# Any plans to create an elasticsearch based engine via API?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/any-plans-to-create-an-elasticsearch-based-engine-via-api/363721>\
**Category:** Elastic Search\
**Tags:** elastic-app-search\
**Created:** [July 24, 2024, 2:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/any-plans-to-create-an-elasticsearch-based-engine-via-api/363721 "2024-07-24T14:34:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![functionalDev](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/functionaldev/32/136272_2.png) [@functionalDev](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/functionalDev)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2024, 2:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/any-plans-to-create-an-elasticsearch-based-engine-via-api/363721/1 "2024-07-24T14:34:33Z")

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Hello,  
according to [Create an elasticsearch based engine via API](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/create-an-elasticsearch-based-engine-via-api/341519) it is currently not possible to create index engines via API. Are there any plans to support that in future?

This would help a lot to automate the whole setup and any upgrade/migration plans.

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**Author:** ![Kathleen\_DeRusso](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kathleen_derusso/32/132039_2.png) [@Kathleen\_DeRusso](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Kathleen_DeRusso)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2024, 2:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/any-plans-to-create-an-elasticsearch-based-engine-via-api/363721/2 "2024-07-24T14:50:02Z")

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Hi @functionalDev Sorry, this is not on our roadmap.

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**Author:** ![Sean\_Story](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/sean_story/32/69987_2.png) [@Sean\_Story](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sean_Story)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2024, 3:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/any-plans-to-create-an-elasticsearch-based-engine-via-api/363721/3 "2024-07-24T15:23:30Z")

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Fun fact, there's already an API, but it's just not well documented, and the path uses a `v0` instead of a `v1`. This should indicate that it's not fully supported, but just to unblock you:

```auto
POST <enterprise-search-host>:<enterprise-search-port>/api/as/v0/engines/
{
  "search_index": {
    "index_name": <elasticsearch-index-name>,
    "alias_name": <optional_alias_name>,
    "type": "elasticsearch"
  }
}

```

(note this is documented tangentially here: [Known issues | App Search documentation [8.14] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/app-search/current/known-issues.html))

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**Author:** ![functionalDev](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/functionaldev/32/136272_2.png) [@functionalDev](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/functionalDev)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2024, 6:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/any-plans-to-create-an-elasticsearch-based-engine-via-api/363721/4 "2024-07-25T06:35:32Z")

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First I need to thank both of you for the blazing fast replies. Very exceptional! And thanks Sean for providing a solution even if its a "not fully supported" API, this will help us.

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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:** [August 22, 2024, 6:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/any-plans-to-create-an-elasticsearch-based-engine-via-api/363721/5 "2024-08-22T06:36:08Z")

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