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# Elasticsearch REST API JSON specification
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This repository contains a collection of JSON files which describe the [Elasticsearch](http://elastic.co) HTTP API.
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Their purpose is to formalize and standardize the API, to facilitate development of libraries and integrations.
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Example for the ["Create Index"](http://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/master/indices-create-index.html) API:
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```json
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{
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"indices.create": {
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"documentation":{
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"url":"http://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/master/indices-create-index.html"
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},
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"stability": "stable",
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"url":{
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"paths":[
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{
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"path":"/{index}",
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"method":"PUT",
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"parts":{
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"index":{
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"type":"string",
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"description":"The name of the index"
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}
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}
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}
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]
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},
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"params": {
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"timeout": {
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"type" : "time",
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"description" : "Explicit operation timeout"
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}
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},
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"body": {
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"description" : "The configuration for the index (`settings` and `mappings`)"
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}
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}
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}
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```
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The specification contains:
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* The _name_ of the API (`indices.create`), which usually corresponds to the client calls
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* Link to the documentation at the <http://elastic.co> website
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* `stability` indicating the state of the API, has to be declared explicitly or YAML tests will fail
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* `experimental` highly likely to break in the near future (minor/path), no bwc guarantees.
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Possibly removed in the future.
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* `beta` less likely to break or be removed but still reserve the right to do so
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* `stable` No backwards breaking changes in a minor
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* Request URL: HTTP method, path and parts
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* Request parameters
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* Request body specification
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**NOTE**
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If an API is stable but it response should be treated as an arbitrary map of key values please notate this as followed
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```json
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{
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"api.name": {
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"stability" : "stable",
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"response": {
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"treat_json_as_key_value" : true
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}
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}
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}
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```
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## Backwards compatibility
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The specification follows the same backward compatibility guarantees as Elasticsearch.
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- Within a Major, additions only.
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- If an item has been documented wrong it should be deprecated instead as removing these might break downstream clients.
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- Major version change, may deprecate pieces or simply remove them given enough deprecation time.
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## Deprecations
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The specification schema allows to codify API deprecations, either for an entire API, or for specific parts of the API, such as paths or parameters.
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#### Entire API:
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```json
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{
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"api" : {
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"deprecated" : {
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"version" : "7.0.0",
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"description" : "Reason API is being deprecated"
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},
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}
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}
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```
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#### Specific paths and their parts:
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```json
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{
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"api": {
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"url": {
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"paths": [
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{
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"path":"/{index}/{type}/{id}/_create",
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"method":"PUT",
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"parts":{
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"id":{
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"type":"string",
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"description":"Document ID"
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},
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"index":{
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"type":"string",
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"description":"The name of the index"
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},
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"type":{
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"type":"string",
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"description":"The type of the document",
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"deprecated":true
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}
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},
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"deprecated":{
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"version":"7.0.0",
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"description":"Specifying types in urls has been deprecated"
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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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#### Parameters
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```json
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{
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"api": {
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"url": {
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"params": {
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"stored_fields": {
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"type": "list",
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"description" : "",
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"deprecated" : {
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"version" : "7.0.0",
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"description" : "Reason parameter is being deprecated"
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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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## License
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This software is licensed under the Apache License, version 2 ("ALv2").
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