Authentication

The API accepts 3 different authentication methods:

Api key auth (http_api_key)

Elasticsearch APIs support key-based authentication. You must create an API key and use the encoded value in the request header. For example:

curl -X GET "${ES_URL}/_cat/indices?v=true" \
  -H "Authorization: ApiKey ${API_KEY}"

To get API keys, use the /_security/api_key APIs.

Basic auth (http)

Basic auth tokens are constructed with the Basic keyword, followed by a space, followed by a base64-encoded string of your username:password (separated by a : colon).

Example: send a Authorization: Basic aGVsbG86aGVsbG8= HTTP header with your requests to authenticate with the API.

Bearer auth (http)

Elasticsearch APIs support the use of bearer tokens in the Authorization HTTP header to authenticate with the API. For examples, refer to Token-based authentication services


































































































































































































































Connector

The connector and sync jobs APIs provide a convenient way to create and manage Elastic connectors and sync jobs in an internal index. Connectors are Elasticsearch integrations that bring content from third-party data sources, which can be deployed on Elastic Cloud or hosted on your own infrastructure:

  • Elastic managed connectors (Native connectors) are a managed service on Elastic Cloud
  • Self-managed connectors (Connector clients) are self-managed on your infrastructure.

This API provides an alternative to relying solely on Kibana UI for connector and sync job management. The API comes with a set of validations and assertions to ensure that the state representation in the internal index remains valid.

Check out the connector API tutorial




















































































































Cross-cluster replication

























Forget a follower Generally available; Added in 6.7.0

POST /{index}/_ccr/forget_follower

Remove the cross-cluster replication follower retention leases from the leader.

A following index takes out retention leases on its leader index. These leases are used to increase the likelihood that the shards of the leader index retain the history of operations that the shards of the following index need to run replication. When a follower index is converted to a regular index by the unfollow API (either by directly calling the API or by index lifecycle management tasks), these leases are removed. However, removal of the leases can fail, for example when the remote cluster containing the leader index is unavailable. While the leases will eventually expire on their own, their extended existence can cause the leader index to hold more history than necessary and prevent index lifecycle management from performing some operations on the leader index. This API exists to enable manually removing the leases when the unfollow API is unable to do so.

NOTE: This API does not stop replication by a following index. If you use this API with a follower index that is still actively following, the following index will add back retention leases on the leader. The only purpose of this API is to handle the case of failure to remove the following retention leases after the unfollow API is invoked.

External documentation

Path parameters

  • index string Required

    the name of the leader index for which specified follower retention leases should be removed

Query parameters

  • timeout string

    Period to wait for a response. If no response is received before the timeout expires, the request fails and returns an error.

    Values are -1 or 0.

application/json

Body Required

  • follower_cluster string
  • follower_index string
  • follower_index_uuid string
  • leader_remote_cluster string

Responses

  • 200 application/json
    Hide response attribute Show response attribute object
    • _shards object Required
      Hide _shards attributes Show _shards attributes object
      • failed number Required
      • successful number Required
      • total number Required
      • failures array[object]
        Hide failures attributes Show failures attributes object
        • index string
        • node string
        • reason object Required

          Cause and details about a request failure. This class defines the properties common to all error types. Additional details are also provided, that depend on the error type.

          Hide reason attributes Show reason attributes object
          • type string Required

            The type of error

          • reason string | null

            A human-readable explanation of the error, in English.

          • stack_trace string

            The server stack trace. Present only if the error_trace=true parameter was sent with the request.

          • caused_by object

            Cause and details about a request failure. This class defines the properties common to all error types. Additional details are also provided, that depend on the error type.

          • root_cause array[object]

            Cause and details about a request failure. This class defines the properties common to all error types. Additional details are also provided, that depend on the error type.

            Cause and details about a request failure. This class defines the properties common to all error types. Additional details are also provided, that depend on the error type.

          • suppressed array[object]

            Cause and details about a request failure. This class defines the properties common to all error types. Additional details are also provided, that depend on the error type.

            Cause and details about a request failure. This class defines the properties common to all error types. Additional details are also provided, that depend on the error type.

