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Elastic Stack (ELK Stack) Cat API

The Cat API from Elastic Stack (ELK Stack) — 2 operation(s) for cat.

Elastic Stack (ELK Stack) Cat API is one of 8 APIs that Elastic Stack (ELK Stack) publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

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

This API exposes 2 operations across 2 paths. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 1.0.0.

Requests are made against 2 base URLs: http://localhost:9200, https://{host}:{port}.

2 operations 2 paths 0 schemas 2 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
1.0.0
Base URL
https://localhost:9200
Authentication
HTTP Basic, API Key
Contact
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 2

Elastic Stack (ELK Stack) Cat API declares 2 security schemes for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP basic authentication (basicAuth). An API key is passed in the header as Authorization (apiKeyAuth). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • apiKeyAuth — ApiKey

Paths & Operations 2

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

Cat 2
GET
/_cat/indices
List indices
catIndices → 200
GET
/_cat/nodes
List nodes
catNodes → 200

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

elk-stack-cat-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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Elastic Stack (ELK Stack) Document API
Elastic Stack (ELK Stack) Index API
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Elastic Stack (ELK Stack) Search API
Elastic Stack (ELK Stack) Snapshot API