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Render search template API

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Render search template API

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Renders a search template as a search request body.

POST _render/template
{
  "id": "my-search-template",
  "params": {
    "query_string": "hello world",
    "from": 20,
    "size": 10
  }
}

Request

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GET _render/template

GET _render/template/<template-id>

POST _render/template

POST _render/template/<template-id>

Prerequisites

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If the Elasticsearch security features are enabled, you must have the read index privilege for at least one index pattern.

Path parameters

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<template-id>: (Required*, string) ID of the search template to render. If no source is specified, this or the id request body parameter is required.

Request body

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id: (Required*, string) ID of the search template to render. If no source is specified, this or the <template-id> request path parameter is required. If you specify both this parameter and the <template-id> parameter, the API uses only <template-id>.
params: (Optional, object) Key-value pairs used to replace Mustache variables in the template. The key is the variable name. The value is the variable value.
source: (Required*, object) An inline search template. Supports the same parameters as the search API's request body. These parameters also support Mustache variables. If no id or <templated-id> is specified, this parameter is required.

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