        • shard number Required
        • status string
      • skipped number
POST /{index}/_ccr/forget_follower
POST /<leader_index>/_ccr/forget_follower
{
  "follower_cluster" : "<follower_cluster>",
  "follower_index" : "<follower_index>",
  "follower_index_uuid" : "<follower_index_uuid>",
  "leader_remote_cluster" : "<leader_remote_cluster>"
}
resp = client.ccr.forget_follower(
    index="<leader_index>",
    follower_cluster="<follower_cluster>",
    follower_index="<follower_index>",
    follower_index_uuid="<follower_index_uuid>",
    leader_remote_cluster="<leader_remote_cluster>",
)
const response = await client.ccr.forgetFollower({
  index: "<leader_index>",
  follower_cluster: "<follower_cluster>",
  follower_index: "<follower_index>",
  follower_index_uuid: "<follower_index_uuid>",
  leader_remote_cluster: "<leader_remote_cluster>",
});
response = client.ccr.forget_follower(
  index: "<leader_index>",
  body: {
    "follower_cluster": "<follower_cluster>",
    "follower_index": "<follower_index>",
    "follower_index_uuid": "<follower_index_uuid>",
    "leader_remote_cluster": "<leader_remote_cluster>"
  }
)
$resp = $client->ccr()->forgetFollower([
    "index" => "<leader_index>",
    "body" => [
        "follower_cluster" => "<follower_cluster>",
        "follower_index" => "<follower_index>",
        "follower_index_uuid" => "<follower_index_uuid>",
        "leader_remote_cluster" => "<leader_remote_cluster>",
    ],
]);
curl -X POST -H "Authorization: ApiKey $ELASTIC_API_KEY" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"follower_cluster":"<follower_cluster>","follower_index":"<follower_index>","follower_index_uuid":"<follower_index_uuid>","leader_remote_cluster":"<leader_remote_cluster>"}' "$ELASTICSEARCH_URL/<leader_index>/_ccr/forget_follower"
client.ccr().forgetFollower(f -> f
    .followerCluster("<follower_cluster>")
    .followerIndex("<follower_index>")
    .followerIndexUuid("<follower_index_uuid>")
    .index("<leader_index>")
    .leaderRemoteCluster("<leader_remote_cluster>")
);
Request example
Run `POST /<leader_index>/_ccr/forget_follower`.
{
  "follower_cluster" : "<follower_cluster>",
  "follower_index" : "<follower_index>",
  "follower_index_uuid" : "<follower_index_uuid>",
  "leader_remote_cluster" : "<leader_remote_cluster>"
}
Response examples (200)
A successful response for removing the follower retention leases from the leader index.
{
  "_shards" : {
    "total" : 1,
    "successful" : 1,
    "failed" : 0,
    "failures" : [ ]
  }
}























































































































































































































Get global checkpoints Generally available; Added in 7.13.0

GET /{index}/_fleet/global_checkpoints

Get the current global checkpoints for an index. This API is designed for internal use by the Fleet server project.

Path parameters

  • index string Required

    A single index or index alias that resolves to a single index.

Query parameters

  • wait_for_advance boolean

    A boolean value which controls whether to wait (until the timeout) for the global checkpoints to advance past the provided checkpoints.

  • wait_for_index boolean

    A boolean value which controls whether to wait (until the timeout) for the target index to exist and all primary shards be active. Can only be true when wait_for_advance is true.

  • checkpoints array[number]

    A comma separated list of previous global checkpoints. When used in combination with wait_for_advance, the API will only return once the global checkpoints advances past the checkpoints. Providing an empty list will cause Elasticsearch to immediately return the current global checkpoints.

  • timeout string

    Period to wait for a global checkpoints to advance past checkpoints.

    Values are -1 or 0.

Responses

  • 200 application/json
    Hide response attributes Show response attributes object
    • global_checkpoints array[number] Required
    • timed_out boolean Required
GET /{index}/_fleet/global_checkpoints
curl \
 --request GET 'http://api.example.com/{index}/_fleet/global_checkpoints' \
 --header "Authorization: $API_KEY"








Graph explore

The graph explore API enables you to extract and summarize information about the documents and terms in an Elasticsearch data stream or index.

Get started with Graph




Index

Index APIs enable you to manage individual indices, index settings, aliases, mappings, and index templates.


















































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































Get data frame analytics job stats Generally available; Added in 7.3.0

GET /_ml/data_frame/analytics/{id}/_stats

All methods and paths for this operation:

GET /_ml/data_frame/analytics/_stats

GET /_ml/data_frame/analytics/{id}/_stats

Required authorization

  • Cluster privileges: monitor_ml

Path parameters

  • id string Required

    Identifier for the data frame analytics job. If you do not specify this option, the API returns information for the first hundred data frame analytics jobs.

Query parameters

  • allow_no_match boolean

    Specifies what to do when the request:

    1. Contains wildcard expressions and there are no data frame analytics jobs that match.
    2. Contains the _all string or no identifiers and there are no matches.
    3. Contains wildcard expressions and there are only partial matches.

