# Elastic Document API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/elastic/elastic-document-api/  
**Provider:** Elastic — https://apis.io/providers/elastic/  
**Base URL:** https://api.elastic-cloud.com  
**Documentation:** https://www.elastic.co/docs/api/doc/elasticsearch

Elastic Document API is one of 50 APIs that [Elastic](https://apis.io/providers/elastic/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. This API exposes 1 JSON Schema definition. Tagged areas include Documents. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and 1 JSON Schema.

The document APIs enable you to create and manage documents in an Elasticsearch index.

## Operations (33)

| Method | Path | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| PUT | `/_bulk` | Bulk index or delete documents |
| POST | `/_bulk` | Bulk index or delete documents |
| PUT | `/{index}/_bulk` | Bulk index or delete documents |
| POST | `/{index}/_bulk` | Bulk index or delete documents |
| PUT | `/{index}/_create/{id}` | Create a new document in the index |
| POST | `/{index}/_create/{id}` | Create a new document in the index |
| GET | `/{index}/_doc/{id}` | Get a document by its ID |
| PUT | `/{index}/_doc/{id}` | Create or update a document in an index |
| POST | `/{index}/_doc/{id}` | Create or update a document in an index |
| DELETE | `/{index}/_doc/{id}` | Delete a document |
| HEAD | `/{index}/_doc/{id}` | Check a document |
| POST | `/{index}/_delete_by_query` | Delete documents |
| POST | `/_delete_by_query/{task_id}/_rethrottle` | Throttle a delete by query operation |
| GET | `/{index}/_source/{id}` | Get a document's source |
| HEAD | `/{index}/_source/{id}` | Check for a document source |
| POST | `/{index}/_doc` | Create or update a document in an index |
| GET | `/_mget` | Get multiple documents |
| POST | `/_mget` | Get multiple documents |
| GET | `/{index}/_mget` | Get multiple documents |
| POST | `/{index}/_mget` | Get multiple documents |
| GET | `/_mtermvectors` | Get multiple term vectors |
| POST | `/_mtermvectors` | Get multiple term vectors |
| GET | `/{index}/_mtermvectors` | Get multiple term vectors |
| POST | `/{index}/_mtermvectors` | Get multiple term vectors |
| POST | `/_reindex` | Reindex documents |
| POST | `/_reindex/{task_id}/_rethrottle` | Throttle a reindex operation |
| GET | `/{index}/_termvectors/{id}` | Get term vector information |
| POST | `/{index}/_termvectors/{id}` | Get term vector information |
| GET | `/{index}/_termvectors` | Get term vector information |
| POST | `/{index}/_termvectors` | Get term vector information |
| POST | `/{index}/_update/{id}` | Update a document |
| POST | `/{index}/_update_by_query` | Update documents |
| POST | `/_update_by_query/{task_id}/_rethrottle` | Throttle an update by query operation |

## Machine-readable artifacts (5)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/elastic/refs/heads/main/openapi/elastic-document-api-openapi.yml
- **Documentation** — https://www.elastic.co/docs/api/doc/elasticsearch
- **Documentation** — https://www.elastic.co/docs/api/doc/kibana
- **Documentation** — https://www.elastic.co/docs/api/doc/cloud
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/elastic/refs/heads/main/json-schema/elastic-saved-object-schema.json

## Other Elastic APIs (12)

- [Elastic Account API](https://apis.io/apis/elastic/elastic-account-api/)
- [Elastic Cluster API](https://apis.io/apis/elastic/elastic-cluster-api/)
- [Elastic Deployments API](https://apis.io/apis/elastic/elastic-deployments-api/)
- [Elastic Documents API](https://apis.io/apis/elastic/elastic-documents-api/)
- [Elastic Indices API](https://apis.io/apis/elastic/elastic-indices-api/)
- [Elastic Search API](https://apis.io/apis/elastic/elastic-search-api/)
- [Elastic Security API](https://apis.io/apis/elastic/elastic-security-api/)
- [Elastic Spaces API](https://apis.io/apis/elastic/elastic-spaces-api/)
- [Elastic Status API](https://apis.io/apis/elastic/elastic-status-api/)
- [Elastic TrafficFilters API](https://apis.io/apis/elastic/elastic-trafficfilters-api/)
- [Elastic Analytics API](https://apis.io/apis/elastic/elastic-analytics-api/)
- [Elastic Cat API](https://apis.io/apis/elastic/elastic-cat-api/)

## Tags

Documents

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