Run a search with a search template

  • POST also GET /{index}/_search/template
  • POST also GET /_search/template
Auth

Required authorization

Index privileges read

Path parameters

index union string | string[] optional

A comma-separated list of data streams, indices, and aliases to search. It supports wildcards (*).

Leave it out to use /_search/template.

Query parameters

allow_no_indices boolean · default: true

If false, the request returns an error if any wildcard expression, index alias, or _all value targets only missing or closed indices. This behavior applies even if the request targets other open indices. For example, a request targeting foo*,bar* returns an error if an index starts with foo but no index starts with bar.

ccs_minimize_roundtrips boolean · default: false

If true, network round-trips are minimized for cross-cluster search requests.

expand_wildcards union oneOf · default: open

The type of index that wildcard patterns can match. If the request can target data streams, this argument determines whether wildcard expressions match hidden data streams. Supports comma-separated values, such as open,hidden.

Supported values include:

  • all: Match any data stream or index, including hidden ones.
  • open: Match open, non-hidden indices. Also matches any non-hidden data stream.
  • closed: Match closed, non-hidden indices. Also matches any non-hidden data stream. Data streams cannot be closed.
  • hidden: Match hidden data streams and hidden indices. Must be combined with open, closed, or both.
  • none: Wildcard expressions are not accepted.
Values: all open closed hidden none
explain boolean · default: false

If true, the response includes additional details about score computation as part of a hit.

ignore_throttled boolean · default: true deprecated

If true, specified concrete, expanded, or aliased indices are not included in the response when throttled.

ignore_unavailable boolean · default: false

If false, the request returns an error if it targets a missing or closed index.

preference string

The node or shard the operation should be performed on. It is random by default.

profile boolean · default: false

If true, the query execution is profiled.

routing string

A custom value used to route operations to a specific shard.

scroll string

Specifies how long a consistent view of the index should be maintained for scrolled search.

Reference
search_type enum

The type of the search operation.

Supported values include:

  • query_then_fetch: Documents are scored using local term and document frequencies for the shard. This is usually faster but less accurate.
  • dfs_query_then_fetch: Documents are scored using global term and document frequencies across all shards. This is usually slower but more accurate.
Values: query_then_fetch dfs_query_then_fetch
rest_total_hits_as_int boolean · default: false

If true, hits.total is rendered as an integer in the response. If false, it is rendered as an object.

typed_keys boolean · default: false

If true, the response prefixes aggregation and suggester names with their respective types.

Request body

explain boolean · default: false

If true, returns detailed information about score calculation as part of each hit. If you specify both this and the explain query parameter, the API uses only the query parameter.

id string

The ID of the search template to use. If no source is specified, this parameter is required.

params map string to object

Key-value pairs used to replace Mustache variables in the template. The key is the variable name. The value is the variable value.

profile boolean · default: false

If true, the query execution is profiled.

source string

An inline search template. Supports the same parameters as the search API's request body. It also supports Mustache variables. If no id is specified, this parameter is required.

Response

application/json
took number required
timed_out boolean required
_shards object required
failed number required

The number of shards the operation or search attempted to run on but failed.

successful number required

The number of shards the operation or search succeeded on.

total number required

The number of shards the operation or search will run on overall.

failures object[]
index string
node string
reason object required
type string required

The type of error

reason union string nullable

A human-readable explanation of the error, in English.

One of: string
stack_trace string

The server stack trace. Present only if the error_trace=true parameter was sent with the request.

caused_by object
Same fields as reason in failures
root_cause object[]
Same fields as reason in failures
suppressed object[]
Same fields as reason in failures
shard number
status string
primary boolean
skipped number
hits object required
total union oneOf

Total hit count information, present only if track_total_hits wasn't false in the search request.