    The default value returns an empty data_frame_analytics array when there are no matches and the subset of results when there are partial matches. If this parameter is false, the request returns a 404 status code when there are no matches or only partial matches.

  • from number

    Skips the specified number of data frame analytics jobs.

  • size number

    Specifies the maximum number of data frame analytics jobs to obtain.

  • verbose boolean

    Defines whether the stats response should be verbose.

Responses

  • 200 application/json
    Hide response attributes Show response attributes object
    • count number Required
    • data_frame_analytics array[object] Required

      An array of objects that contain usage information for data frame analytics jobs, which are sorted by the id value in ascending order.

      Hide data_frame_analytics attributes Show data_frame_analytics attributes object
      • analysis_stats object
        Hide analysis_stats attributes Show analysis_stats attributes object
        • classification_stats object
          Hide classification_stats attributes Show classification_stats attributes object
          • hyperparameters object Required
            Hide hyperparameters attributes Show hyperparameters attributes object
            • alpha number

              Advanced configuration option. Machine learning uses loss guided tree growing, which means that the decision trees grow where the regularized loss decreases most quickly. This parameter affects loss calculations by acting as a multiplier of the tree depth. Higher alpha values result in shallower trees and faster training times. By default, this value is calculated during hyperparameter optimization. It must be greater than or equal to zero.

            • lambda number

              Advanced configuration option. Regularization parameter to prevent overfitting on the training data set. Multiplies an L2 regularization term which applies to leaf weights of the individual trees in the forest. A high lambda value causes training to favor small leaf weights. This behavior makes the prediction function smoother at the expense of potentially not being able to capture relevant relationships between the features and the dependent variable. A small lambda value results in large individual trees and slower training. By default, this value is calculated during hyperparameter optimization. It must be a nonnegative value.

            • gamma number

              Advanced configuration option. Regularization parameter to prevent overfitting on the training data set. Multiplies a linear penalty associated with the size of individual trees in the forest. A high gamma value causes training to prefer small trees. A small gamma value results in larger individual trees and slower training. By default, this value is calculated during hyperparameter optimization. It must be a nonnegative value.

            • eta number

              Advanced configuration option. The shrinkage applied to the weights. Smaller values result in larger forests which have a better generalization error. However, larger forests cause slower training. By default, this value is calculated during hyperparameter optimization. It must be a value between 0.001 and 1.

            • eta_growth_rate_per_tree number

              Advanced configuration option. Specifies the rate at which eta increases for each new tree that is added to the forest. For example, a rate of 1.05 increases eta by 5% for each extra tree. By default, this value is calculated during hyperparameter optimization. It must be between 0.5 and 2.

            • feature_bag_fraction number

              Advanced configuration option. Defines the fraction of features that will be used when selecting a random bag for each candidate split. By default, this value is calculated during hyperparameter optimization.

            • downsample_factor number

              Advanced configuration option. Controls the fraction of data that is used to compute the derivatives of the loss function for tree training. A small value results in the use of a small fraction of the data. If this value is set to be less than 1, accuracy typically improves. However, too small a value may result in poor convergence for the ensemble and so require more trees. By default, this value is calculated during hyperparameter optimization. It must be greater than zero and less than or equal to 1.

            • max_attempts_to_add_tree number

              If the algorithm fails to determine a non-trivial tree (more than a single leaf), this parameter determines how many of such consecutive failures are tolerated. Once the number of attempts exceeds the threshold, the forest training stops.

            • max_optimization_rounds_per_hyperparameter number

              Advanced configuration option. A multiplier responsible for determining the maximum number of hyperparameter optimization steps in the Bayesian optimization procedure. The maximum number of steps is determined based on the number of undefined hyperparameters times the maximum optimization rounds per hyperparameter. By default, this value is calculated during hyperparameter optimization.

            • max_trees number

              Advanced configuration option. Defines the maximum number of decision trees in the forest. The maximum value is 2000. By default, this value is calculated during hyperparameter optimization.

            • num_folds number

              The maximum number of folds for the cross-validation procedure.

            • num_splits_per_feature number

              Determines the maximum number of splits for every feature that can occur in a decision tree when the tree is trained.

            • soft_tree_depth_limit number

              Advanced configuration option. Machine learning uses loss guided tree growing, which means that the decision trees grow where the regularized loss decreases most quickly. This soft limit combines with the soft_tree_depth_tolerance to penalize trees that exceed the specified depth; the regularized loss increases quickly beyond this depth. By default, this value is calculated during hyperparameter optimization. It must be greater than or equal to 0.

