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[role="xpack"]
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[[watcher-api-put-watch]]
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=== Put watch API
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++++
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<titleabbrev>Put watch</titleabbrev>
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++++
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Either registers a new watch in {watcher} or updates an existing one.
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[[watcher-api-put-watch-request]]
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==== {api-request-title}
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`PUT _watcher/watch/<watch_id>`
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[[watcher-api-put-watch-prereqs]]
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==== {api-prereq-title}
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* You must have `manage_watcher` cluster privileges to use this API. For more
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information, see {stack-ov}/security-privileges.html[Security privileges].
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[[watcher-api-put-watch-desc]]
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==== {api-description-title}
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When a watch is registered, a new document that represents the watch is added to
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the `.watches` index and its trigger is immediately registered with the relevant
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trigger engine. Typically for the `schedule` trigger, the scheduler is the
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trigger engine.
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IMPORTANT: You must use {kib} or this API to create a watch. Do not put a watch
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directly to the `.watches` index using the Elasticsearch index API.
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If {es} {security-features} are enabled, do not give users `write`
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privileges on the `.watches` index.
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When adding a watch you can also define its initial
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{stack-ov}/how-watcher-works.html#watch-active-state[active state]. You do that
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by setting the `active` parameter.
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[[watcher-api-put-watch-security]]
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===== Security integration
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When {es} {security-features} are enabled, your watch can index or search only
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on indices for which the user that stored the watch has privileges. If the user
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is able to read index `a`, but not index `b`, the same will apply, when the watch
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is executed.
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[[watcher-api-put-watch-path-params]]
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==== {api-path-parms-title}
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`<watch_id>`::
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(Required, string) Identifier for the watch.
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[[watcher-api-put-watch-query-params]]
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==== {api-query-parms-title}
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`active`::
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(Optional, boolean) Defines whether the watch is active or inactive by default.
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The default value is `true`, which means the watch is active by default.
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[[watcher-api-put-watch-request-body]]
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==== {api-request-body-title}
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A watch has the following fields:
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[options="header"]
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|======
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| Name | Description
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| `trigger` | The {stack-ov}/trigger.html[trigger] that defines when
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the watch should run.
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| `input` | The {stack-ov}/input.html[input] that defines the input
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that loads the data for the watch.
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| `condition` | The {stack-ov}/condition.html[condition] that defines if
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the actions should be run.
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| `actions` | The list of {stack-ov}/actions.html[actions] that will be
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run if the condition matches
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| `metadata` | Metadata json that will be copied into the history entries.
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| `throttle_period` | The minimum time between actions being run, the default
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for this is 5 seconds. This default can be changed in the
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config file with the setting
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`xpack.watcher.throttle.period.default_period`. If both
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this value and the `throttle_period_in_millis` parameter
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are specified, {watcher} uses the last parameter
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included in the request.
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| `throttle_period_in_millis` | Minimum time in milliseconds between actions
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being run. Defaults to `5000`. If both this
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value and the `throttle_period` parameter are
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specified, {watcher} uses the last parameter
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included in the request.
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|======
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//[[watcher-api-put-watch-response-body]]
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//==== {api-response-body-title}
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//[[watcher-api-put-watch-response-codes]]
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//==== {api-response-codes-title}
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[[watcher-api-put-watch-example]]
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==== {api-examples-title}
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The following example adds a watch with the `my-watch` id that has the following
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characteristics:
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* The watch schedule triggers every minute.
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* The watch search input looks for any 404 HTTP responses that occurred in the
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last five minutes.
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* The watch condition checks if any search hits where found.
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* When found, the watch action sends an email to an administrator.
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[source,console]
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--------------------------------------------------
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PUT _watcher/watch/my-watch
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{
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"trigger" : {
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"schedule" : { "cron" : "0 0/1 * * * ?" }
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},
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"input" : {
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"search" : {
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"request" : {
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"indices" : [
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"logstash*"
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],
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"body" : {
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"query" : {
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"bool" : {
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"must" : {
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"match": {
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"response": 404
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}
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},
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"filter" : {
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"range": {
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"@timestamp": {
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"from": "{{ctx.trigger.scheduled_time}}||-5m",
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"to": "{{ctx.trigger.triggered_time}}"
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}
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}
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}
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}
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}
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}
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}
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}
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},
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"condition" : {
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"compare" : { "ctx.payload.hits.total" : { "gt" : 0 }}
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},
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"actions" : {
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"email_admin" : {
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"email" : {
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"to" : "admin@domain.host.com",
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"subject" : "404 recently encountered"
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}
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}
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}
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}
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--------------------------------------------------
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When you add a watch you can also define its initial
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{stack-ov}/how-watcher-works.html#watch-active-state[active state]. You do that
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by setting the `active` parameter. The following command adds a watch and sets
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it to be inactive by default:
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[source,js]
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--------------------------------------------------
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PUT _watcher/watch/my-watch?active=false
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--------------------------------------------------
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NOTE: If you omit the `active` parameter, the watch is active by default.
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