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Suggest user profile API
editSuggest user profile API
editThis feature is in development and not yet available for use. This documentation is provided for informational purposes only.
Get suggestions for user profiles that match specified search criteria.
Prerequisites
editTo use this API, you must have the manage_user_profile cluster privilege.
Query parameters
edit-
data -
(Optional, string) Comma-separated list of filters for the
datafield of the profile document. To return all content, usedata=*. To return a subset of content, usedata=<key>to retrieve the content nested under the specified<key>. Defaults to returning no content.
Request body
edit-
name -
(Optional, string)
Query string used to match name-related fields in user profile documents. Name-related fields are the user’s
username,full_nameandemail. -
size -
(Optional, integer)
Number of profiles to return. Defaults to
10.
Response body
edit-
total - (object) Metadata about the number of matching profiles.
-
took - (integer) Milliseconds it took Elasticsearch to execute the request.
-
profiles - (array of objects) List of profile documents, ordered by relevance, that match the search criteria.
Examples
editThe following request get suggestions for profile documents with name-related fields
matching jack:
POST /_security/profile/_suggest
{
"name": "jack"
}
The API returns:
{
"total": {
"value": 1,
"relation": "eq"
},
"took": 42,
"profiles": [
{
"uid": "u_kd2JMqwUQwSCCOxMv7M1vw",
"user": {
"username": "jacknich",
"full_name": "Jack Nicholson",
"email": "[email protected]",
"roles": [ "admin", "other_role1" ],
"realm_name": "native1"
}
}
]
}