Activate watch API

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Activate watch API

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

Request

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PUT _watcher/watch/<watch_id>/_activate

Prerequisites

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

Path parameters

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<watch_id>: (Required, string) Identifier for the watch.

Examples

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

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:

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
  }
}

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