[[watcher-api-restart]]
=== Restart API

The `restart` API stops, then starts the {watcher} service, as in the
following example:

[source,js]
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POST _xpack/watcher/_restart
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// CONSOLE

{watcher} returns the following response if the request is successful:

[source,js]
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{
   "acknowledged": true
}
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// TESTRESPONSE