Update runtime field APIedit

[preview] This functionality is in technical preview and may be changed or removed in a future release. Elastic will work to fix any issues, but features in technical preview are not subject to the support SLA of official GA features. Update an existing runtime field

Requestedit

POST <kibana host>:<port>/api/data_views/data_view/<data_view_id>/runtime_field/<name>

POST <kibana host>:<port>/s/<space_id>/api/data_views/data_view/<data_view_id>/runtime_field/<name>

Path parametersedit

space_id
(Optional, string) An identifier for the space. If space_id is not provided in the URL, the default space is used.
data_view_id
(Required, string) The ID of the data view.
name
(Required, string) The name of the runtime field you want to update.

Request bodyedit

runtimeField
(Required, object) The runtime field definition object.

You can update following fields:

  • type
  • script

Examplesedit

Update an existing runtime field on a data view:

$ curl -X POST api/data_views/data_view/<data_view_id>/runtime_field/<runtime_field_name>
{
  "runtimeField": {
     "script": {
        "source": "emit(doc["bar"].value)"
      }
  }
}

The API returns updated runtime field object array and updated data view object:

{
    "data_view": {...},
    "fields": [...]
}