            • soft_tree_depth_tolerance number

              Advanced configuration option. This option controls how quickly the regularized loss increases when the tree depth exceeds soft_tree_depth_limit. By default, this value is calculated during hyperparameter optimization. It must be greater than or equal to 0.01.

          • iteration number Required

            The number of iterations on the analysis.

          • timestamp number

            Time unit for milliseconds

          • timing_stats object Required
            Hide timing_stats attributes Show timing_stats attributes object
            • elapsed_time
            • iteration_time
          • validation_loss object Required
            Hide validation_loss attributes Show validation_loss attributes object
            • fold_values array[string] Required

              Validation loss values for every added decision tree during the forest growing procedure.

            • loss_type string Required

              The type of the loss metric. For example, binomial_logistic.

        • outlier_detection_stats object
          Hide outlier_detection_stats attributes Show outlier_detection_stats attributes object
          • parameters object Required
            Hide parameters attributes Show parameters attributes object
            • compute_feature_influence boolean

              Specifies whether the feature influence calculation is enabled.

              Default value is true.

            • feature_influence_threshold number

              The minimum outlier score that a document needs to have in order to calculate its feature influence score. Value range: 0-1

              Default value is 0.1.

            • method string

              The method that outlier detection uses. Available methods are lof, ldof, distance_kth_nn, distance_knn, and ensemble. The default value is ensemble, which means that outlier detection uses an ensemble of different methods and normalises and combines their individual outlier scores to obtain the overall outlier score.

            • n_neighbors number

              Defines the value for how many nearest neighbors each method of outlier detection uses to calculate its outlier score. When the value is not set, different values are used for different ensemble members. This default behavior helps improve the diversity in the ensemble; only override it if you are confident that the value you choose is appropriate for the data set.

            • outlier_fraction number

              The proportion of the data set that is assumed to be outlying prior to outlier detection. For example, 0.05 means it is assumed that 5% of values are real outliers and 95% are inliers.

            • standardization_enabled boolean

              If true, the following operation is performed on the columns before computing outlier scores: (x_i - mean(x_i)) / sd(x_i).

              Default value is true.

          • timestamp number

            Time unit for milliseconds

          • timing_stats object Required
            Hide timing_stats attributes Show timing_stats attributes object
            • elapsed_time
            • iteration_time
        • regression_stats object
          Hide regression_stats attributes Show regression_stats attributes object
          • hyperparameters object Required
            Hide hyperparameters attributes Show hyperparameters attributes object
            • alpha number

              Advanced configuration option. Machine learning uses loss guided tree growing, which means that the decision trees grow where the regularized loss decreases most quickly. This parameter affects loss calculations by acting as a multiplier of the tree depth. Higher alpha values result in shallower trees and faster training times. By default, this value is calculated during hyperparameter optimization. It must be greater than or equal to zero.

            • lambda number

              Advanced configuration option. Regularization parameter to prevent overfitting on the training data set. Multiplies an L2 regularization term which applies to leaf weights of the individual trees in the forest. A high lambda value causes training to favor small leaf weights. This behavior makes the prediction function smoother at the expense of potentially not being able to capture relevant relationships between the features and the dependent variable. A small lambda value results in large individual trees and slower training. By default, this value is calculated during hyperparameter optimization. It must be a nonnegative value.

            • gamma number

              Advanced configuration option. Regularization parameter to prevent overfitting on the training data set. Multiplies a linear penalty associated with the size of individual trees in the forest. A high gamma value causes training to prefer small trees. A small gamma value results in larger individual trees and slower training. By default, this value is calculated during hyperparameter optimization. It must be a nonnegative value.

            • eta number

              Advanced configuration option. The shrinkage applied to the weights. Smaller values result in larger forests which have a better generalization error. However, larger forests cause slower training. By default, this value is calculated during hyperparameter optimization. It must be a value between 0.001 and 1.

            • eta_growth_rate_per_tree number

              Advanced configuration option. Specifies the rate at which eta increases for each new tree that is added to the forest. For example, a rate of 1.05 increases eta by 5% for each extra tree. By default, this value is calculated during hyperparameter optimization. It must be between 0.5 and 2.

            • feature_bag_fraction number

              Advanced configuration option. Defines the fraction of features that will be used when selecting a random bag for each candidate split. By default, this value is calculated during hyperparameter optimization.

            • downsample_factor number

              Advanced configuration option. Controls the fraction of data that is used to compute the derivatives of the loss function for tree training. A small value results in the use of a small fraction of the data. If this value is set to be less than 1, accuracy typically improves. However, too small a value may result in poor convergence for the ensemble and so require more trees. By default, this value is calculated during hyperparameter optimization. It must be greater than zero and less than or equal to 1.

