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Delete async EQL search API

Deletes an async EQL search or a stored synchronous EQL search. The API also deletes results for the search.

resp = client.eql.delete(
    id="FkpMRkJGS1gzVDRlM3g4ZzMyRGlLbkEaTXlJZHdNT09TU2VTZVBoNDM3cFZMUToxMDM=",
)
print(resp)

response = client.eql.delete(
  id: 'FkpMRkJGS1gzVDRlM3g4ZzMyRGlLbkEaTXlJZHdNT09TU2VTZVBoNDM3cFZMUToxMDM='
)
puts response

const response = await client.eql.delete({
  id: "FkpMRkJGS1gzVDRlM3g4ZzMyRGlLbkEaTXlJZHdNT09TU2VTZVBoNDM3cFZMUToxMDM=",
});
console.log(response);

DELETE /_eql/search/FkpMRkJGS1gzVDRlM3g4ZzMyRGlLbkEaTXlJZHdNT09TU2VTZVBoNDM3cFZMUToxMDM=

DELETE /_eql/search/<search_id>

If the Elasticsearch security features are enabled, only the following users can use this API to delete a search:
- Users with the cancel_task cluster privilege
- The user who first submitted the search
See Required fields.

<search_id>

(Required, string) Identifier for the search to delete.

A search ID is provided in the EQL search API's response for an async search. A search ID is also provided if the request’s keep_on_completion parameter is true.