _ilm/move/my-index-000001` to move `my-index-000001` from the initial step to the `forcemerge` step. 
{
  "current_step": {
    "phase": "new",
    "action": "complete",
    "name": "complete"
  },
  "next_step": {
    "phase": "warm",
    "action": "forcemerge",
    "name": "forcemerge"
  }
}
Run `POST _ilm/move/my-index-000001` to move `my-index-000001` from the end of hot phase into the start of warm. 
{
  "current_step": {
    "phase": "hot",
    "action": "complete",
    "name": "complete"
  },
  "next_step": {
    "phase": "warm"
  }
}
Response examples (200)
A successful response when running a specific step in a lifecycle policy. 
{
  "acknowledged": true
}

Retry a policy Added in 6.6.0

POST /{index}/_ilm/retry

Retry running the lifecycle policy for an index that is in the ERROR step. The API sets the policy back to the step where the error occurred and runs the step. Use the explain lifecycle state API to determine whether an index is in the ERROR step.

Path parameters

  • index string Required

    The name of the indices (comma-separated) whose failed lifecycle step is to be retry

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 /{index}/_ilm/retry 
curl \
 --request POST http://api.example.com/{index}/_ilm/retry
Response examples (200) 
{
  "acknowledged": true
}

Perform inference on the service Added in 8.11.0

POST /_inference/{inference_id}

This API enables you to use machine learning models to perform specific tasks on data that you provide as an input. It returns a response with the results of the tasks. The inference endpoint you use can perform one specific task that has been defined when the endpoint was created with the create inference API.


The inference APIs enable you to use certain services, such as built-in machine learning models (ELSER, E5), models uploaded through Eland, Cohere, OpenAI, Azure, Google AI Studio, Google Vertex AI, Anthropic, Watsonx.ai, or Hugging Face. For built-in models and models uploaded through Eland, the inference APIs offer an alternative way to use and manage trained models. However, if you do not plan to use the inference APIs to use these models or if you want to use non-NLP models, use the machine learning trained model APIs.

Path parameters

  • inference_id string Required

    The unique identifier for the inference endpoint.

Query parameters

  • timeout string

    The amount of time to wait for the inference request to complete.

application/json

Body

  • query string

    The query input, which is required only for the rerank task. It is not required for other tasks.

  • input string | array[string] Required

    The text on which you want to perform the inference task. It can be a single string or an array.


    Inference endpoints for the completion task type currently only support a single string as input.

    One of:
    string-1 string array-2 array[string]
  • task_settings object

    Additional properties are allowed.

Responses

  • 200 application/json
    Hide response attributes Show response attributes object
    • text_embedding_bytes array[object]
      Hide text_embedding_bytes attribute Show text_embedding_bytes attribute object
      • embedding array[number] Required

        Text Embedding results containing bytes are represented as Dense Vectors of bytes.

    • text_embedding_bits array[object]
      Hide text_embedding_bits attribute Show text_embedding_bits attribute object
      • embedding array[number] Required

        Text Embedding results containing bytes are represented as Dense Vectors of bytes.

    • text_embedding array[object]
      Hide text_embedding attribute Show text_embedding attribute object
      • embedding array[number] Required

        Text Embedding results are represented as Dense Vectors of floats.

    • sparse_embedding array[object]
      Hide sparse_embedding attribute Show sparse_embedding attribute object
      • embedding object Required

        Sparse Embedding tokens are represented as a dictionary of string to double.

        Hide embedding attribute Show embedding attribute object
        • * number Additional properties
    • completion array[object]
      Hide completion attribute Show completion attribute object
    • rerank array[object]
      Hide rerank attributes Show rerank attributes object
POST /_inference/{inference_id} 
curl \
 --request POST http://api.example.com/_inference/{inference_id} \
 --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
 --data '{"query":"string","input":"string","task_settings":{}}'
Request examples 
{
  "query": "string",
  "input": "string",
  "task_settings": {}
}
Response examples (200) 
{
  "text_embedding_bytes": [
    {
      "embedding": [
        42.0
      ]
    }
  ],
  "text_embedding_bits": [
    {
      "embedding": [
        42.0
      ]
    }
  ],
  "text_embedding": [
    {
      "embedding": [
        42.0
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sparse_embedding": [
    {
      "embedding": {
        "additionalProperty1": 42.0,
        "additionalProperty2": 42.0
      }
    }
  ],
  "completion": [
    {
      "result": "string"
    }
  ],
  "rerank": [
    {
      "index": 42.0,
      "relevance_score": 42.0,
      "text": "string"
    }
  ]
}