            • max_attempts_to_add_tree number

              If the algorithm fails to determine a non-trivial tree (more than a single leaf), this parameter determines how many of such consecutive failures are tolerated. Once the number of attempts exceeds the threshold, the forest training stops.

            • max_optimization_rounds_per_hyperparameter number

              Advanced configuration option. A multiplier responsible for determining the maximum number of hyperparameter optimization steps in the Bayesian optimization procedure. The maximum number of steps is determined based on the number of undefined hyperparameters times the maximum optimization rounds per hyperparameter. By default, this value is calculated during hyperparameter optimization.

            • max_trees number

              Advanced configuration option. Defines the maximum number of decision trees in the forest. The maximum value is 2000. By default, this value is calculated during hyperparameter optimization.

            • num_folds number

              The maximum number of folds for the cross-validation procedure.

            • num_splits_per_feature number

              Determines the maximum number of splits for every feature that can occur in a decision tree when the tree is trained.

            • soft_tree_depth_limit number

              Advanced configuration option. Machine learning uses loss guided tree growing, which means that the decision trees grow where the regularized loss decreases most quickly. This soft limit combines with the soft_tree_depth_tolerance to penalize trees that exceed the specified depth; the regularized loss increases quickly beyond this depth. By default, this value is calculated during hyperparameter optimization. It must be greater than or equal to 0.

            • soft_tree_depth_tolerance number

              Advanced configuration option. This option controls how quickly the regularized loss increases when the tree depth exceeds soft_tree_depth_limit. By default, this value is calculated during hyperparameter optimization. It must be greater than or equal to 0.01.

          • iteration number Required

            The number of iterations on the analysis.

          • timestamp number

            Time unit for milliseconds

          • timing_stats object Required
            Hide timing_stats attributes Show timing_stats attributes object
            • elapsed_time
            • iteration_time
          • validation_loss object Required
            Hide validation_loss attributes Show validation_loss attributes object
            • fold_values array[string] Required

              Validation loss values for every added decision tree during the forest growing procedure.

            • loss_type string Required

              The type of the loss metric. For example, binomial_logistic.

      • assignment_explanation string

        For running jobs only, contains messages relating to the selection of a node to run the job.

      • data_counts object Required
        Hide data_counts attributes Show data_counts attributes object
        • skipped_docs_count number Required

          The number of documents that are skipped during the analysis because they contained values that are not supported by the analysis. For example, outlier detection does not support missing fields so it skips documents with missing fields. Likewise, all types of analysis skip documents that contain arrays with more than one element.

        • test_docs_count number Required

          The number of documents that are not used for training the model and can be used for testing.

        • training_docs_count number Required

          The number of documents that are used for training the model.

      • id string Required
      • memory_usage object Required
        Hide memory_usage attributes Show memory_usage attributes object
        • memory_reestimate_bytes number

          This value is present when the status is hard_limit and it is a new estimate of how much memory the job needs.

        • peak_usage_bytes number Required

          The number of bytes used at the highest peak of memory usage.

        • status string Required

          The memory usage status.

        • timestamp number

          Time unit for milliseconds

      • node object
        Hide node attributes Show node attributes object
        • attributes object Required

          Lists node attributes.

          Hide attributes attribute Show attributes attribute object
          • * string Additional properties
        • ephemeral_id string Required
        • id string
        • name string Required
        • transport_address string Required
      • progress array[object] Required

        The progress report of the data frame analytics job by phase.

        Hide progress attributes Show progress attributes object
        • phase string Required

          Defines the phase of the data frame analytics job.

        • progress_percent number Required

          The progress that the data frame analytics job has made expressed in percentage.

      • state string Required

        Values are started, stopped, starting, stopping, or failed.

GET /_ml/data_frame/analytics/{id}/_stats
GET _ml/data_frame/analytics/weblog-outliers/_stats
resp = client.ml.get_data_frame_analytics_stats(
    id="weblog-outliers",
)
const response = await client.ml.getDataFrameAnalyticsStats({
  id: "weblog-outliers",
});
response = client.ml.get_data_frame_analytics_stats(
  id: "weblog-outliers"
)
$resp = $client->ml()->getDataFrameAnalyticsStats([
    "id" => "weblog-outliers",
]);
curl -X GET -H "Authorization: ApiKey $ELASTIC_API_KEY" "$ELASTICSEARCH_URL/_ml/data_frame/analytics/weblog-outliers/_stats"
client.ml().getDataFrameAnalyticsStats(g -> g
    .id("weblog-outliers")
);