Elasticsearch Cheatsheet - An Overview of Commonly Used Elasticsearch API Endpoints and What They Do
# Elasticsearch Cheatsheet - an overview of commonly used Elasticsearch API commands
# cat paths
/_cat/allocation
/_cat/shards
/_cat/shards/{index}
/_cat/master
/_cat/nodes
/_cat/indices
/_cat/indices/{index}
/_cat/segments
/_cat/segments/{index}
/_cat/count
/_cat/count/{index}
/_cat/recovery
/_cat/recovery/{index}
/_cat/health
/_cat/pending_tasks
/_cat/aliases
/_cat/aliases/{alias}
/_cat/thread_pool
/_cat/plugins
/_cat/fielddata
/_cat/fielddata/{fields}
# Important Things
bin/elasticsearch # Start Elastic instance
curl -X GET 'http://localhost:9200/?pretty=true' # View instance metadata
curl -X POST 'http://localhost:9200/_shutdown' # Shutdown Elastic instance
curl -X GET 'http://localhost:9200/_cat?pretty=true' # List all admin methods
curl -X GET 'http://localhost:9200/_cat/indices?pretty=true' # List all indices
curl -X GET 'http://localhost:9200/_cluster/health?pretty=true' # View Cluster Health
# Index, Type Basics
curl -X GET 'http://localhost:9200/<index name>' # View specific index
curl -X POST 'http://localhost:9200/<index name>' # Create an index
curl -X DELETE 'http://localhost:9200/<index name>' # Delete an index
curl -X GET 'http://locahost:9200/<index name>/<type>/<id>' # Retrieve a specific document
curl -X POST 'http://locahost:9200/<index name>/<type>/' # Create a document
curl -X PUT 'http://locahost:9200/<index name>/<type>/<id>' # Create/Update a specific document
curl -X DELETE 'http://localhost:9200/<index name>/<type>/<id>' # Delete a specific document
curl -X GET 'http://localhost:9200/<index name>/_mappings' # View mappings for index
curl -X GET 'http://localhost:9200/<index name>/_settings' # View setting information for an index
curl -X GET 'http://localhost:9200/<index name>/<type>/_mappings' # View mappings for an index type
curl -X GET 'http://localhost:9200/<index name>/<type>/_settings' # View setting information for an index type
curl -X GET 'http://localhost:9200/<index name>/_search' # Search an index
curl -X GET 'http://localhost:9200/<index name>/<type>/_search' # Search an index type
# Bulk API
curl -X GET 'http://localhost:9200/_bulk'
curl -X GET 'http://localhost:9200/<index name>/_bulk'
curl -X GET 'http://localhost:9200/<index name>/<type>/_bulk'
# Elastic River Basics
curl -X GET 'http://localhost:9200/_river/_meta' # View River settings
curl -X GET 'http://localhost:9200/_river/<index name>/_meta' # View River meta data for index
curl -X GET 'http://localhost:9200/_river/<index name>/_meta/_source' # View River source for index
curl -X GET 'http://localhost:9200/_river/<index name>/_status' # View River status
curl -X GET 'http://localhost:9200/_river/<index name>/_search' # Seach the River Index
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