* [DOCS] Format Watcher APIs

* [DOCS] Removed master_timeout from Watcher APIs

* [DOCS] Added authority info to watcher APIs

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[[watcher-api-ack-watch]]
=== Ack Watch API
{xpack-ref}/actions.html#actions-ack-throttle[Acknowledging a watch] enables you to manually throttle
execution of the watch's actions. An action's _acknowledgement state_ is stored
in the `status.actions.<id>.ack.state` structure.
{xpack-ref}/actions.html#actions-ack-throttle[Acknowledging a watch] enables you
to manually throttle execution of the watch's actions. An action's
_acknowledgement state_ is stored in the `status.actions.<id>.ack.state`
structure.
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==== Request
`PUT _xpack/watcher/watch/<watch_id>/_ack` +
`PUT _xpack/watcher/watch/<watch_id>/_ack/<action_id>`
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==== Path Parameters
`action_id`::
(list) A comma-separated list of the action IDs to acknowledge. If you omit
this parameter, all of the actions of the watch are acknowledged.
`watch_id` (required)::
(string) Identifier for the watch.
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==== Authorization
You must have `manage_watcher` cluster privileges to use this API. For more
information, see {xpack-ref}/security-privileges.html[Security Privileges].
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==== Examples
To demonstrate let's create a new watch:

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{xpack-ref}/how-watcher-works.html#watch-active-state[active or inactive]. This
API enables you to activate a currently inactive watch.
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==== Request
`PUT _xpack/watcher/watch/<watch_id>/_activate`
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==== Path Parameters
`watch_id` (required)::
(string) Identifier for the watch.
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==== Authorization
You must have `manage_watcher` cluster privileges to use this API. For more
information, see {xpack-ref}/security-privileges.html[Security Privileges].
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==== Examples
The status of an inactive watch is returned with the watch definition when you
call the <<watcher-api-get-watch, Get Watch API>>:

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{xpack-ref}/how-watcher-works.html#watch-active-state[active or inactive]. This
API enables you to deactivate a currently active watch.
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==== Request
`PUT _xpack/watcher/watch/<watch_id>/_deactivate`
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==== Path Parameters
`watch_id` (required)::
(string) Identifier for the watch.
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==== Authorization
You must have `manage_watcher` cluster privileges to use this API. For more
information, see {xpack-ref}/security-privileges.html[Security Privileges].
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==== Examples
The status of an active watch is returned with the watch definition when you
call the <<watcher-api-get-watch, Get Watch API>>:

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[[watcher-api-delete-watch]]
=== Delete Watch API
The DELETE watch API removes a watch (identified by its `id`) from {watcher}.
Once removed, the document representing the watch in the `.watches` index is
gone and it will never be executed again.
The DELETE watch API removes a watch from {watcher}.
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==== Request
`DELETE _xpack/watcher/watch/<watch_id>`
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==== Description
When the watch is removed, the document representing the watch in the `.watches`
index is gone and it will never be run again.
Please note that deleting a watch **does not** delete any watch execution records
related to this watch from the watch history.
IMPORTANT: Deleting a watch must be done via this API only. Do not delete the
watch directly from the `.watches` index using Elasticsearch's
watch directly from the `.watches` index using the Elasticsearch
DELETE Document API. When {security} is enabled, make sure no `write`
privileges are granted to anyone over the `.watches` index.
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==== Path Parameters
`watch_id` (required)::
(string) Identifier for the watch.
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==== Authorization
You must have `manage_watcher` cluster privileges to use this API. For more
information, see {xpack-ref}/security-privileges.html[Security Privileges].
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==== Examples
The following example deletes a watch with the `my-watch` id:
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// TESTRESPONSE

