Chapter 8. Elasticsearch APIs
In Chapter 2, Step into Elasticsearch, we learned about underlying technology and how Elasticsearch works and the APIs it offers. In Chapter 4, Kibana Interface, we understood how to use the Console and got to use aggregations using Kibana.
This chapter will complete the rest of the APIs and we will use Console to send API requests to Elasticsearch. We'll cover the following topics in this chapter:
- Cluster APIs
- Cat APIs
- Modules
- Ingest nodes
- Elasticsearch clients
- Java APIs
For a quick go-through of Console, you can refer to the Exploring dev tools section in Chapter 4, Kibana Interface.
Note
Assuming for development and learning purpose, Kibana is installed locally.
The cluster APIs
These APIs allow us to know about cluster state, ...
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