Elastic Stack

Elastic Stack (ELK Stack) Text Structure API

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

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Operations 6

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 /_text_structure/find_field_structure Detect the structure of an indexed text field · Find the structure of a text field #
Ask an LLM
“Can Elasticsearch work out the format of log lines already in an index?”
“What Grok pattern fits a text field I've ingested?”
Tell an agent
Find the structure of field {field} in index {index}.
Analyze {field} in {index} sampling {documents} documents.
GET /_text_structure/find_message_structure Detect the structure of text messages via GET · Find the structure of text messages #
Ask an LLM
“Can I infer the format of a list of log messages before ingesting them?”
“Is there a GET form of message structure detection?”
Tell an agent
Find the structure of messages {messages} using GET.
Detect the timestamp format in messages {messages} with a GET request.
POST /_text_structure/find_message_structure Detect the structure of text messages via POST · Find the structure of text messages #
Ask an LLM
“What ingest pipeline would suit a batch of sample messages?”
“Can I POST sample messages and get a suggested mapping back?”
Tell an agent
POST messages {messages} to find their structure.
Suggest mappings for messages {messages} in format {format} via POST.
POST /_text_structure/find_structure Detect the structure of a text file · Find the structure of a text file #
Ask an LLM
“Can Elasticsearch figure out the format of a CSV or log file for me?”
“Does structure detection handle files with a header row?”
Tell an agent
Find the structure of this text file.
Analyze the file as {format} sampling {lines} lines.
GET /_text_structure/test_grok_pattern Test a Grok pattern via GET · Test a Grok pattern #
Ask an LLM
“Does my Grok pattern match these log lines?”
“Is there a GET version of the Grok pattern tester?”
Tell an agent
Test Grok pattern {grok_pattern} against {text} with GET.
Use the GET tester to check {grok_pattern} on lines {text}.
POST /_text_structure/test_grok_pattern Test a Grok pattern via POST · Test a Grok pattern #
Ask an LLM
“Can I POST a Grok pattern and see match offsets for each line?”
“Which substrings did my Grok pattern capture?”
Tell an agent
POST Grok pattern {grok_pattern} to test against {text}.
Show match offsets for {grok_pattern} on {text} via POST.

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


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