OpenSearch/rest-api-spec
Nhat Nguyen b9f96a8e1f
Expose external refreshes through the stats API (#38643)
Right now, the stats API only provides refresh metrics regarding
internal refreshes. This isn't very useful and somewhat misleading for
cluster administrators since the internal refreshes are not indicative
of documents being available for search.

In this PR I added a new metric for collecting external refreshes as
they occur and exposing them through the stats API. Now, calling an
endpoint for stats will yield external refresh metrics as well.

Relates #36712
2019-03-24 22:21:00 -04:00
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src/main/resources/rest-api-spec Expose external refreshes through the stats API (#38643) 2019-03-24 22:21:00 -04:00
.gitignore Initial commit (blank repository) 2013-05-23 17:56:22 +02:00
README.markdown Remove reference to utils for generating REST docs 2016-03-30 13:36:51 +02:00
build.gradle Converting randomized testing to create a separate unitTest task instead of replacing the builtin test task (#36311) 2018-12-19 08:25:20 +02:00

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").