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Index APIs

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Index APIs

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Index APIs are used to manage individual indices, index settings, aliases, mappings, and index templates.

Index management:

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  • Create index
  • Delete index
  • Get index
  • Index exists
  • Close index
  • Open index
  • Shrink index
  • Split index
  • Clone index
  • Rollover index
  • Freeze index
  • Unfreeze index

Mapping management:

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  • Put mapping
  • Get mapping
  • Get field mapping
  • Type exists

Alias management:

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  • Add index alias
  • Delete index alias
  • Get index alias
  • Index alias exists
  • Update index alias

Index settings:

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  • Update index settings
  • Get index settings
  • Analyze

Index templates:

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  • Put index template
  • Delete index template
  • Get index template
  • Index template exists

Monitoring:

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  • Index stats
  • Index segments
  • Index recovery
  • Index shard stores

Status management:

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  • Clear cache
  • Refresh
  • Flush
  • Synced flush
  • Force merge
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