Create connector sync job API

This 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 a connector sync job.

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resp = client.perform_request(
    "POST",
    "/_connector/_sync_job",
    headers={"Content-Type": "application/json"},
    body={
        "id": "connector-id",
        "job_type": "full",
        "trigger_method": "on_demand"
    },
)
print(resp)

response = client.connector.sync_job_post(
  body: {
    id: 'connector-id',
    job_type: 'full',
    trigger_method: 'on_demand'
  }
)
puts response

const response = await client.transport.request({
  method: "POST",
  path: "/_connector/_sync_job",
  body: {
    id: "connector-id",
    job_type: "full",
    trigger_method: "on_demand",
  },
});
console.log(response);

POST _connector/_sync_job
{
  "id": "connector-id",
  "job_type": "full",
  "trigger_method": "on_demand"
}

Request

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POST _connector/_sync_job

Prerequisites

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To sync data using self-managed connectors, you need to deploy the Elastic connector service. on your own infrastructure. This service runs automatically on Elastic Cloud for Elastic managed connectors.
The id parameter should reference an existing connector.

Description

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Creates a connector sync job document in the internal index and initializes its counters and timestamps with default values. Certain values can be updated via the API.

Request body

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id: (Required, string) The id of the connector to create the sync job for.
job_type: (Optional, string) The job type of the created sync job. Defaults to full.
trigger_method: (Optional, string) The trigger method of the created sync job. Defaults to on_demand.

Response body

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id: (string) The ID associated with the connector sync job document.

Response codes

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201: Indicates that the connector sync job was created successfully.
400: Indicates that the request was malformed.
404: Indicates that either the index or the referenced connector is missing.

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