Stop async ES|QL query Added in 8.18.0

POST /_query/async/{id}/stop
Api key auth Basic auth Bearer auth

This API interrupts the query execution and returns the results so far. If the Elasticsearch security features are enabled, only the user who first submitted the ES|QL query can stop it.

External documentation

Path parameters

  • id string Required

    The unique identifier of the query. A query ID is provided in the ES|QL async query API response for a query that does not complete in the designated time. A query ID is also provided when the request was submitted with the keep_on_completion parameter set to true.

Query parameters

  • drop_null_columns boolean

    Indicates whether columns that are entirely null will be removed from the columns and values portion of the results. If true, the response will include an extra section under the name all_columns which has the name of all the columns.

Responses

  • 200 application/json

    Additional properties are allowed.
POST /_query/async/{id}/stop 
curl \
 --request POST http://api.example.com/_query/async/{id}/stop \
 --header "Authorization: $API_KEY"
Response examples (200) 
{}