Elastic Cloud Enterprise API
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Base URL 
https://{{hostname}}/api/v1

This RESTful API enables you to create and manage both your Elastic Stack deployments and the ECE platform.

NOTE: This documentation applies to the Elastic Cloud Enterprise API only. If you are using Elasticsearch Service, use the Elastic Cloud API.

This API supports both key-based and token-based authentication. Key-based is generally the preferred method. For details about creating an API key or bearer token, refer to Authentication.

Documentation source and versions

This documentation applies to Elastic Cloud Enterprise version 3.8. It is derived from https://api.elastic-cloud.com/api/v1/api-docs/swagger.json. It is provided under license Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International.

This is version 1 of this API documentation. Last update on Mar 17, 2026.