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Elastic Search Application API

The search application APIs provide a convenient way to leverage the power of Elasticsearch for your search applications.

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Operations 7

GET /_application/search_application/{name} Get search application details #
PUT /_application/search_application/{name} Create or update a search application #
DELETE /_application/search_application/{name} Delete a search application #
GET /_application/search_application Get search applications #
POST /_application/search_application/{name}/_render_query Render a search application query #
POST /_application/search_application/{name}/_search Run a search application search #

Documentation

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https://www.elastic.co/docs/api/doc/elasticsearch
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https://www.elastic.co/docs/api/doc/kibana
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https://www.elastic.co/docs/api/doc/cloud

Specifications

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https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/elastic/refs/heads/main/openapi/elastic-search-application-api-openapi.yml

Schemas & Data

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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/elastic/refs/heads/main/json-schema/elastic-saved-object-schema.json

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OpenAPI Specification

elastic-search-application-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Elasticsearch Search Application API
  description: 'Elasticsearch provides REST APIs that are used by the UI components and can be called directly to configure and access Elasticsearch features.

    ## Documentation source and versions

    This documentation is derived from the main branch of the elasticsearch-specification repository. It is provided under license Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International.

    This documentation contains work-in-progress information for future Elastic Stack releases.'
  license:
    name: Apache 2.0
    url: https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch-specification/blob/main/LICENSE
  version: ''
security:
- apiKeyAuth: []
- basicAuth: []
- bearerAuth: []
tags:


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