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Transforms APIs
Aside from using OpenSearch Dashboards, you can also use the REST API to create, start, stop, and complete other operations relative to transform jobs.
Table of contents
- Create a transform job
- Update a transform job
- Get a transform job’s details
- Start a transform job
- Stop a transform job
- Get the status of a transform job
- Preview a transform job’s results
- Delete a transform job
Create a transform job
Introduced 1.0
Creates a transform job.
Sample Request
PUT _plugins/_transform/<transform_id>
{
"transform": {
"enabled": true,
"schedule": {
"interval": {
"period": 1,
"unit": "Minutes",
"start_time": 1602100553
}
},
"description": "Sample transform job",
"source_index": "sample_index",
"target_index": "sample_target",
"data_selection_query": {
"match_all": {}
},
"page_size": 1,
"groups": [
{
"terms": {
"source_field": "customer_gender",
"target_field": "gender"
}
},
{
"terms": {
"source_field": "day_of_week",
"target_field": "day"
}
}
],
"aggregations": {
"quantity": {
"sum": {
"field": "total_quantity"
}
}
}
}
}
Sample Response
{
"_id": "sample",
"_version": 7,
"_seq_no": 13,
"_primary_term": 1,
"transform": {
"transform_id": "sample",
"schema_version": 7,
"schedule": {
"interval": {
"start_time": 1621467964243,
"period": 1,
"unit": "Minutes"
}
},
"metadata_id": null,
"updated_at": 1621467964243,
"enabled": true,
"enabled_at": 1621467964243,
"description": "Sample transform job",
"source_index": "sample_index",
"data_selection_query": {
"match_all": {
"boost": 1.0
}
},
"target_index": "sample_target",
"roles": [],
"page_size": 1,
"groups": [
{
"terms": {
"source_field": "customer_gender",
"target_field": "gender"
}
},
{
"terms": {
"source_field": "day_of_week",
"target_field": "day"
}
}
],
"aggregations": {
"quantity": {
"sum": {
"field": "total_quantity"
}
}
}
}
}
You can specify the following options in the HTTP request body:
Option | Data Type | Description | Required |
---|---|---|---|
enabled | Boolean | If true, the transform job is enabled at creation. | No |
schedule | JSON | The schedule the transform job runs on. | Yes |
start_time | Integer | The Unix epoch time of the transform job’s start time. | Yes |
description | String | Describes the transform job. | No |
metadata_id | String | Any metadata to be associated with the transform job. | No |
source_index | String | The source index whose data to transform. | Yes |
target_index | String | The target index the newly transformed data is added into. You can create a new index or update an existing one. | Yes |
data_selection_query | JSON | The query DSL to use to filter a subset of the source index for the transform job. See query DSL for more information. | Yes |
page_size | Integer | The number of fields to transform at a time. Higher number means higher performance but requires more memory and can cause higher latency. (Default: 1) | Yes |
groups | Array | Specifies the grouping(s) to use in the transform job. Supported groups are terms , histogram , and date_histogram . For more information, see Bucket Aggregations. | Yes if not using aggregations |
source_field | String | The field(s) to transform | Yes |
aggregations | JSON | The aggregations to use in the transform job. Supported aggregations are: sum , max , min , value_count , avg , scripted_metric , and percentiles . For more information, see Metric Aggregations. | Yes if not using groups |
Update a transform job
Introduced 1.0
Updates a transform job if transform_id
already exists.