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force execution of the watch outside of its triggering logic, or to simulate the
watch execution for debugging purposes.
The following example executes the `my_watch` watch:
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==== Request
[source,js]
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POST _xpack/watcher/watch/my_watch/_execute
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// CONSOLE
// TEST[setup:my_active_watch]
`POST _xpack/watcher/watch/<watch_id>/_execute` +
For testing and debugging purposes, you also have fine-grained control on how the
watch is executed--execute the watch without executing all of its actions or
alternatively by simulating them. You can also force execution by ignoring the
watch condition and control whether a watch record would be written to the watch
history after execution.
`POST _xpack/watcher/watch/_execute`
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==== Description
For testing and debugging purposes, you also have fine-grained control on how
the watch runs. You can execute the watch without executing all of its actions
or alternatively by simulating them. You can also force execution by ignoring
the watch condition and control whether a watch record would be written to the
watch history after execution.
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[[watcher-api-execute-inline-watch]]
===== Inline Watch Execution
You can use the Execute API to execute watches that are not yet registered by
specifying the watch definition inline. This serves as great tool for testing
and debugging your watches prior to adding them to {watcher}.
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==== Path Parameters
`watch_id`::
(string) Identifier for the watch.
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==== Query Parameters
`debug`::
(boolean) Defines whether the watch runs in debug mode. The default value is
`false`.
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==== Request Body
This API supports the following fields:
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not persisted to the index and record_execution cannot be set.
|======
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[[watcher-api-execute-watch-action-mode]]
===== Action Execution Modes
Action modes define how actions are handled during the watch execution. There
are five possible modes an action can be associated with:
[options="header"]
|======
| Name | Description
| `simulate` | The action execution is simulated. Each action type
define its own simulation operation mode. For example, the
{xpack-ref}/actions-email.html[email] action creates
the email that would have been sent but does not actually
send it. In this mode, the action might be throttled if the
current state of the watch indicates it should be.
| `force_simulate` | Similar to the the `simulate` mode, except the action is
not be throttled even if the current state of the watch
indicates it should be.
| `execute` | Executes the action as it would have been executed if the
watch would have been triggered by its own trigger. The
execution might be throttled if the current state of the
watch indicates it should be.
| `force_execute` | Similar to the `execute` mode, except the action is not
throttled even if the current state of the watch indicates
it should be.
| `skip` | The action is skipped and is not executed or simulated.
Effectively forces the action to be throttled.
|======
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==== Authorization
You must have `manage_watcher` cluster privileges to use this API. For more
information, see {xpack-ref}/security-privileges.html[Security Privileges].
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==== Examples
The following example executes the `my_watch` watch:
[source,js]
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POST _xpack/watcher/watch/my_watch/_execute
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// CONSOLE
// TEST[setup:my_active_watch]
The following example shows a comprehensive example of executing the `my-watch` watch:
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// TEST[setup:my_active_watch]
<1> The triggered and schedule times are provided.
<2> The input as defined by the watch is ignored and instead the provided input
will be used as the execution payload.
<3> The condition as defined by the watch will be ignored and will be assumed to
is used as the execution payload.
<3> The condition as defined by the watch is ignored and is assumed to
evaluate to `true`.
<4> Forces the simulation of `my-action`. Forcing the simulation means that
throttling is ignored and the watch is simulated by {watcher} instead of
being executed normally.
<5> The execution of the watch will create a watch record in the watch history,
and the throttling state of the watch will potentially be updated accordingly.
<5> The execution of the watch creates a watch record in the watch history,
and the throttling state of the watch is potentially updated accordingly.
This is an example of the output:
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<2> The watch record document as it would be stored in the `.watcher-history` index.
<3> The watch execution results.
[[watcher-api-execute-watch-action-mode]]
==== Action Execution Modes
Action modes define how actions are handled during the watch execution. There
are five possible modes an action can be associated with:
[options="header"]
|======
| Name | Description
| `simulate` | The action execution will be simulated. Each action type
define its own simulation operation mode. For example, the
{xpack-ref}/actions-email.html[email] action will create
the email that would have been sent but will not actually
send it. In this mode, the action may be throttled if the
current state of the watch indicates it should be.
| `force_simulate` | Similar to the the `simulate` mode, except the action will
not be throttled even if the current state of the watch
indicates it should be.
| `execute` | Executes the action as it would have been executed if the
watch would have been triggered by its own trigger. The
execution may be throttled if the current state of the
watch indicates it should be.
| `force_execute` | Similar to the `execute` mode, except the action will not
be throttled even if the current state of the watch
indicates it should be.
| `skip` | The action will be skipped and won't be executed nor
simulated. Effectively forcing the action to be throttled.
|======
You can set a different execution mode for every action by associating the mode
name with the action id:
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// CONSOLE
// TEST[setup:my_active_watch]
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[[watcher-api-execute-inline-watch]]
==== Inline Watch Execution
You can use the Execute API to execute watches that are not yet registered by
specifying the watch definition inline. This serves as great tool for testing
and debugging your watches prior to adding them to {watcher}.
The following example shows how to execute a watch inline:
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[[watcher-api-get-watch]]
=== Get Watch API
This API retrieves a watch by its id.
This API retrieves a watch by its ID.
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==== Request
`GET _xpack/watcher/watch/<watch_id>`
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==== Path Parameters
`watch_id` (required)::
(string) Identifier for the watch.
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==== Authorization
You must have `manage_watcher` or `monitor_watcher` cluster privileges to use
this API. For more information, see
{xpack-ref}/security-privileges.html[Security Privileges].
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==== Examples
The following example gets a watch with `my-watch` id:

