Activate a watch Generally available

POST /_watcher/watch/{watch_id}/_activate
Api key auth Basic auth Bearer auth

A watch can be either active or inactive.

Required authorization

  • Cluster privileges: manage_watcher
External documentation

Path parameters

  • watch_id string Required

    The watch identifier.

Responses

  • 200 application/json
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    • status object Required
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      • actions object Required
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        • * object Additional properties
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          • ack object Required
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            • state string Required

              Values are awaits_successful_execution, ackable, or acked.

            • timestamp string
          • last_execution object
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            • successful boolean Required
            • timestamp string
            • reason string
          • last_successful_execution object
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            • successful boolean Required
            • timestamp string
            • reason string
          • last_throttle object
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            • reason string Required
            • timestamp string
      • state object Required
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        • active boolean Required

        • timestamp string | number Required

          A date and time, either as a string whose format can depend on the context (defaulting to ISO 8601), or a number of milliseconds since the Epoch. Elasticsearch accepts both as input, but will generally output a string representation.

          One of:
          string-1 string UnitMillis number

          Time unit for milliseconds

      • version number Required
POST /_watcher/watch/{watch_id}/_activate 
curl \
 --request POST 'http://api.example.com/_watcher/watch/{watch_id}/_activate' \
 --header "Authorization: $API_KEY"