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Create data stream API

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Create data stream API

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Creates a new data stream.

resp = client.indices.create_data_stream(
    name="my-data-stream",
)
print(resp)

response = client.indices.create_data_stream(
  name: 'my-data-stream'
)
puts response

const response = await client.indices.createDataStream({
  name: "my-data-stream",
});
console.log(response);

PUT /_data_stream/my-data-stream

Request

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PUT /_data_stream/<data-stream>

Prerequisites

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If the Elasticsearch security features are enabled, you must have the create_index or manage index privilege for the data stream.
A matching index template with data stream enabled. See Set up a data stream.

Path parameters

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<data-stream>

(Required, string) Name of the data stream to create. Data stream names must meet the following criteria:

Lowercase only
Cannot include \, /, *, ?, ", <, >, |, ,, #, :, or a space character
Cannot start with -, _, +, or .ds-
Cannot be . or ..
Cannot be longer than 255 bytes. Multi-byte characters count towards this limit faster.

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