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=== Put Watch API
The PUT watch API either registers a new watch in {watcher} or update an
existing one. Once registered, a new document will be added to the `.watches`
index, representing the watch, and its trigger will immediately be registered
with the relevant trigger engine (typically the scheduler, for the `schedule`
trigger).
existing one.
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==== Request
`PUT _xpack/watcher/watch/<watch_id>`
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==== Description
When a watch is registered, a new document that represents the watch is added to
the `.watches` index and its trigger is immediately registered with the relevant
trigger engine. Typically for the `schedule` trigger, the scheduler is the
trigger engine.
IMPORTANT: Putting a watch must be done via this API only. Do not put a watch
directly to the `.watches` index using Elasticsearch's Index API.
directly to the `.watches` index using the Elasticsearch Index API.
If {security} is enabled, make sure no `write` privileges are
granted to anyone over the `.watches` index.
When adding a watch you can also define its initial
{xpack-ref}/how-watcher-works.html#watch-active-state[active state]. You do that
by setting the `active` parameter.
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==== Path Parameters
`watch_id` (required)::
(string) Identifier for the watch.
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==== Query Parameters
`active`::
(boolean) Defines whether the watch is active or inactive by default. The
default value is `true`, which means the watch is active by default.
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==== Request Body
A watch has the following fields:
[options="header"]
|======
| Name | Description
| `trigger` | The {xpack-ref}/trigger.html[trigger] that defines when
the watch should run.
| `input` | The {xpack-ref}/input.html[input] that defines the input
that loads the data for the watch.
| `condition` | The {xpack-ref}/condition.html[condition] that defines if
the actions should be run.
| `actions` | The list of {xpack-ref}/actions.html[actions] that will be
run if the condition matches
| `metadata` | Metadata json that will be copied into the history entries.
| `throttle_period` | The minimum time between actions being run, the default
for this is 5 seconds. This default can be changed in the
config file with the setting `xpack.watcher.throttle.period.default_period`.
|======
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==== Authorization
You must have `manage_watcher` cluster privileges to use this API. For more
information, see {xpack-ref}/security-privileges.html[Security Privileges].
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==== Examples
The following example adds a watch with the `my-watch` id that has the following
characteristics:
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// CONSOLE
A watch has the following fields:
[options="header"]
|======
| Name | Description
| `trigger` | The {xpack-ref}/trigger.html[trigger] that defines when
the watch should run.
| `input` | The {xpack-ref}/input.html[input] that defines the input
that loads the data for the watch.
| `condition` | The {xpack-ref}/condition.html[condition] that defines if
the actions should be run.
| `actions` | The list of {xpack-ref}/actions.html[actions] that will be
run if the condition matches
| `metadata` | Metadata json that will be copied into the history entries.
| `throttle_period` | The minimum time between actions being run, the default
for this is 5 seconds. This default can be changed in the
config file with the setting `xpack.watcher.throttle.period.default_period`.
|======
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[[watcher-api-put-watch-active-state]]
==== Controlling Default Active State
When adding a watch you can also define its initial
When you add a watch you can also define its initial
{xpack-ref}/how-watcher-works.html#watch-active-state[active state]. You do that
by setting the `active` parameter. The following command add a watch and sets it
to be inactive by default:
by setting the `active` parameter. The following command adds a watch and sets
it to be inactive by default:
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=== Start API
The `start` API starts the {watcher} service if the service is not already
running, as in the following example:
running.
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==== Request
`POST _xpack/watcher/_start`
==== Authorization
You must have `manage_watcher` cluster privileges to use this API. For more
information, see {xpack-ref}/security-privileges.html[Security Privileges].
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==== Examples
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[[watcher-api-stats]]
=== Stats API
The `stats` API returns the current {watcher} metrics. You can control what
metrics this API returns using the `metric` parameter.
The `stats` API returns the current {watcher} metrics.
The supported metrics are:
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==== Request
[options="header"]
|======
| Metric | Description
| `executing_watches` | Include the current executing watches in the response.
| `queued_watches` | Include the watches queued for execution in the response.
| `_all` | Include all metrics in the response.
|======
`GET _xpack/watcher/stats` +
The {watcher} `stats` API always returns basic metrics regardless of the
`metric` option. The following example calls the `stats` API including the
basic metrics:
`GET _xpack/watcher/stats/<metric>`
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==== Description
