Create index pattern API

Deprecated in 8.0.0.

[preview] This functionality is in technical preview and may be changed or removed in a future release. Elastic will work to fix any issues, but features in technical preview are not subject to the support SLA of official GA features. Create Kibana index patterns.

Request

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POST <kibana host>:<port>/api/index_patterns/index_pattern

POST <kibana host>:<port>/s/<space_id>/api/index_patterns/index_pattern

Path parameters

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space_id: (Optional, string) An identifier for the space. If space_id is not provided in the URL, the default space is used.

Request body

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override: (Optional, boolean) Overrides an existing index pattern if an index pattern with the provided title already exists. The default is false.
refresh_fields: (Optional, boolean) Reloads index pattern fields after the index pattern is stored. The default is false.
index_pattern: (Required, object) The index pattern object. All fields are optional.

Response code

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200: Indicates a successful call.

Examples

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Create an index pattern with a custom title:

$ curl -X POST api/index_patterns/index_pattern
{
  "index_pattern": {
     "title": "hello"
  }
}

Customize the creation behavior:

$ curl -X POST api/index_patterns/index_pattern
{
  "override": false,
  "refresh_fields": true,
  "index_pattern": {
     "title": "hello"
  }
}

At creation, all index pattern fields are optional:

$ curl -X POST api/index_patterns/index_pattern
{
  "index_pattern": {
      "id": "...",
      "version": "...",
      "title": "...",
      "type": "...",
      "timeFieldName": "...",
      "sourceFilters": [],
      "fields": {},
      "typeMeta": {},
      "fieldFormats": {},
      "fieldAttrs": {},
      "runtimeFieldMap": {}
      "allowNoIndex": "..."
    }
}

The API returns the index pattern object:

{
    "index_pattern": {...}
}

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