Elastic Stack

Elastic Stack (ELK Stack) Cat API

The cat API from Elastic Stack (ELK Stack) — 45 operation(s) for cat.

GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 47

GET /_cat/aliases Get aliases #
GET /_cat/aliases/{name} Get aliases #
GET /_cat/allocation Get shard allocation information #
GET /_cat/allocation/{node_id} Get shard allocation information #
GET /_cat/circuit_breaker Get circuit breakers statistics #
GET /_cat/circuit_breaker/{circuit_breaker_patterns} Get circuit breakers statistics #
GET /_cat/component_templates Get component templates #
GET /_cat/component_templates/{name} Get component templates #
GET /_cat/count Get a document count #
POST /_cat/count Get a document count #
GET /_cat/count/{index} Get a document count #
POST /_cat/count/{index} Get a document count #
GET /_cat/fielddata Get field data cache information #
GET /_cat/fielddata/{fields} Get field data cache information #
GET /_cat/health Get the cluster health status #
GET /_cat Get CAT help #
GET /_cat/indices Get index information #
GET /_cat/indices/{index} Get index information #
GET /_cat/master Get master node information #
GET /_cat/ml/data_frame/analytics Get data frame analytics jobs #
GET /_cat/ml/data_frame/analytics/{id} Get data frame analytics jobs #
GET /_cat/ml/datafeeds Get datafeeds #
GET /_cat/ml/datafeeds/{datafeed_id} Get datafeeds #
GET /_cat/ml/anomaly_detectors Get anomaly detection jobs #
GET /_cat/ml/anomaly_detectors/{job_id} Get anomaly detection jobs #
GET /_cat/ml/trained_models Get trained models #
GET /_cat/ml/trained_models/{model_id} Get trained models #
GET /_cat/nodeattrs Get node attribute information #
GET /_cat/nodes Get node information #
GET /_cat/pending_tasks Get pending task information #
GET /_cat/plugins Get plugin information #
GET /_cat/recovery Get shard recovery information #
GET /_cat/recovery/{index} Get shard recovery information #
GET /_cat/repositories Get snapshot repository information #
GET /_cat/segments Get segment information #
GET /_cat/segments/{index} Get segment information #
GET /_cat/shards Get shard information #
GET /_cat/shards/{index} Get shard information #
GET /_cat/snapshots Get snapshot information #
GET /_cat/snapshots/{repository} Get snapshot information #
GET /_cat/tasks Get task information #
GET /_cat/templates Get index template information #
GET /_cat/templates/{name} Get index template information #
GET /_cat/thread_pool Get thread pool statistics #
GET /_cat/thread_pool/{thread_pool_patterns} Get thread pool statistics #
GET /_cat/transforms Get transform information #
GET /_cat/transforms/{transform_id} Get transform information #

Documentation

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Documentation
https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/elasticsearch
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APIReference
https://www.elastic.co/docs/api/doc/elasticsearch/
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Documentation
https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/kibana
📖
APIReference
https://www.elastic.co/docs/api/doc/kibana/

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/elk-stack/refs/heads/main/openapi/elk-stack-cat-api-openapi.yml

Other Resources

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SourceCode
https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch-specification
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SourceCode
https://github.com/elastic/kibana
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ToolCrosswalk
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/elk-stack/refs/heads/main/mcp/elk-stack-tool-crosswalk.yml

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OpenAPI Specification

elk-stack-cat-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Elasticsearch Request & Response Specification Cat API
  license:
    name: Apache 2.0
    url: https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch-specification/blob/main/LICENSE
  version: ''
tags:


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