OpenSearch/rest-api-spec
Luca Cavanna 0352d88621
Get Mapping API to honour allow_no_indices and ignore_unavailable (#31507)
Get Mapping currently throws index not found exception (and returns
404 status code) from the REST layer whenever an index was specified
and no indices have been returned. We should not have this logic in the
REST layer though as only our index resolver should decide whether we
need to throw exceptions or not based on provided indices and corresponding
indices options.

Closes #31485
2018-06-22 09:57:32 +02:00
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src/main/resources/rest-api-spec Get Mapping API to honour allow_no_indices and ignore_unavailable (#31507) 2018-06-22 09:57:32 +02:00
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README.markdown Remove reference to utils for generating REST docs 2016-03-30 13:36:51 +02:00
build.gradle Build: Add pom building and associated files to rest api spec jar (#20460) 2016-09-13 14:05:52 -07:00

README.markdown

Elasticsearch REST API JSON specification

This repository contains a collection of JSON files which describe the Elasticsearch HTTP API.

Their purpose is to formalize and standardize the API, to facilitate development of libraries and integrations.

Example for the "Create Index" API:

{
  "indices.create": {
    "documentation": "http://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/master/indices-create-index.html",
    "methods": ["PUT", "POST"],
    "url": {
      "path": "/{index}",
      "paths": ["/{index}"],
      "parts": {
        "index": {
          "type" : "string",
          "required" : true,
          "description" : "The name of the index"
        }
      },
      "params": {
        "timeout": {
          "type" : "time",
          "description" : "Explicit operation timeout"
        }
      }
    },
    "body": {
      "description" : "The configuration for the index (`settings` and `mappings`)"
    }
  }
}

The specification contains:

  • The name of the API (indices.create), which usually corresponds to the client calls
  • Link to the documentation at http://elastic.co
  • List of HTTP methods for the endpoint
  • URL specification: path, parts, parameters
  • Whether body is allowed for the endpoint or not and its description

The methods and url.paths elements list all possible HTTP methods and URLs for the endpoint; it is the responsibility of the developer to use this information for a sensible API on the target platform.

License

This software is licensed under the Apache License, version 2 ("ALv2").