# Elastic Stack (ELK Stack) data views API

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

Data view APIs enable you to manage data views, formerly known as Kibana index patterns.

## Operations (15)

| Method | Path | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| GET | `/api/data_views` | Get all data views |
| POST | `/api/data_views/data_view` | Create a data view |
| DELETE | `/api/data_views/data_view/{viewId}` | Delete a data view |
| GET | `/api/data_views/data_view/{viewId}` | Get a data view |
| POST | `/api/data_views/data_view/{viewId}` | Update a data view |
| POST | `/api/data_views/data_view/{viewId}/fields` | Update field metadata |
| POST | `/api/data_views/data_view/{viewId}/runtime_field` | Create a runtime field |
| PUT | `/api/data_views/data_view/{viewId}/runtime_field` | Create or update a runtime field |
| DELETE | `/api/data_views/data_view/{viewId}/runtime_field/{fieldName}` | Delete a runtime field |
| GET | `/api/data_views/data_view/{viewId}/runtime_field/{fieldName}` | Get a runtime field |
| POST | `/api/data_views/data_view/{viewId}/runtime_field/{fieldName}` | Update a runtime field |
| GET | `/api/data_views/default` | Get the default data view |
| POST | `/api/data_views/default` | Set the default data view |
| POST | `/api/data_views/swap_references` | Swap saved object references |
| POST | `/api/data_views/swap_references/_preview` | Preview swap references |

## Machine-readable artifacts (8)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/elk-stack/refs/heads/main/openapi/elk-stack-data-views-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

DataViews

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