Perform inference on the service Added in 8.11.0

POST /_inference/{task_type}/{inference_id}

This API enables you to use machine learning models to perform specific tasks on data that you provide as an input. It returns a response with the results of the tasks. The inference endpoint you use can perform one specific task that has been defined when the endpoint was created with the create inference API.


The inference APIs enable you to use certain services, such as built-in machine learning models (ELSER, E5), models uploaded through Eland, Cohere, OpenAI, Azure, Google AI Studio, Google Vertex AI, Anthropic, Watsonx.ai, or Hugging Face. For built-in models and models uploaded through Eland, the inference APIs offer an alternative way to use and manage trained models. However, if you do not plan to use the inference APIs to use these models or if you want to use non-NLP models, use the machine learning trained model APIs.

Path parameters

  • task_type string Required

    The type of inference task that the model performs.

    Values are sparse_embedding, text_embedding, rerank, or completion.

  • inference_id string Required

    The unique identifier for the inference endpoint.

Query parameters

  • timeout string

    The amount of time to wait for the inference request to complete.

application/json

Body

  • query string

    The query input, which is required only for the rerank task. It is not required for other tasks.

  • input string | array[string] Required

    The text on which you want to perform the inference task. It can be a single string or an array.


    Inference endpoints for the completion task type currently only support a single string as input.

    One of:
    string-1 string array-2 array[string]
  • task_settings object

    Additional properties are allowed.

Responses

  • 200 application/json
    Hide response attributes Show response attributes object
    • text_embedding_bytes array[object]
      Hide text_embedding_bytes attribute Show text_embedding_bytes attribute object
      • embedding array[number] Required

        Text Embedding results containing bytes are represented as Dense Vectors of bytes.

    • text_embedding_bits array[object]
      Hide text_embedding_bits attribute Show text_embedding_bits attribute object
      • embedding array[number] Required

        Text Embedding results containing bytes are represented as Dense Vectors of bytes.

    • text_embedding array[object]
      Hide text_embedding attribute Show text_embedding attribute object
      • embedding array[number] Required

        Text Embedding results are represented as Dense Vectors of floats.

    • sparse_embedding array[object]
      Hide sparse_embedding attribute Show sparse_embedding attribute object
      • embedding object Required

        Sparse Embedding tokens are represented as a dictionary of string to double.

        Hide embedding attribute Show embedding attribute object
        • * number Additional properties
    • completion array[object]
      Hide completion attribute Show completion attribute object
    • rerank array[object]
      Hide rerank attributes Show rerank attributes object
POST /_inference/{task_type}/{inference_id} 
curl \
 --request POST http://api.example.com/_inference/{task_type}/{inference_id} \
 --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
 --data '{"query":"string","input":"string","task_settings":{}}'
Request examples 
{
  "query": "string",
  "input": "string",
  "task_settings": {}
}
Response examples (200) 
{
  "text_embedding_bytes": [
    {
      "embedding": [
        42.0
      ]
    }
  ],
  "text_embedding_bits": [
    {
      "embedding": [
        42.0
      ]
    }
  ],
  "text_embedding": [
    {
      "embedding": [
        42.0
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sparse_embedding": [
    {
      "embedding": {
        "additionalProperty1": 42.0,
        "additionalProperty2": 42.0
      }
    }
  ],
  "completion": [
    {
      "result": "string"
    }
  ],
  "rerank": [
    {
      "index": 42.0,
      "relevance_score": 42.0,
      "text": "string"
    }
  ]
}

Ingest

Ingest APIs enable you to manage tasks and resources related to ingest pipelines and processors.