Create an index from a source index

POST also PUT /_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.

Creating an index from source

Authentication

Authorization: <value>

Elasticsearch APIs use key-based authentication. You must create an API key and use the encoded value in the request header. For example:

		curl -X GET "${ES_URL}/_cat/indices?v=true" \
  -H "Authorization: ApiKey ${API_KEY}"

For more information about where to find API keys for the Elasticsearch endpoint (${ES_URL}) for a project, go to Get started with Elasticsearch Serverless.

Path parameters

Request body

mappings_override object: Mappings overrides to be applied to the destination index (optional)
settings_override object: Settings overrides to be applied to the destination index (optional)
remove_index_blocks boolean · default: true: If index blocks should be removed when creating destination index (optional)

Response

application/json

Examples

Request Console 1 / 8 languages

Console Kibana Dev Tools

POST _create_from/my-index/my-new-index

JavaScript Elasticsearch JavaScript Client

const response = await client.indices.createFrom({
  source: "my-index",
  dest: "my-new-index",
  create_from: null,
});

Python Elasticsearch Python Client

resp = client.indices.create_from(
    source="my-index",
    dest="my-new-index",
    create_from=None,
)

curl Shell

curl -X POST "$ELASTICSEARCH_URL/_create_from/my-index/my-new-index" \
  -H "Authorization: ApiKey $ELASTIC_API_KEY"

Java Elasticsearch Java Client

client.indices().createFrom(c -> c
    .dest("my-new-index")
    .source("my-index")
);

C# Elasticsearch .NET Client

var response = await client.Indices
    .CreateFromAsync(source: "my-index", dest: "my-new-index", d1 => d1
        .CreateFrom()
    );

PHP Elasticsearch PHP Client

$requestFactory = Psr17FactoryDiscovery::findRequestFactory();
$request = $requestFactory->createRequest(
    "POST",
    "/_create_from/my-index/my-new-index",
);
$resp = $client->sendRequest($request);

Ruby Elasticsearch Ruby Client

response = client.indices.create_from(
  source: "my-index",
  dest: "my-new-index"
)

Response

No example

Authentication

Path parameters

Request body { }

Response

Request body