"create()"

    $result = $e->indices->create(
        index => 'my_index'             # required

        body  => {                      # optional
            index settings
            mappings
            aliases
        }
    );

The "create()" method is used to create an index. Optionally, index settings, type mappings, and aliases can be added at the same time.

Query string parameters: "error_trace", "human", "master_timeout", "timeout", "update_all_types", "wait_for_active_shards"

See the create index docs <http://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/indices-create-index.html> for more information.

"get()"

    $response = $e->indices->get(
        index   => 'index'   | \@indices    # required
    );

Returns the aliases, settings, and mappings for the specified indices.

See the get index docs <http://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/indices-get-index.html>.

Query string parameters: "allow_no_indices", "error_trace", "expand_wildcards", "flat_settings", "human", "ignore_unavailable", "include_defaults", "local"

"exists()"

    $bool = $e->indices->exists(
        index => 'index' | \@indices    # required
    );

The "exists()" method returns 1 or the empty string to indicate whether the specified index or indices exist.

Query string parameters: "allow_no_indices", "error_trace", "expand_wildcards", "flat_settings", "human", "ignore_unavailable", "include_defaults", "local"

See the index exists docs <http://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/indices-indices-exists.html> for more information.

"delete()"

    $response = $e->indices->delete(
        index => 'index' | \@indices    # required
    );

The "delete()" method deletes the specified indices.

Query string parameters: "allow_no_indices", "error_trace", "expand_wildcards", "human", "ignore_unavailable", "master_timeout", "timeout"

See the delete index docs <http://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/indices-delete-index.html> for more information.

"close()"

    $response = $e->indices->close(
        index => 'index' | \@indices    # required
    );

The "close()" method closes the specified indices, reducing resource usage but allowing them to be reopened later.

Query string parameters: "allow_no_indices", "error_trace", "expand_wildcards", "human", "ignore_unavailable" "master_timeout", "timeout"

See the close index docs <http://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/indices-open-close.html> for more information.

"open()"

    $response = $e->indices->open(
        index => 'index' | \@indices    # required
    );

The "open()" method opens closed indices.

Query string parameters: "allow_no_indices", "error_trace", "expand_wildcards", "human", "ignore_unavailable" "master_timeout", "timeout"

See the open index docs <http://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/indices-open-close.html> for more information.

"rollover()"

    $response = $e->indices->rollover(
        alias     => $alias,                    # required
        new_index => $index,                    # optional
        body      => { rollover conditions }    # optional
    );

Rollover an index pointed to by "alias" if it meets rollover conditions (eg max age, max docs) to a new index name.

Query string parameters: "dry_run", "error_trace", "human", "master_timeout", "timeout", "wait_for_active_shards"

See the rollover index docs <https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/indices-rollover-index.html> for more information.

"shrink()"

    $response = $e->shrink(
        index  => $index,                           # required
        target => $target,                          # required
        body   => { mappings, settings aliases }    # optional
    );

The shrink API shrinks the shards of an index down to a single shard (or to a factor of the original shards).

Query string parameters: "error_trace", "human", "master_timeout", "timeout", "wait_for_active_shards"

See the shrink index docs <https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/indices-shrink-index.html> for more information.

"clear_cache()"

    $response = $e->indices->clear_cache(
        index => 'index' | \@indices        # optional
    );

The "clear_cache()" method is used to clear the in-memory filter, fielddata, or id cache for the specified indices.

Query string parameters: "allow_no_indices", "error_trace", "expand_wildcards", "fielddata", "fields", "human", "ignore_unavailable", "query", "recycler", "request"

See the clear_cache docs <http://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/indices-clearcache.html> for more information.

"refresh()"

    $response = $e->indices->refresh(
        index => 'index' | \@indices    # optional
    );

The "refresh()" method refreshes the specified indices (or all indices), allowing recent changes to become visible to search. This process normally happens automatically once every second by default.

Query string parameters: "allow_no_indices", "error_trace", "expand_wildcards", "human", "ignore_unavailable"

See the refresh index docs <http://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/indices-refresh.html> for more information.

