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indices.create

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client.indices.create({
  index: string,
  include_type_name: boolean,
  wait_for_active_shards: string,
  timeout: string,
  master_timeout: string,
  update_all_types: boolean,
  body: object
})

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`index`	`string` - The name of the index
`include_type_name` or `includeTypeName`	`boolean` - Whether a type should be expected in the body of the mappings.
`wait_for_active_shards` or `waitForActiveShards`	`string` - Set the number of active shards to wait for before the operation returns.
`timeout`	`string` - Explicit operation timeout
`master_timeout` or `masterTimeout`	`string` - Specify timeout for connection to master
`update_all_types` or `updateAllTypes`	`boolean` - Whether to update the mapping for all fields with the same name across all types or not
`body`	`object` - The configuration for the index (`settings` and `mappings`)

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