Sample Request
PUT _plugins/_transform/<transform_id>
{
"transform": {
"enabled": true,
"schedule": {
"interval": {
"period": 1,
"unit": "Minutes",
"start_time": 1602100553
}
},
"description": "Sample transform job",
"source_index": "sample_index",
"target_index": "sample_target",
"data_selection_query": {
"match_all": {}
},
"page_size": 1,
"groups": [
{
"terms": {
"source_field": "customer_gender",
"target_field": "gender"
}
},
{
"terms": {
"source_field": "day_of_week",
"target_field": "day"
}
}
],
"aggregations": {
"quantity": {
"sum": {
"field": "total_quantity"
}
}
}
}
}
Sample Response
{
"_id": "sample",
"_version": 2,
"_seq_no": 14,
"_primary_term": 1,
"transform": {
"transform_id": "sample",
"schema_version": 7,
"schedule": {
"interval": {
"start_time": 1602100553,
"period": 1,
"unit": "Minutes"
}
},
"metadata_id": null,
"updated_at": 1621889843874,
"enabled": true,
"enabled_at": 1621889843874,
"description": "Sample transform job",
"source_index": "sample_index",
"data_selection_query": {
"match_all": {
"boost": 1.0
}
},
"target_index": "sample_target",
"roles": [],
"page_size": 1,
"groups": [
{
"terms": {
"source_field": "customer_gender",
"target_field": "gender"
}
},
{
"terms": {
"source_field": "day_of_week",
"target_field": "day"
}
}
],
"aggregations": {
"quantity": {
"sum": {
"field": "total_quantity"
}
}
}
}
}
The Update
operation supports the following URL parameters:
Parameter | Description | Required |
---|---|---|
if_seq_no | Only perform the transform operation if the last operation that changed the transform job has the specified sequence number. | No |
if_primary_term | Only perform the transform operation if the last operation that changed the transform job has the specified sequence term. | No |
Get a transform job’s details
Introduced 1.0
Returns a transform job’s details.
Sample Request
GET _plugins/_transform/<transform_id>
Sample Response
{
"_id": "sample",
"_version": 7,
"_seq_no": 13,
"_primary_term": 1,
"transform": {
"transform_id": "sample",
"schema_version": 7,
"schedule": {
"interval": {
"start_time": 1621467964243,
"period": 1,
"unit": "Minutes"
}
},
"metadata_id": null,
"updated_at": 1621467964243,
"enabled": true,
"enabled_at": 1621467964243,
"description": "Sample transform job",
"source_index": "sample_index",
"data_selection_query": {
"match_all": {
"boost": 1.0
}
},
"target_index": "sample_target",
"roles": [],
"page_size": 1,
"groups": [
{
"terms": {
"source_field": "customer_gender",
"target_field": "gender"
}
},
{
"terms": {
"source_field": "day_of_week",
"target_field": "day"
}
}
],
"aggregations": {
"quantity": {
"sum": {
"field": "total_quantity"
}
}
}
}
}
You can also get details of all transform jobs by omitting transform_id
.
Sample Request
GET _plugins/_transform/
Sample Response
{
"total_transforms": 1,
"transforms": [
{
"_id": "sample",
"_seq_no": 13,
"_primary_term": 1,
"transform": {
"transform_id": "sample",
"schema_version": 7,
"schedule": {
"interval": {
"start_time": 1621467964243,
"period": 1,
"unit": "Minutes"
}
},
"metadata_id": null,
"updated_at": 1621467964243,
"enabled": true,
"enabled_at": 1621467964243,
"description": "Sample transform job",
"source_index": "sample_index",
"data_selection_query": {
"match_all": {
"boost": 1.0
}
},
"target_index": "sample_target",
"roles": [],
"page_size": 1,
"groups": [
{
"terms": {
"source_field": "customer_gender",
"target_field": "gender"
}
},
{
"terms": {
"source_field": "day_of_week",
"target_field": "day"
}
}
],
"aggregations": {
"quantity": {
"sum": {
"field": "total_quantity"
}
}
}
}
}
]
}
You can specify these options as the GET
API operation’s URL parameters to filter results:
Parameter | Description | Required |
---|---|---|
from | The starting index to search from. (Default: 0) | No |
size | Specifies the amount of results to return (Default: 10) | No |
search | The search term to use to filter results. | No |
sortField | The field to sort results with. | No |
sortDirection | Specifies the direction to sort results in. Can be ASC or DESC . (Default: ASC) | No |
For example, this request returns two results starting from the eighth index.