"flush()"

    $response = $e->indices->flush(
        index => 'index' | \@indices    # optional
    );

The "flush()" method causes the specified indices (or all indices) to be written to disk with an "fsync", and clears out the transaction log. This process normally happens automatically.

Query string parameters: "allow_no_indices", "error_trace", "expand_wildcards", "force", "human", "ignore_unavailable", "wait_if_ongoing"

See the flush index docs <http://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/indices-flush.html> for more information.

"flush_synced()"

    $respnse = $e->indices->flush_synced(
        index => 'index' | \@indices    # optional
    );

The "flush_synced()" method does a synchronised flush() on the primaries and replicas of all the specified indices. In other words, after flushing it tries to write a "sync_id" on the primaries and replicas to mark them as containing the same documents. During recovery, if a replica has the same "sync_id" as the primary, then it doesn't need to check whether the segment files on primary and replica are the same, and it can move on directly to just replaying the translog. This can greatly speed up recovery.

Synced flushes happens automatically in the background on indices that have not received any writes for a while, but the flush_synced() method can be used to trigger this process manually, eg before shutting down. Any new commits immediately break the sync.

See the flush synced docs <http://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/indices-synced-flush.html> for more information.

Query string parameters: "allow_no_indices", "error_trace", "expand_wildcards", "human", "ignore_unavailable"

"forcemerge()"

    $response = $e->indices->forcemerge(
        index => 'index' | \@indices    # optional
    );

The "forcemerge()" method rewrites all the data in an index into at most "max_num_segments". This is a very heavy operation and should only be run with care, and only on indices that are no longer being updated.

Query string parameters: "allow_no_indices", "error_trace", "expand_wildcards", "flush", "human", "ignore_unavailable", "max_num_segments", "only_expunge_deletes", "wait_for_merge"

See the forcemerge docs <http://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/indices-forcemerge.html> for more information.

"get_upgrade()"

    $response = $e->indices->get_upgrade(
        index => 'index' | \@indices    # optional
    );

The "get_upgrade()" method returns information about which indices need to be upgraded, which can be done with the "upgrade()" method.

Query string parameters: "allow_no_indices", "error_trace", "expand_wildcards", "human", "ignore_unavailable"

See the upgrade docs <http://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/indices-upgrade.html> for more information.

"upgrade()"

    $response = $e->indices->upgrade(
        index => 'index' | \@indices    # optional
    );

The "upgrade()" method upgrades all segments in the specified indices to the latest format.

Query string parameters: "allow_no_indices", "error_trace", "expand_wildcards", "human", "ignore_unavailable", "only_ancient_segments", "wait_for_completion"

See the upgrade docs <http://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/indices-upgrade.html> for more information.

"put_mapping()"

    $response = $e->indices->put_mapping(
        index => 'index' | \@indices    # optional,
        type  => 'type',                # required

        body  => { mapping }            # required
    )

The "put_mapping()" method is used to create or update a type mapping on an existing index. Mapping updates are allowed to add new fields, but not to overwrite or change existing fields.

For instance:

    $response = $e->indices->put_mapping(
        index   => 'users',
        type    => 'user',
        body    => {
            user => {
                properties => {
                    name => { type => 'string'  },
                    age  => { type => 'integer' }
                }
            }
        }
    );

Query string parameters: "allow_no_indices", "error_trace", "expand_wildcards", "human", "ignore_unavailable", "master_timeout", "timeout", "update_all_types"

See the put_mapping docs <http://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/indices-put-mapping.html> for more information.

"get_mapping()"

    $result = $e->indices->get_mapping(
        index => 'index' | \@indices    # optional,
        type  => 'type'  | \@types      # optional
    );

The "get_mapping()" method returns the type definitions for one, more or all types in one, more or all indices.

Query string parameters: "allow_no_indices", "error_trace", "expand_wildcards", "human", "ignore_unavailable", "local"

See the get_mapping docs <http://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/indices-get-mapping.html> for more information.

"get_field_mapping()"

    $result = $e->indices->get_field_mapping(
        index => 'index'  | \@indices    # optional,
        type  => 'type'   | \@types      # optional,
        fields => 'field' | \@fields     # required

        include_defaults => 0 | 1
    );

The "get_field_mapping()" method returns the field definitions for one, more or all fields in one, more or all types and indices.

