Create or update a watch
When a watch is registered, a new document that represents the watch is added to the .watches
index and its trigger is immediately registered with the relevant trigger engine.
Typically for the schedule
trigger, the scheduler is the trigger engine.
IMPORTANT: You must use Kibana or this API to create a watch.
Do not add a watch directly to the .watches
index by using the Elasticsearch index API.
If Elasticsearch security features are enabled, do not give users write privileges on the .watches
index.
When you add a watch you can also define its initial active state by setting the active parameter.
When Elasticsearch security features are enabled, your watch can index or search only on indices for which the user that stored the watch has privileges.
If the user is able to read index a
, but not index b
, the same will apply when the watch runs.
Path parameters
-
Watch ID
Query parameters
-
active boolean
Specify whether the watch is in/active by default
-
if_primary_term number
only update the watch if the last operation that has changed the watch has the specified primary term
-
if_seq_no number
only update the watch if the last operation that has changed the watch has the specified sequence number
-
version number
Explicit version number for concurrency control
curl \
-X POST http://api.example.com/_watcher/watch/{id} \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d 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,"request":{"auth":{"basic":{"password":"string","username":"string"}},"body":"string","connection_timeout":"string","headers":{"additionalProperty1":"string","additionalProperty2":"string"},"host":"string","method":"head","params":{"additionalProperty1":"string","additionalProperty2":"string"},"path":"string","port":42.0,"proxy":{"host":"string","port":42.0},"read_timeout":"string","scheme":"http","url":"string"},"response_content_type":"json"},"search":{"extract":["string"],"request":{"body":{"query":{}},"indices":["string"],"indices_options":{"allow_no_indices":true,"expand_wildcards":"string","ignore_unavailable":true,"ignore_throttled":true},"search_type":"query_then_fetch","template":{"explain":true,"id":"string","params":{"additionalProperty1":{},"additionalProperty2":{}},"profile":true,"source":"string"},"rest_total_hits_as_int":true},"timeout":"string"},"simple":{"additionalProperty1":{},"additionalProperty2":{}}},"metadata":{"additionalProperty1":{},"additionalProperty2":{}},"throttle_period":"string","transform":{"chain":[{}],"script":{"lang":"string","params":{"additionalProperty1":{},"additionalProperty2":{}},"source":"string","id":"string"},"search":{"request":{"body":{"query":{}},"indices":["string"],"indices_options":{"allow_no_indices":true,"expand_wildcards":"string","ignore_unavailable":true,"ignore_throttled":true},"search_type":"query_then_fetch","template":{"explain":true,"id":"string","params":{"additionalProperty1":{},"additionalProperty2":{}},"profile":true,"source":"string"},"rest_total_hits_as_int":true},"timeout":"string"}},"trigger":{"schedule":{"cron":"string","daily":{"at":["string"]},"hourly":{"minute":[42.0]},"interval":"string","monthly":{"at":["string"],"on":[42.0]},"weekly":{"at":["string"],"on":["sunday"]},"yearly":{"at":["string"],"int":["january"],"on":[42.0]}}}}'
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},
"compare": {
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},
"never": {},
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},
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}
},
"foreach": "string",
"max_iterations": 42.0,
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"throttle_period": "string",
"": {
"auth": {
"basic": {
"password": "string",
"username": "string"
}
},
"body": "string",
"connection_timeout": "string",
"headers": {
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},
"host": "string",
"method": "head",
"params": {
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},
"path": "string",
"port": 42.0,
"proxy": {
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},
"read_timeout": "string",
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"transform": {
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},
"search": {
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"template": {
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"params": {},
"profile": true,
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},
"rest_total_hits_as_int": true
},
"timeout": "string"
}
},
"index": {
"index": "string",
"doc_id": "string",
"refresh": "true",
"op_type": "index",
"timeout": "string",
"execution_time_field": "string"
},
"logging": {
"level": "string",
"text": "string",
"category": "string"
},
"slack": {
"account": "string",
"message": {
"attachments": [
{
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"author_name": "string",
"color": "string",
"fallback": "string",
"fields": [
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"footer": "string",
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"image_url": "string",
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"dynamic_attachments": {
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"title_link": "string"
},
"list_path": "string"
},
"from": "string",
"icon": "string",
"text": "string",
"to": [
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]
}
}
},
"additionalProperty2": {
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},
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}
},
"compare": {
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},
"never": {},
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},
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}
},
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"throttle_period": "string",
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}
},
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"connection_timeout": "string",
"headers": {
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},
"host": "string",
"method": "head",
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},
"path": "string",
"port": 42.0,
"proxy": {
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},
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"ignore_throttled": true
},
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"template": {
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"params": {},
"profile": true,
"source": "string"
},
"rest_total_hits_as_int": true
},
"timeout": "string"
}
},
"index": {
"index": "string",
"doc_id": "string",
"refresh": "true",
"op_type": "index",
"timeout": "string",
"execution_time_field": "string"
},
"logging": {
"level": "string",
"text": "string",
"category": "string"
},
"slack": {
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"message": {
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"author_name": "string",
"color": "string",
"fallback": "string",
"fields": [
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],
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}
],
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{}
],
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"title_link": "string"
},
"list_path": "string"
},
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"icon": "string",
"text": "string",
"to": [
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}
}
}
},
"condition": {
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"array_compare": {
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},
"additionalProperty2": {
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}
},
"compare": {
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},
"never": {},
"script": {
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"additionalProperty2": {}
},
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"id": "string"
}
},
"input": {
"chain": {
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}
]
},
"http": {
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"string"
],
"request": {
"auth": {
"basic": {
"password": "string",
"username": "string"
}
},
"body": "string",
"connection_timeout": "string",
"headers": {
"additionalProperty1": "string",
"additionalProperty2": "string"
},
"host": "string",
"method": "head",
"params": {
"additionalProperty1": "string",
"additionalProperty2": "string"
},
"path": "string",
"port": 42.0,
"proxy": {
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"port": 42.0
},
"read_timeout": "string",
"scheme": "http",
"url": "string"
},
"response_content_type": "json"
},
"search": {
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],
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},
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],
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},
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},
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},
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},
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},
"simple": {
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}
},
"metadata": {
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},
"throttle_period": "string",
"transform": {
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],
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},
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},
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"trigger": {
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]
},
"hourly": {
"minute": [
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]
},
"interval": "string",
"monthly": {
"at": [
"string"
],
"on": [
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]
},
"weekly": {
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"string"
],
"on": [
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]
},
"yearly": {
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],
"int": [
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],
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]
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}
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"_seq_no": 42.0,
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}