Create or update a synonym rule | Elasticsearch API documentation

Create or update a synonym rule Generally available; Added in 8.10.0

PUT /_synonyms/{set_id}/{rule_id}

Create or update a synonym rule in a synonym set.

If any of the synonym rules included is invalid, the API returns an error.

When you update a synonym rule, all analyzers using the synonyms set will be reloaded automatically to reflect the new rule.

Required authorization

Cluster privileges: manage_search_synonyms

Path parameters

set_id string Required

The ID of the synonym set.
rule_id string Required

The ID of the synonym rule to be updated or created.

Query parameters

refresh boolean

If true, the request will refresh the analyzers with the new synonym rule and wait for the new synonyms to be available before returning. If false, analyzers will not be reloaded with the new synonym rule

application/json

Body Required

synonyms string Required

Responses

200 application/json
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- result string Required
  
  Values are created, updated, deleted, not_found, or noop.
- reload_analyzers_details object
  
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  reload_details array[object] Required
  
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  index string Required
  
  reloaded_analyzers array[string] Required
  
  reloaded_node_ids array[string] Required
  
  _shards object Required
  
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  failed number Required
  
  successful number Required
  
  total number Required
  
  failures array[object]
  
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  index string
  
  node string
  
  reason object Required
  
  Cause and details about a request failure. This class defines the properties common to all error types. Additional details are also provided, that depend on the error type.
  
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  type string Required
  
  The type of error
  
  reason
  
  stack_trace string
  
  The server stack trace. Present only if the error_trace=true parameter was sent with the request.
  
  caused_by object
  
  Cause and details about a request failure. This class defines the properties common to all error types. Additional details are also provided, that depend on the error type.
  
  root_cause array[object]
  
  suppressed array[object]
  
  shard number Required
  
  status string
  
  skipped number

PUT /_synonyms/{set_id}/{rule_id}

PUT _synonyms/my-synonyms-set/test-1
{
  "synonyms": "hello, hi, howdy"
}

resp = client.synonyms.put_synonym_rule(
    set_id="my-synonyms-set",
    rule_id="test-1",
    synonyms="hello, hi, howdy",
)

const response = await client.synonyms.putSynonymRule({
  set_id: "my-synonyms-set",
  rule_id: "test-1",
  synonyms: "hello, hi, howdy",
});

response = client.synonyms.put_synonym_rule(
  set_id: "my-synonyms-set",
  rule_id: "test-1",
  body: {
    "synonyms": "hello, hi, howdy"
  }
)

$resp = $client->synonyms()->putSynonymRule([
    "set_id" => "my-synonyms-set",
    "rule_id" => "test-1",
    "body" => [
        "synonyms" => "hello, hi, howdy",
    ],
]);

curl -X PUT -H "Authorization: ApiKey $ELASTIC_API_KEY" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"synonyms":"hello, hi, howdy"}' "$ELASTICSEARCH_URL/_synonyms/my-synonyms-set/test-1"

Request example

{
  "synonyms": "hello, hi, howdy"
}

Response examples (200)

A successful response from `PUT _synonyms/my-synonyms-set/test-1`.

{
  "result": "updated",
  "reload_analyzers_details": {
    "_shards": {
      "total": 2,
      "successful": 1,
      "failed": 0
    },
    "reload_details": [
      {
        "index": "test-index",
        "reloaded_analyzers": [
          "my_search_analyzer"
        ],
        "reloaded_node_ids": [
          "1wYFZzq8Sxeu_Jvt9mlbkg"
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}