Query string parameters: "allow_no_indices", "error_trace", "expand_wildcards", "human", "ignore_unavailable", "include_defaults", "local"

See the get_mapping docs <http://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/indices-get-field-mapping.html> for more information.

"exists_type()"

    $bool = $e->indices->exists_type(
        index => 'index' | \@indices    # required,
        type  => 'type'  | \@types      # required
    );

The "exists_type()" method checks for the existence of all specified types in all specified indices, and returns 1 or the empty string.

Query string parameters: "allow_no_indices", "error_trace", "expand_wildcards", "human", "ignore_unavailable", "local"

See the exists_type docs <http://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/indices-types-exists.html> for more information.

"update_aliases()"

    $response = $e->indices->update_aliases(
        body => { actions }             # required
    );

The "update_aliases()" method changes (by adding or removing) multiple index aliases atomically. For instance:

    $response = $e->indices->update_aliases(
        body => {
            actions => [
                { add    => { alias => 'current', index => 'logs_2013_09' }},
                { remove => { alias => 'current', index => 'logs_2013_08' }}
            ]
        }
    );

Query string parameters: "error_trace", "human", "master_timeout", "timeout"

See the update_aliases docs <http://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/indices-aliases.html> for more information.

"put_alias()"

    $response = $e->indices->put_alias(
        index => 'index' | \@indices,       # required
        name  => 'alias',                   # required

        body  => { alias defn }             # optional
    );

The "put_alias()" method creates an index alias. For instance:

    $response = $e->indices->put_alias(
        index => 'my_index',
        name  => 'twitter',
        body => {
            filter => { term => { user_id => 'twitter' }}
        }
    );

Query string parameters: "error_trace", "human", "master_timeout", "timeout"

See the put_alias docs <http://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/indices-aliases.html> for more information.

"get_alias()"

    $result = $e->indices->get_alias(
        index   => 'index' | \@indices,     # optional
        name    => 'alias' | \@aliases      # optional
    );

The "get_alias()" method returns the alias definitions for the specified aliases in the specified indices.

Query string parameters: "allow_no_indices", "error_trace", "expand_wildcards", "human", "ignore_unavailable", "local"

See the get_alias docs <http://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/indices-aliases.html> for more information.

"exists_alias()"

    $bool = $e->indices->exists_alias(
        index   => 'index' | \@indices,     # optional
        name    => 'alias' | \@aliases      # optional
    );

The "exists_alias()" method returns 1 or the empty string depending on whether the specified aliases exist in the specified indices.

Query string parameters: "allow_no_indices", "error_trace", "expand_wildcards", "human", "ignore_unavailable", "local"

See the exists_alias docs <http://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/indices-aliases.html> for more information.

"delete_alias()"

    $response = $e->indices->delete_alias(
        index   => 'index' | \@indices        # required,
        name    => 'alias' | \@aliases        # required
    );

The "delete_alias()" method deletes one or more aliases from one or more indices.

Query string parameters: "error_trace", "human", "master_timeout", "timeout"

See the delete_alias docs <http://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/indices-aliases.html> for more information.

"put_settings()"

    $response = $e->indices->put_settings(
        index   => 'index' | \@indices      # optional

        body    => { settings }
    );

The "put_settings()" method sets the index settings for the specified indices or all indices. For instance:

    $response = $e->indices->put_settings(
        body => {
            "index.refresh_interval" => -1
        }
    );

Query string parameters: "allow_no_indices", "error_trace", "expand_wildcards", "flat_settings", "human", "ignore_unavailable", "master_timeout", "preserve_existing"

See the put_settings docs <http://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/indices-update-settings.html> for more information.

"get_settings()"

    $result = $e->indices->get_settings(
        index   => 'index' | \@indices      # optional
        name    => 'name'  | \@names        # optional
    );

The "get_settings()" method retrieves the index settings for the specified indices or all indices.

Query string parameters: "allow_no_indices", "error_trace", "expand_wildcards", "flat_settings", "human", "ignore_unavailable", "include_defaults", "local"

See the get_settings docs <http://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/indices-get-settings.html> for more information.

