Activate watch API

Activate watch API

New API reference

For the most up-to-date API details, refer to Watcher APIs.

A watch can be either active or inactive. This API enables you to activate a currently inactive watch.

Request

PUT _watcher/watch/<watch_id>/_activate

Prerequisites

• You must have manage_watcher cluster privileges to use this API. For more information, see Security privileges.

Path parameters

<watch_id>

(Required, string) Identifier for the watch.

Examples

The status of an inactive watch is returned with the watch definition when you call the get watch API:

resp = client.watcher.get_watch(
    id="my_watch",
)
print(resp)

const response = await client.watcher.getWatch({
  id: "my_watch",
});
console.log(response);

GET _watcher/watch/my_watch

{
  "found": true,
  "_id": "my_watch",
  "_seq_no": 0,
  "_primary_term": 1,
  "_version": 1,
  "status": {
    "state" : {
      "active" : false,
      "timestamp" : "2015-08-20T12:21:32.734Z"
    },
    "actions": ...,
    "version": 1
  },
  "watch": ...
}

You can activate the watch by executing the following API call:

resp = client.watcher.activate_watch(
    watch_id="my_watch",
)
print(resp)

const response = await client.watcher.activateWatch({
  watch_id: "my_watch",
});
console.log(response);

PUT _watcher/watch/my_watch/_activate

The new state of the watch is returned as part of its overall status:

{
  "status": {
    "state" : {
      "active" : true,
      "timestamp" : "2015-09-04T08:39:46.816Z"
    },
    "actions": ...,
    "version": 1
  }
}