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Elastic Docs ›Elasticsearch Guide [6.6] ›X-Pack APIs ›Watcher APIs

Start API

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Start API

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The start API starts the Watcher service if the service is not already running.

Request

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POST _xpack/watcher/_start

Authorization

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

Examples

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POST _xpack/watcher/_start
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Watcher returns the following response if the request is successful:

{
   "acknowledged": true
}
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