# Elastic Stack (ELK Stack) APM annotations API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/elk-stack/elk-stack-apm-annotations-api/  
**Provider:** Elastic Stack (ELK Stack) — https://apis.io/providers/elk-stack/  
**Base URL:** https://{elasticsearch_endpoint}  
**Documentation:** https://www.elastic.co/docs/api/doc/elasticsearch/

Elastic Stack (ELK Stack) APM annotations API is one of 132 APIs that [Elastic Stack (ELK Stack)](https://apis.io/providers/elk-stack/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. Tagged areas include APM annotations. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and an API reference.

Annotate visualizations in the APM app with significant events. Annotations enable you to easily see how events are impacting the performance of your applications.

## Operations (2)

| Method | Path | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| POST | `/api/apm/services/{serviceName}/annotation` | Create a service annotation |
| GET | `/api/apm/services/{serviceName}/annotation/search` | Search for annotations |

## Machine-readable artifacts (8)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/elk-stack/refs/heads/main/openapi/elk-stack-apm-annotations-api-openapi.yml
- **Documentation** — https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/elasticsearch
- **APIReference** — https://www.elastic.co/docs/api/doc/elasticsearch/
- **SourceCode** — https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch-specification
- **Documentation** — https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/kibana
- **APIReference** — https://www.elastic.co/docs/api/doc/kibana/
- **SourceCode** — https://github.com/elastic/kibana
- **ToolCrosswalk** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/elk-stack/refs/heads/main/mcp/elk-stack-tool-crosswalk.yml

## Other Elastic Stack (ELK Stack) APIs (12)

- [Elastic Cloud API](https://apis.io/apis/elk-stack/elastic-cloud-api/)
- [Elastic Stack (ELK Stack) Accounts API](https://apis.io/apis/elk-stack/elk-stack-accounts-api/)
- [Elastic Stack (ELK Stack) Actions API](https://apis.io/apis/elk-stack/elk-stack-actions-api/)
- [Elastic Stack (ELK Stack) agent builder API](https://apis.io/apis/elk-stack/elk-stack-agent-builder-api/)
- [Elastic Stack (ELK Stack) Alerting API](https://apis.io/apis/elk-stack/elk-stack-alerting-api/)
- [Elastic Stack (ELK Stack) Alerting V2 API](https://apis.io/apis/elk-stack/elk-stack-alerting-v2-api/)
- [Elastic Stack (ELK Stack) Analytics API](https://apis.io/apis/elk-stack/elk-stack-analytics-api/)
- [Elastic Stack (ELK Stack) APM agent configuration API](https://apis.io/apis/elk-stack/elk-stack-apm-agent-configuration-api/)
- [Elastic Stack (ELK Stack) APM agent keys API](https://apis.io/apis/elk-stack/elk-stack-apm-agent-keys-api/)
- [Elastic Stack (ELK Stack) APM server schema API](https://apis.io/apis/elk-stack/elk-stack-apm-server-schema-api/)
- [Elastic Stack (ELK Stack) APM sourcemaps API](https://apis.io/apis/elk-stack/elk-stack-apm-sourcemaps-api/)
- [Elastic Stack (ELK Stack) Authentication API](https://apis.io/apis/elk-stack/elk-stack-authentication-api/)

## Tags

APM annotations

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