Create an index from a source index Technical preview; Added in 8.18.0

POST /_create_from/{source}/{dest}
Api key auth Basic auth Bearer auth

All methods and paths for this operation:

PUT /_create_from/{source}/{dest}

POST /_create_from/{source}/{dest}

Copy the mappings and settings from the source index to a destination index while allowing request settings and mappings to override the source values.

Path parameters

  • source string Required

    The source index or data stream name

  • dest string Required

    The destination index or data stream name

application/json

Body Required

  • mappings_override object
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    • all_field object
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      • analyzer string Required
      • enabled boolean Required
      • omit_norms boolean Required
      • search_analyzer string Required
      • similarity string Required
      • store boolean Required
      • store_term_vector_offsets boolean Required
      • store_term_vector_payloads boolean Required
      • store_term_vector_positions boolean Required
      • store_term_vectors boolean Required
    • date_detection boolean
    • dynamic string

      Values are strict, runtime, true, or false.

    • dynamic_date_formats array[string]
    • dynamic_templates array[object]
    • _field_names object
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      • enabled boolean Required
    • index_field object
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      • enabled boolean Required
    • _meta object
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      • * object Additional properties
    • numeric_detection boolean
    • properties object
    • _routing object
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      • required boolean Required
    • _size object
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      • enabled boolean Required
    • _source object
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      • compress boolean
      • compress_threshold string
      • enabled boolean
      • excludes array[string]
      • includes array[string]
      • mode string

        Values are disabled, stored, or synthetic.

    • runtime object
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      • * object Additional properties
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        • fields object

          For type composite

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          • * object Additional properties
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            • type string Required

              Values are boolean, composite, date, double, geo_point, geo_shape, ip, keyword, long, or lookup.

        • fetch_fields array[object]

          For type lookup

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          • field string Required

            Path to field or array of paths. Some API's support wildcards in the path to select multiple fields.

          • format string
        • format string

          A custom format for date type runtime fields.

        • input_field string

          Path to field or array of paths. Some API's support wildcards in the path to select multiple fields.

        • target_field string

          Path to field or array of paths. Some API's support wildcards in the path to select multiple fields.

        • target_index string
        • script object
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          • source string | object

            One of:
            string-1 string SearchRequestBody object
          • id string
          • params object

            Specifies any named parameters that are passed into the script as variables. Use parameters instead of hard-coded values to decrease compile time.

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            • * object Additional properties

          • lang string

            Any of:
            string-1 string string-2 string

            Values are painless, expression, mustache, or java.

          • options object
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            • * string Additional properties
        • type string Required

          Values are boolean, composite, date, double, geo_point, geo_shape, ip, keyword, long, or lookup.

    • enabled boolean
    • subobjects string

      Values are true or false.

    • _data_stream_timestamp object
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      • enabled boolean Required
  • settings_override object
    Index settings
  • remove_index_blocks boolean

    If index blocks should be removed when creating destination index (optional)

    Default value is true.

Responses

  • 200 application/json
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    • acknowledged boolean Required
    • index string Required
    • shards_acknowledged boolean Required
POST /_create_from/{source}/{dest} 
POST _create_from/my-index/my-new-index 
resp = client.perform_request( "POST", "/_create_from/my-index/my-new-index", )
const response = await client.transport.request({ method: "POST", path: "/_create_from/my-index/my-new-index", });
response = client.perform_request( "POST", "/_create_from/my-index/my-new-index", {}, )
$requestFactory = Psr17FactoryDiscovery::findRequestFactory(); $request = $requestFactory->createRequest( "POST", "/_create_from/my-index/my-new-index", ); $resp = $client->sendRequest($request);
curl -X POST -H "Authorization: ApiKey $ELASTIC_API_KEY" "$ELASTICSEARCH_URL/_create_from/my-index/my-new-index"
client.indices().createFrom(c -> c .dest("my-new-index") .source("my-index") .createFrom(cr -> cr) );