# \_xpack vs \_watcher

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/-xpack-vs--watcher/69188>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** elastic-stack-alerting\
**Created:** [December 15, 2016, 3:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/-xpack-vs--watcher/69188 "2016-12-15T15:55:50Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![chromechris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e47c2d/32.png) [@chromechris](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/chromechris)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2016, 3:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/-xpack-vs--watcher/69188/1 "2016-12-15T15:55:50Z")

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Hello,

My team curretnly upgraded to ES 5.1. I tried using watcher with both URI's:  
GET \_xpack/watcher/watch/my\_watch  
GET \_watcher/watcher/watch/my\_watch  
Which both work. Is this for backwards comatibility. Is one URI preferred than the other?

Thanks in advance Chrome,

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**Author:** ![spinscale](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/spinscale/32/25011_2.png) [@spinscale](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/spinscale)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2016, 4:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/-xpack-vs--watcher/69188/2 "2016-12-15T16:10:57Z")

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Hey,

go with the `_xpack` one, the other one will be removed over time.

--Alex

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**Author:** ![chromechris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e47c2d/32.png) [@chromechris](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/chromechris)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2016, 4:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/-xpack-vs--watcher/69188/3 "2016-12-15T16:49:39Z")

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Cool, thanks @spinscale !

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2017, 4:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/-xpack-vs--watcher/69188/4 "2017-01-12T16:49:40Z")

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