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Elastic Indices API

Manage indices, mappings, and settings.

Elastic Indices API is one of 12 APIs that Elastic publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Indices. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and API documentation.

This API exposes 2 operations across 1 path. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 1.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://api.elastic-cloud.com.

2 operations 1 paths 0 schemas 1 DELETE1 PUT

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
1.0
Base URL
https://api.elastic-cloud.com
Authentication
API Key
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Elastic Indices API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the header as Authorization (apiKeyAuth). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • apiKeyAuth — ApiKey

Paths & Operations 2

Across 1 path, the API surfaces 2 operations — 1 DELETE, 1 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Indices 2

Manage indices, mappings, and settings.

PUT
/{index}
Create an index
createIndex 1 param body → 200
DELETE
/{index}
Delete an index
deleteIndex 1 param → 200

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

elastic-indices-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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Elastic Account API
Elastic Cluster API
Elastic DataViews API
Elastic Deployments API
Elastic Documents API
Elastic SavedObjects API
Elastic Search API
Elastic Security API
Elastic Spaces API
Elastic Status API
Elastic TrafficFilters API