Sample Request
GET _plugins/_transform?size=2&from=8
Sample Response
{
"total_transforms": 18,
"transforms": [
{
"_id": "sample8",
"_seq_no": 93,
"_primary_term": 1,
"transform": {
"transform_id": "sample8",
"schema_version": 7,
"schedule": {
"interval": {
"start_time": 1622063596812,
"period": 1,
"unit": "Minutes"
}
},
"metadata_id": "y4hFAB2ZURQ2dzY7BAMxWA",
"updated_at": 1622063657233,
"enabled": false,
"enabled_at": null,
"description": "Sample transform job",
"source_index": "sample_index3",
"data_selection_query": {
"match_all": {
"boost": 1.0
}
},
"target_index": "sample_target3",
"roles": [],
"page_size": 1,
"groups": [
{
"terms": {
"source_field": "customer_gender",
"target_field": "gender"
}
},
{
"terms": {
"source_field": "day_of_week",
"target_field": "day"
}
}
],
"aggregations": {
"quantity": {
"sum": {
"field": "total_quantity"
}
}
}
}
},
{
"_id": "sample9",
"_seq_no": 98,
"_primary_term": 1,
"transform": {
"transform_id": "sample9",
"schema_version": 7,
"schedule": {
"interval": {
"start_time": 1622063598065,
"period": 1,
"unit": "Minutes"
}
},
"metadata_id": "x8tCIiYMTE3veSbIJkit5A",
"updated_at": 1622063658388,
"enabled": false,
"enabled_at": null,
"description": "Sample transform job",
"source_index": "sample_index4",
"data_selection_query": {
"match_all": {
"boost": 1.0
}
},
"target_index": "sample_target4",
"roles": [],
"page_size": 1,
"groups": [
{
"terms": {
"source_field": "customer_gender",
"target_field": "gender"
}
},
{
"terms": {
"source_field": "day_of_week",
"target_field": "day"
}
}
],
"aggregations": {
"quantity": {
"sum": {
"field": "total_quantity"
}
}
}
}
}
]
}
Start a transform job
Introduced 1.0
Transform jobs created using the API are automatically enabled, but if you ever need to enable a job, you can use the start
API operation.
Sample Request
POST _plugins/_transform/<transform_id>/_start
Sample Response
{
"acknowledged": true
}
Stop a transform job
Introduced 1.0
Stops/disables a transform job.
Sample Request
POST _plugins/_transform/<transform_id>/_stop
Sample Response
{
"acknowledged": true
}
Get the status of a transform job
Introduced 1.0
Returns the status and metadata of a transform job.
Sample Request
GET _plugins/_transform/<transform_id>/_explain
Sample Response
{
"sample": {
"metadata_id": "PzmjweME5xbgkenl9UpsYw",
"transform_metadata": {
"transform_id": "sample",
"last_updated_at": 1621883525873,
"status": "finished",
"failure_reason": "null",
"stats": {
"pages_processed": 0,
"documents_processed": 0,
"documents_indexed": 0,
"index_time_in_millis": 0,
"search_time_in_millis": 0
}
}
}
}
Preview a transform job’s results
Introduced 1.0
Returns a preview of what a transformed index would look like.
Sample Request
POST _plugins/_transform/_preview
{
"transform": {
"enabled": false,
"schedule": {
"interval": {
"period": 1,
"unit": "Minutes",
"start_time": 1602100553
}
},
"description": "test transform",
"source_index": "sample_index",
"target_index": "sample_target",
"data_selection_query": {
"match_all": {}
},
"page_size": 10,
"groups": [
{
"terms": {
"source_field": "customer_gender",
"target_field": "gender"
}
},
{
"terms": {
"source_field": "day_of_week",
"target_field": "day"
}
}
],
"aggregations": {
"quantity": {
"sum": {
"field": "total_quantity"
}
}
}
}
}
Sample Response
{
"documents" : [
{
"quantity" : 862.0,
"gender" : "FEMALE",
"day" : "Friday"
},
{
"quantity" : 682.0,
"gender" : "FEMALE",
"day" : "Monday"
},
{
"quantity" : 772.0,
"gender" : "FEMALE",
"day" : "Saturday"
},
{
"quantity" : 669.0,
"gender" : "FEMALE",
"day" : "Sunday"
},
{
"quantity" : 887.0,
"gender" : "FEMALE",
"day" : "Thursday"
}
]
}
Delete a transform job
Introduced 1.0
Deletes a transform job. This operation does not delete the source or target indices.
Sample Request
DELETE _plugins/_transform/<transform_id>
Sample Response
{
"took": 205,
"errors": false,
"items": [
{
"delete": {
"_index": ".opensearch-ism-config",
"_type": "_doc",
"_id": "sample",
"_version": 4,
"result": "deleted",
"forced_refresh": true,
"_shards": {
"total": 2,
"successful": 1,
"failed": 0
},
"_seq_no": 6,
"_primary_term": 1,
"status": 200
}
}
]
}