Update filters API

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Updates the description of a filter, adds items, or removes items.

Request

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POST _ml/filters/<filter_id>/_update

Prerequisites

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Path parameters

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<filter_id>
(Required, string) A string that uniquely identifies a filter.

Request body

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add_items
(Optional, array of strings) The items to add to the filter.
description
(Optional, string) A description for the filter.
remove_items
(Optional, array of strings) The items to remove from the filter.

Examples

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POST _ml/filters/safe_domains/_update
{
  "description": "Updated list of domains",
  "add_items": ["*.myorg.com"],
  "remove_items": ["wikipedia.org"]
}

The API returns the following results:

{
  "filter_id": "safe_domains",
  "description": "Updated list of domains",
  "items": ["*.google.com", "*.myorg.com"]
}