Reload search analyzers API

Reloads an index’s search analyzers and their resources. For data streams, the API reloads search analyzers and resources for the stream’s backing indices.

POST /my-index-000001/_reload_search_analyzers

Request

POST /<target>/_reload_search_analyzers

GET /<target>/_reload_search_analyzers

Description

You can use the reload search analyzers API to pick up changes to synonym files used in the synonym_graph or synonym token filter of a search analyzer. To be eligible, the token filter must have an updateable flag of true and only be used in search analyzers.

This API does not perform a reload for each shard of an index. Instead, it performs a reload for each node containing index shards. As a result, the total shard count returned by the API can differ from the number of index shards.

Because reloading affects every node with an index shard, its important to update the synonym file on every data node in the cluster, including nodes that don’t contain a shard replica, before using this API. This ensures the synonym file is updated everywhere in the cluster in case shards are relocated in the future.

Path parameters

<target>

(Required, string) Comma-separated list of data streams, indices, and index aliases used to limit the request. Wildcard expressions (*) are supported.

To target all data streams and indices in a cluster, use _all or *.

Query parameters

allow_no_indices

(Optional, boolean) If true, the request does not return an error if a wildcard expression or _all value retrieves only missing or closed indices.

This parameter also applies to index aliases that point to a missing or closed index.

Defaults to true.

expand_wildcards

(Optional, string) Controls what kind of indices that wildcard expressions can expand to. Multiple values are accepted when separated by a comma, as in open,hidden. Valid values are:

• all

  Expand to open and closed indices, including hidden indices.

  open

  Expand only to open indices.

  closed

  Expand only to closed indices.

  hidden

  Expansion of wildcards will include hidden indices. Must be combined with open, closed, or both.

  none

  Wildcard expressions are not accepted.

Defaults to open.

ignore_unavailable

(Optional, boolean) If true, missing or closed indices are not included in the response. Defaults to false.

Examples

Use the create index API to create an index with a search analyzer that contains an updateable synonym filter.

Using the following analyzer as an index analyzer results in an error.

PUT /my-index-000001
{
  "settings": {
    "index": {
      "analysis": {
        "analyzer": {
          "my_synonyms": {
            "tokenizer": "whitespace",
            "filter": [ "synonym" ]
          }
        },
        "filter": {
          "synonym": {
            "type": "synonym_graph",
            "synonyms_path": "analysis/synonym.txt",  
            "updateable": true                        
          }
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "mappings": {
    "properties": {
      "text": {
        "type": "text",
        "analyzer": "standard",
        "search_analyzer": "my_synonyms"              
      }
    }
  }
}

After updating the synonym file, use the analyzer reload API to reload the search analyzer and pick up the file changes.

POST /my-index-000001/_reload_search_analyzers

The API returns the following response.

{
  "_shards": {
    "total": 2,
    "successful": 2,
    "failed": 0
  },
  "reload_details": [
    {
      "index": "my-index-000001",
      "reloaded_analyzers": [
        "my_synonyms"
      ],
      "reloaded_node_ids": [
        "mfdqTXn_T7SGr2Ho2KT8uw"
      ]
    }
  ]
}