[[indices-refresh]]
=== Refresh

The refresh API allows to explicitly refresh one or more index, making
all operations performed since the last refresh available for search.
The (near) real-time capabilities depend on the index engine used. For
example, the internal one requires refresh to be called, but by default a
refresh is scheduled periodically.

[source,console]
--------------------------------------------------
POST /twitter/_refresh
--------------------------------------------------
// TEST[setup:twitter]

[float]
==== Multi Index

The refresh API can be applied to more than one index with a single
call, or even on `_all` the indices.

[source,console]
--------------------------------------------------
POST /kimchy,elasticsearch/_refresh

POST /_refresh
--------------------------------------------------
// TEST[s/^/PUT kimchy\nPUT elasticsearch\n/]