Elastic Stack

Elastic Stack (ELK Stack) data stream API

The data stream API from Elastic Stack (ELK Stack) — 14 operation(s) for data stream.

GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 21

GET /_data_stream/{name} Get data streams #
PUT /_data_stream/{name} Create a data stream #
DELETE /_data_stream/{name} Delete data streams #
GET /_data_stream/_stats Get data stream stats #
GET /_data_stream/{name}/_stats Get data stream stats #
GET /_data_stream/{name}/_lifecycle Get data stream lifecycles #
PUT /_data_stream/{name}/_lifecycle Update data stream lifecycles #
GET /_data_stream/{name}/_options Get data stream options #
PUT /_data_stream/{name}/_options Update data stream options #
DELETE /_data_stream/{name}/_options Delete data stream options #
POST /{index}/_downsample/{target_index} Downsample an index #
GET /{index}/_lifecycle/explain Get the status for a data stream lifecycle #
GET /_lifecycle/stats Get data stream lifecycle stats #
GET /_data_stream Get data streams #
GET /_data_stream/{name}/_mappings Get data stream mappings #
PUT /_data_stream/{name}/_mappings Update data stream mappings #
GET /_data_stream/{name}/_settings Get data stream settings #
PUT /_data_stream/{name}/_settings Update data stream settings #
POST /_data_stream/_migrate/{name} Convert an index alias to a data stream #
POST /_data_stream/_modify Update data streams #
POST /_data_stream/_promote/{name} Promote a data stream #

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


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