OpenSearch/rest-api-spec
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  Add proper toString() method to UpdateTask (#21582)
  Fix `InternalEngine#isThrottled` to not always return `false`. (#21592)
  add `ignore_missing` option to SplitProcessor (#20982)
  fix trace_match behavior for when there is only one grok pattern (#21413)
  Remove dead code from GetResponse.java
  Fixes date range query using epoch with timezone (#21542)
  Do not cache term queries. (#21566)
  Updated dynamic mapper section
  Docs: Clarify date_histogram bucket sizes for DST time zones
  Handle release of 5.0.1
  Fix skip reason for stats API parameters test
  Reduce skip version for stats API parameter tests
  Strict level parsing for indices stats
  Remove cluster update task when task times out (#21578)
  [DOCS] Mention "all-fields" mode doesn't search across nested documents
  InternalTestCluster: when restarting a node we should validate the cluster is formed via the node we just restarted
  Fixed bad asciidoc in boolean mapping docs
  Fixed bad asciidoc ID in node stats
  Be strict when parsing values searching for booleans (#21555)
  Fix time zone rounding edge case for DST overlaps
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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").