This API always returns basic metrics. You retrieve more metrics by using
the `metric` parameter.
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===== Current executing watches metric
The current executing watches metric gives insight into the watches that are
currently being executed by {watcher}. Additional information is shared per
watch that is currently executing. This information includes the `watch_id`,
the time its execution started and its current execution phase.
To include this metric, the `metric` option should be set to `executing_watches`
or `_all`. In addition you can also specify the `emit_stacktraces=true`
parameter, which adds stack traces for each watch that is being executed. These
stack traces can give you more insight into an execution of a watch.
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===== Queued watches metric
{watcher} moderates the execution of watches such that their execution won't put
too much pressure on the node and its resources. If too many watches trigger
concurrently and there isn't enough capacity to execute them all, some of the
watches are queued, waiting for the current executing watches to finish their
execution. The queued watches metric gives insight on these queued watches.
To include this metric, the `metric` option should include `queued_watches` or
`_all`.
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==== Path Parameters
`emit_stacktraces`::
(boolean) Defines whether stack traces are generated for each watch that is
running. The default value is `false`.
`metric`::
(enum) Defines which additional metrics are included in the response.
`executing_watches`::: Includes the current executing watches in the response.
`queued_watches`::: Includes the watches queued for execution in the response.
`_all`::: Includes all metrics in the response.
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==== Authorization
You must have `manage_watcher` or `monitor_watcher` cluster privileges to use
this API. For more information, see
{xpack-ref}/security-privileges.html[Security Privileges].
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==== Examples
The following example calls the `stats` API to retrieve basic metrics:
[source,js]
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}
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<1> The current state of watcher. May be either `started`, `starting` or `stopped`.
<1> The current state of watcher, which can be `started`, `starting`, or `stopped`.
<2> The number of watches currently registered.
<3> The number of watches that were triggered and currently queued for execution.
<4> The largest size of the execution thread pool indicating the largest number
of concurrent executing watches.
==== Current executing watches metric
The current executing watches metric gives insight into the watches that are
currently being executed by {watcher}. Additional information is shared per
watch that is currently executing. This information includes the `watch_id`,
the time its execution started and its current execution phase.
To include this metric, the `metric` option should be set to `executing_watches`
or `_all`.
<4> The largest size of the execution thread pool, which indicates the largest
number of concurrent executing watches.
The following example specifies the `metric` option as a query string argument
and will include the basic metrics and metrics about the current executing watches:
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}
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<1> A list of all the Watches that are currently being executed by {watcher}.
When no watches are currently executing an empty array is returned. The
<1> A list of all the watches that are currently being executed by {watcher}.
When no watches are currently executing, an empty array is returned. The
captured watches are sorted by execution time in descending order. Thus the
longest running watch is always at the top.
<2> The id of the watch being executed.
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<6> The current watch execution phase. Can be `input`, `condition` `actions`,
`awaits_execution`, `started`, `watch_transform`, `aborted`, `finished`.
In addition you can also specify the `emit_stacktraces=true` parameter, which
adds stack traces for each watch that is being executed. These stacktraces can
give you more insight into an execution of a watch.
==== Queued watches metric
{watcher} moderates the execution of watches such that their execution won't put
too much pressure on the node and its resources. If too many watches trigger
concurrently and there isn't enough capacity to execute them all, some of the
watches are queued, waiting for the current executing watches to finish their
execution. The queued watches metric gives insight on these queued watches.
To include this metric, the `metric` option should include `queued_watches` or
`_all`.
The following example specifies the `queued_watches` metric option and includes
both the basic metrics and the queued watches:

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[[watcher-api-stop]]
=== Stop API
The `stop` API stops the {watcher} service if the service is running, as in the
following example:
The `stop` API stops the {watcher} service if the service is running.
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==== Request
`POST _xpack/watcher/_stop`
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==== Authorization
You must have `manage_watcher` cluster privileges to use this API. For more
information, see {xpack-ref}/security-privileges.html[Security Privileges].
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==== Examples
[source,js]
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