Create a data stream

You must have a matching index template with data stream enabled.

Required authorization

name string required: Name of the data stream, which must meet the following criteria: Lowercase only; Cannot include \, /, *, ?, ", <, >, |, ,, #, :, or a space character; Cannot start with -, _, +, or .ds-; Cannot be . or ..; Cannot be longer than 255 bytes. Multi-byte characters count towards this limit faster.

application/json

Examples

Request Console 1 / 8 languages

Console Kibana Dev Tools

PUT _data_stream/logs-foo-bar

JavaScript Elasticsearch JavaScript Client

const response = await client.indices.createDataStream({
  name: "logs-foo-bar",
});

Python Elasticsearch Python Client

resp = client.indices.create_data_stream(
    name="logs-foo-bar",
)

curl Shell

curl -X PUT "$ELASTICSEARCH_URL/_data_stream/logs-foo-bar" \
  -H "Authorization: ApiKey $ELASTIC_API_KEY"

Java Elasticsearch Java Client

client.indices().createDataStream(c -> c
    .name("logs-foo-bar")
);

C# Elasticsearch .NET Client

var response = await client.Indices.CreateDataStreamAsync(name: "logs-foo-bar");

PHP Elasticsearch PHP Client

$resp = $client->indices()->createDataStream([
    "name" => "logs-foo-bar",
]);

Ruby Elasticsearch Ruby Client

response = client.indices.create_data_stream(
  name: "logs-foo-bar"
)

Response

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