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javanna b56bbf62dd Validate query api: move query parsing on the coordinating node Similarly to what we did with the search api, we can now also move query parsing on the coordinating node for the validate query api. Given that the explain api is a single shard operation (compared to search which is instead a broadcast operation), this doesn't change a lot in how the api works internally. The main benefit is that we can simplify the java api by requiring a structured query object to be provided rather than a bytes array that will get parsed on the data node. Previously if you specified a QueryBuilder it would be serialized in json format and would get reparsed on the data node, while now it doesn't go through parsing anymore (as expected), given that after the query-refactoring we are able to properly stream queries natively. Note that the WrapperQueryBuilder can be used from the java api to provide a query as a string, in that case the actual parsing of the inner query will happen on the data node. Relates to #10217 Closes #14384		2015-11-02 11:21:20 +01:00
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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.

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 License, version 2 ("ALv2").