Elastic Stack

Elastic Stack (ELK Stack) Document API

The document API from Elastic Stack (ELK Stack) — 19 operation(s) for document.

GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 33

PUT /_bulk Bulk index or delete documents #
POST /_bulk Bulk index or delete documents #
PUT /{index}/_bulk Bulk index or delete documents #
POST /{index}/_bulk Bulk index or delete documents #
PUT /{index}/_create/{id} Create a new document in the index #
POST /{index}/_create/{id} Create a new document in the index #
GET /{index}/_doc/{id} Get a document by its ID #
PUT /{index}/_doc/{id} Create or update a document in an index #
POST /{index}/_doc/{id} Create or update a document in an index #
DELETE /{index}/_doc/{id} Delete a document #
HEAD /{index}/_doc/{id} Check a document #
POST /{index}/_delete_by_query Delete documents #
POST /_delete_by_query/{task_id}/_rethrottle Throttle a delete by query operation #
GET /{index}/_source/{id} Get a document's source #
HEAD /{index}/_source/{id} Check for a document source #
POST /{index}/_doc Create or update a document in an index #
POST /_reindex Reindex documents #
GET /_mget Get multiple documents #
POST /_mget Get multiple documents #
GET /{index}/_mget Get multiple documents #
POST /{index}/_mget Get multiple documents #
GET /_mtermvectors Get multiple term vectors #
POST /_mtermvectors Get multiple term vectors #
GET /{index}/_mtermvectors Get multiple term vectors #
POST /{index}/_mtermvectors Get multiple term vectors #
POST /_reindex/{task_id}/_rethrottle Throttle a reindex operation #
GET /{index}/_termvectors/{id} Get term vector information #
POST /{index}/_termvectors/{id} Get term vector information #
GET /{index}/_termvectors Get term vector information #
POST /{index}/_termvectors Get term vector information #
POST /{index}/_update/{id} Update a document #
POST /{index}/_update_by_query Update documents #
POST /_update_by_query/{task_id}/_rethrottle Throttle an update by query operation #

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


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