OpenSearch/rest-api-spec
Alex Ksikes b118558962 MLT Query: Support for artificial documents
Previously, the only way to specify a document not present in the index was to
use `like_text`. This would usually lead to complex queries made of multiple
MLT queries per document field. This commit adds the ability to the MLT query
to directly specify documents not present in the index (artificial documents).
The syntax is similar to the Percolator API or to the Multi Term Vector API.

Closes #7725
2014-09-29 15:49:13 +02:00
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api Update indices.get_mapping.json 2014-09-25 09:53:27 -07:00
test MLT Query: Support for artificial documents 2014-09-29 15:49:13 +02:00
utils [UTIL] Fixed an error for the `--output` parameter in `thor api:spec:generate` 2013-12-05 17:36:54 +01:00
.gitignore Initial commit (blank repository) 2013-05-23 17:56:22 +02:00
LICENSE.txt [SETUP] Added README and LICENSE 2013-05-24 12:06:08 +02:00
README.markdown Update README with full command to generate spec 2013-12-11 18:33:45 +00:00

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.elasticsearch.org/guide/reference/api/admin-indices-create-index/",
    "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://elasticsearch.org
  • 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.

Utilities

The repository contains some utilities in the utils directory:

  • The thor api:generate:spec will generate the basic JSON specification from Java source code
  • The thor api:generate:code generates Ruby source code and tests from the specs, and can be extended to generate assets in another programming language

Run bundle install and then thor list in the utils folder.

The full command to generate the api spec is:

thor api:spec:generate --output=myfolder --elasticsearch=/path/to/es

License

This software is licensed under the Apache 2 license.