Elastic Stack

Elastic Stack (ELK Stack) Search Application API

The search_application API from Elastic Stack (ELK Stack) — 4 operation(s) for search_application.

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Operations 7

Each operation below carries the questions people ask an LLM about it and the instructions they give an agent to run it. Generated by API Evangelist overlay

GET /_application/search_application/{name} Get a search application · Get search application details #
Ask an LLM
“Which indices and template does a particular search application use?”
“Can I look up a search application by name?”
Tell an agent
Show search application {name}.
Get the details of the {name} search application.
PUT /_application/search_application/{name} Create or update a search application · Create or update a search application #
Ask an LLM
“How do I set up a search application over several indices?”
“Can I make the call fail if the search application already exists?”
Tell an agent
Create search application {name} over indices {indices}.
Save search application {name} on {indices} using template {template}.
DELETE /_application/search_application/{name} Delete a search application · Delete a search application #
Ask an LLM
“Are the indices removed when I delete a search application?”
“What removes a search application and its alias?”
Tell an agent destructive · confirm first
Delete search application {name}.
Remove the {name} search application and its alias.
GET /_application/search_application List search applications · Get search applications #
Ask an LLM
“What search applications exist in my cluster?”
“Can I filter the search application list by name?”
Tell an agent
List all search applications.
List search applications matching {q}.
POST /_application/search_application/{name}/_render_query Render a search application's query · Render a search application query #
Ask an LLM
“Can I see the Elasticsearch query a search application would generate without running it?”
“What query does my search template produce for these parameters?”
Tell an agent
Render the query for {name} with params {params}.
Show the generated query of search application {name}.
POST /_application/search_application/{name}/_search Run a search application search via POST · Run a search application search #
Ask an LLM
“Can I run a search application query with a POST request body?”
“Which call searches a search application when I send params by POST?”
Tell an agent
Using POST, search {name} with params {params}.
POST a search to application {name} with typed keys {typed_keys}.

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-search-application-api-openapi.yml

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


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