Delete async EQL search API

Delete async EQL search API

Deletes an async EQL search or a stored synchronous EQL search. The API also deletes results for the search.

DELETE /_eql/search/FkpMRkJGS1gzVDRlM3g4ZzMyRGlLbkEaTXlJZHdNT09TU2VTZVBoNDM3cFZMUToxMDM=

Request

DELETE /_eql/search/<search_id>

Prerequisites

• If the Elasticsearch security features are enabled, only the following users can use this API to delete a search:

  • Users with the cancel_task cluster privilege
  • The user who first submitted the search

• See Required fields.

Limitations

See EQL limitations.

Path parameters

<search_id>

(Required, string) Identifier for the search to delete.

A search ID is provided in the EQL search API‘s response for an async search. A search ID is also provided if the request’s keep_on_completion parameter is true.

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