Start the watch service

Auth

Start the Watcher service if it is not already running.

Required privileges

master_timeout union oneOf · default: 30s: Period to wait for a connection to the master node.; Values: -1 0

application/json

acknowledged boolean required: For a successful response, this value is always true. On failure, an exception is returned instead.

Examples

Request Console 1 / 7 languages

Console Kibana Dev Tools

POST _watcher/_start

JavaScript Elasticsearch JavaScript Client

const response = await client.watcher.start();

Python Elasticsearch Python Client

resp = client.watcher.start()

curl Shell

curl -X POST "$ELASTICSEARCH_URL/_watcher/_start" \
  -H "Authorization: ApiKey $ELASTIC_API_KEY"

Java Elasticsearch Java Client

client.watcher().start(s -> s);

PHP Elasticsearch PHP Client

$resp = $client->watcher()->start();

Ruby Elasticsearch Ruby Client

response = client.watcher.start

Response

A successful response from POST _watcher/_start.

{
  "acknowledged": true
}