Create or update synonym rule
editCreate or update synonym rule
editThis functionality is in beta and is subject to change. The design and code is less mature than official GA features and is being provided as-is with no warranties. Beta features are not subject to the support SLA of official GA features.
Creates or updates a synonym rule for a synonym set.
Request
editPUT _synonyms/<synonyms_set>/<synonym_rule>
Prerequisites
editRequires the manage_search_synonyms cluster privilege.
Path parameters
edit-
<synonyms_set> - (Required, string) Synonyms set identifier to update.
-
<synonym_rule> - (Required, string) Synonym rule identifier to create or update.
Request body
edit-
synonyms -
(Required, string) The synonym rule definition. This needs to be in Solr format. Some examples are:
- "i-pod, i pod ⇒ ipod",
- "universe, cosmos"
Examples
editThe following example updates an existing synonym rule called test-1 for the synonyms set my-synonyms-set:
PUT _synonyms/my-synonyms-set/test-1
{
"synonyms": "hello, hi, howdy"
}
{
"result": "updated",
"reload_analyzers_details": {
"_shards": {
"total": 2,
"successful": 1,
"failed": 0
},
"reload_details": [
{
"index": "test-index",
"reloaded_analyzers": [
"my_search_analyzer"
],
"reloaded_node_ids": [
"1wYFZzq8Sxeu_Jvt9mlbkg"
]
}
]
}
}
All analyzers using this synonyms set will be reloaded automatically to reflect the new rule.
If any of the synonym rules included is invalid, the API will return an error.
PUT _synonyms/my-synonyms-set/test-1
{
"synonyms": "hello => hi => howdy"
}
{
"error": {
"root_cause": [
{
"type": "action_request_validation_exception",
"reason": "Validation Failed: 1: More than one explicit mapping specified in the same synonyms rule: [hello => hi => howdy];",
"stack_trace": ...
}
],
"type": "action_request_validation_exception",
"reason": "Validation Failed: 1: More than one explicit mapping specified in the same synonyms rule: [hello => hi => howdy];",
"stack_trace": ...
},
"status": 400
}