One of:
relation enum required

Supported values include:

  • eq: Accurate
  • gte: Lower bound, including returned events or sequences
Values: eq gte
value number required
hits object[] required
_index string required
_id string
_score union number | string nullable
_explanation object
description string required
details object[] required
description string required
details object[]
Same fields as details in _explanation
value number required
value number required
fields map string to object
highlight map string to string
inner_hits map string to object
<string> object
hits object required
Same fields as hits
matched_queries union oneOf
One of: string[] or string to number
_nested object
field string required
offset number required
_nested object
Same fields as _nested in hits
_ignored string[]
ignored_field_values map string to oneOf
_shard string
_node string
_routing string
_source object
_rank number
_seq_no number
_primary_term number
_version number
sort union[]
max_score union number | string nullable
aggregations map string to {} Aggregation result
_clusters object
skipped number required
successful number required
total number required
running number required
partial number required
failed number required
details map string to object
<string> object
status enum required
Values: running successful partial skipped failed
indices string required
took number
timed_out boolean required
_shards object
Same fields as _shards
failures object[]
Same fields as failures in _shards
fields map string to object
max_score number
num_reduce_phases number
profile object
shards object[] required
aggregations object[] required
breakdown object required
build_aggregation number required
build_aggregation_count number required
build_leaf_collector number required
build_leaf_collector_count number required
collect number required
collect_count number required
initialize number required
initialize_count number required
post_collection number
post_collection_count number
reduce number required
reduce_count number required
description string required
time_in_nanos number required
type string required
debug object
segments_with_multi_valued_ords number
collection_strategy string
segments_with_single_valued_ords number
total_buckets number
built_buckets number
result_strategy string
has_filter boolean
delegate string
delegate_debug object
Same fields as debug in aggregations
chars_fetched number
extract_count number
extract_ns number
values_fetched number
collect_analyzed_ns number
collect_analyzed_count number
surviving_buckets number
ordinals_collectors_used number
ordinals_collectors_overhead_too_high number
string_hashing_collectors_used number
numeric_collectors_used number
empty_collectors_used number
deferred_aggregators string[]
segments_with_doc_count_field number
segments_with_deleted_docs number
filters object[]
results_from_metadata number
query string
specialized_for string
segments_counted_in_constant_time number
segments_counted number
segments_collected number
map_reducer string
brute_force_used number
dynamic_pruning_attempted number
dynamic_pruning_used number
skipped_due_to_no_data number
children object[]
Same fields as aggregations in shards
cluster string required
dfs object
statistics object
type string required
description string required
time string
time_in_nanos number required
breakdown object required
collection_statistics number required
collection_statistics_count number required
create_weight number required
create_weight_count number required
rewrite number required
rewrite_count number required
term_statistics number required
term_statistics_count number required
debug map string to object
children object[]
Same fields as statistics in dfs
knn object[]
vector_operations_count number
query object[] required
type string required
description string required
time string
time_in_nanos number required
breakdown object required
advance number required
advance_count number required
build_scorer number required
build_scorer_count number required
compute_max_score number required
compute_max_score_count number required
count_weight number required
count_weight_count number required
create_weight number required
create_weight_count number required
match number required
match_count number required
next_doc number required
next_doc_count number required
score number required
score_count number required
set_min_competitive_score number required
set_min_competitive_score_count number required
shallow_advance number required
shallow_advance_count number required
debug map string to object
children object[]
Same fields as query in knn
rewrite_time number required
collector object[] required
name string required
reason string required
time string
time_in_nanos number required
children object[]
Same fields as collector in knn
fetch object
type string required
description string required
time_in_nanos number required
breakdown object required
load_source number
load_source_count number
load_stored_fields number
load_stored_fields_count number
next_reader number
next_reader_count number
process_count number
process number
debug object
stored_fields string[]
fast_path number
children object[]
Same fields as fetch in shards
id string required
index string required
node_id string required
searches object[] required
collector object[] required
name string required
reason string required
time_in_nanos number required
children object[]
Same fields as collector in searches
query object[] required
breakdown object required
advance number required
advance_count number required
build_scorer number required
build_scorer_count number required
create_weight number required
create_weight_count number required
match number required
match_count number required
shallow_advance number required
shallow_advance_count number required
next_doc number required
next_doc_count number required
score number required
score_count number required
compute_max_score number required
compute_max_score_count number required
count_weight number required
count_weight_count number required
set_min_competitive_score number required
set_min_competitive_score_count number required
description string required
time_in_nanos number required
type string required
children object[]
Same fields as query in searches
rewrite_time number required
shard_id number required
pit_id string
_scroll_id string
suggest map string to oneOf
terminated_early boolean