"put_template()"

    $response = $e->indices->put_template(
        name => 'template'                  # required
        body => { template defn }           # required
    );

The "put_template()" method is used to create or update index templates.

Query string parameters: "create", "error_trace", "flat_settings", "human", "master_timeout", "op_type", "order", "timeout", "version", "version_type"

See the put_template docs <http://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/indices-templates.html> for more information.

"get_template()"

    $result = $e->indices->get_template(
        name  => 'template' | \@templates # optional
    );

The "get_template()" method is used to retrieve a named template.

Query string parameters: "error_trace", "flat_settings", "human", "local", "master_timeout"

See the get_template docs <http://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/indices-templates.html> for more information.

"exists_template()"

    $result = $e->indices->exists_template(
        name  => 'template'                 # optional
    );

The "exists_template()" method is used to check whether the named template exists.

Query string parameters: "error_trace", "flat_settings", "human", "local", "master_timeout"

See the get_template docs <http://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/indices-templates.html> for more information.

"delete_template()"

    $response = $e->indices->delete_template(
        name  => 'template'                 # required
    );

The "delete_template()" method is used to delete a named template.

Query string parameters: "error_trace", "human", "master_timeout", "timeout", "version", "version_type"

See the delete_template docs <http://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/indices-templates.html> for more information.

"stats()"

    $result = $e->indices->stats(
        index   => 'index'  | \@indices      # optional
        metric  => 'metric' | \@metrics      # optional
    );

The "stats()" method returns statistical information about one, more or all indices. By default it returns all metrics, but you can limit which metrics are returned by specifying the "metric".

Allowed metrics are: "_all", "completion" "docs", "fielddata", "filter_cache", "flush", "get", "id_cache", "indexing", "merge", "percolate", "query_cache", "refresh", "request_cache", "search", "segments", "store"

Query string parameters: "completion_fields", "error_trace", "fielddata_fields", "fields", "groups", "human", "include_segment_file_sizes", "level", "types"

See the stats docs <http://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/indices-stats.html> for more information.

"recovery()"

    $result = $e->indices->recovery(
        index   => 'index' | \@indices      # optional
    );

Provides insight into on-going shard recoveries.

Query string parameters: "active_only", "detailed", "error_trace", "human"

See the recovery docs <http://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/indices-recovery.html> for more information.

"segments()"

    $result = $e->indices->segments(
        index   => 'index' | \@indices      # optional
    );

The "segments()" method is used to return information about the segments that an index contains.

Query string parameters: "allow_no_indices", "error_trace", "expand_wildcards", "human", "ignore_unavailable", "verbose"

See the segments docs <http://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/indices-segments.html> for more information.

"shard_stores()"

    $result = $e->indices->shard_stores(
        index   => 'index' | \@indices      # optional
    );

The "shard_stores()" method is used to find out which nodes contain copies of which shards, whether the shards are allocated or not.

Query string parameters: "allow_no_indices", "error_trace", "expand_wildcards", "human", "ignore_unavailable", "status"

See the shard_stores docs <http://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/indices-shards-stores.html> for more information.

"analyze()"

    $result = $e->indices->analyze(
        index   => 'index'                  # optional,
        body    => 'text to analyze'
    );

The "analyze()" method passes the text in the "body" through the specified "analyzer", "tokenizer" or token "filter" - which may be global, or associated with a particular index or field - and returns the tokens. Very useful for debugging analyzer configurations.

Query string parameters: "error_trace", "format", "prefer_local"

See the analyze docs <http://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/indices-analyze.html> for more information.

"validate_query()"

    $result = $e->indices->validate_query(
        index   => 'index' | \@indices,     # optional
        type    => 'type'  | \@types,       # optional

        body    => { query }
    );

The "validate_query()" method accepts a query in the "body" and checks whether the query is valid or not. Most useful when "explain" is set to "true", in which case it includes an execution plan in the output.

Query string parameters: "all_shards", "allow_no_indices", "analyze_wildcard", "analyzer", "default_operator", "df", "error_trace", "explain", "expand_wildcards", "ignore_unavailable", "lenient", "q", "rewrite"

See the validate_query docs <http://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/indices-validate.html> for more information.