# Elastic Stack (ELK Stack) Cases API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/elk-stack/elk-stack-cases-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) Cases 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 Cases. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and an API reference.

Cases are used to open and track issues. You can add assignees and tags to your cases, set their severity and status, and add alerts, comments, and visualizations. You can also send cases to external incident management systems by configuring connectors.

## Operations (29)

| Method | Path | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| DELETE | `/api/cases` | Delete cases |
| PATCH | `/api/cases` | Update cases |
| POST | `/api/cases` | Create a case |
| GET | `/api/cases/_find` | Search cases |
| GET | `/api/cases/{caseId}` | Get case information |
| GET | `/api/cases/{caseId}/alerts` | Get all alerts for a case |
| DELETE | `/api/cases/{caseId}/comments` | Delete all case comments and alerts |
| PATCH | `/api/cases/{caseId}/comments` | Update a case comment or alert |
| POST | `/api/cases/{caseId}/comments` | Add a case comment or alert |
| GET | `/api/cases/{caseId}/comments/_find` | Find case comments |
| DELETE | `/api/cases/{caseId}/comments/{commentId}` | Delete a case comment or alert |
| GET | `/api/cases/{caseId}/comments/{commentId}` | Get a case comment or alert |
| POST | `/api/cases/{caseId}/connector/{connectorId}/_push` | Push a case to an external service |
| GET | `/api/cases/{caseId}/fields` | Get the fields applicable to an existing case |
| POST | `/api/cases/{caseId}/files` | Attach a file to a case |
| GET | `/api/cases/{caseId}/user_actions/_find` | Find case activity |
| GET | `/api/cases/alerts/{alertId}` | Get cases for an alert |
| GET | `/api/cases/configure` | Get case settings |
| POST | `/api/cases/configure` | Add case settings |
| PATCH | `/api/cases/configure/{configurationId}` | Update case settings |
| GET | `/api/cases/configure/connectors/_find` | Get case connectors |
| GET | `/api/cases/fields` | Get the fields applicable to a case |
| GET | `/api/cases/reporters` | Get case creators |
| GET | `/api/cases/tags` | Get case tags |
| GET | `/api/cases/templates` | Get all case templates |
| POST | `/api/cases/templates` | Create a case template |
| DELETE | `/api/cases/templates/{template_id}` | Delete a case template |
| GET | `/api/cases/templates/{template_id}` | Get a case template by ID |
| PUT | `/api/cases/templates/{template_id}` | Update a case template |

## Machine-readable artifacts (8)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/elk-stack/refs/heads/main/openapi/elk-stack-cases-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 annotations API](https://apis.io/apis/elk-stack/elk-stack-apm-annotations-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/)

## Tags

Cases

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