Disable user profile API

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This feature is in development and not yet available for use. This documentation is provided for informational purposes only.

Disables a user profile so it’s not visible in user profile searches.

Request

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POST /_security/profile/<uid>/_disable

PUT /_security/profile/<uid>/_disable

Prerequisites

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To use this API, you must have the manage_user_profile cluster privilege.

Description

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When you activate a user profile, it’s automatically enabled and visible in user profile searches. You can use the disable user profile API to disable a user profile so it’s not visible in these searches.

To re-enable a disabled user profile, use the enable user profile API .

Path parameters

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<uid>
(Required, string) Unique identifier for the user profile.

Query parameters

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refresh
(Optional, enum) If true, Elasticsearch refreshes the affected shards to make this operation visible to search, if wait_for then wait for a refresh to make this operation visible to search, if false do nothing with refreshes. Valid values: true, false, wait_for. Default: false.

Examples

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The following request disables the user profile for a uid matching u_79HkWkwmnBH5gqFKwoxggWPjEBOur1zLPXQPEl1VBW0_0:

POST /_security/profile/u_79HkWkwmnBH5gqFKwoxggWPjEBOur1zLPXQPEl1VBW0_0/_disable