# APIs in ES

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apis-in-es/144713>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [August 16, 2018, 12:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apis-in-es/144713 "2018-08-16T12:03:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![Arun\_Murugappan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/arun_murugappan/32/101630_2.png) [@Arun\_Murugappan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Arun_Murugappan)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2018, 12:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apis-in-es/144713/1 "2018-08-16T12:03:53Z")

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## To communicate with ES using a webbrowser, some e.g.s

Cat APIs

IPaddress:9200/\_cat/indices

Search APIs

## IPaddress:9200/\_search?q=fieldname:valuename

Can Documents APIs like PUT,POST,DELETE be used in the same way as above?

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**Author:** ![Jymit](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jymit/32/45777_2.png) [@Jymit](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jymit)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2018, 12:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apis-in-es/144713/2 "2018-08-16T12:07:17Z")

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Yes.

GET \_cat/indices  
PUT index/type/id  
POST index/\_search  
DELETE index

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**Author:** ![Arun\_Murugappan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/arun_murugappan/32/101630_2.png) [@Arun\_Murugappan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Arun_Murugappan)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2018, 12:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apis-in-es/144713/3 "2018-08-16T12:11:59Z")

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So meaning in the brower address bar is it like the below?

IPaddress:9200/get/\_cat/indices  
IPaddress:9200/put/index/type/id  
IPaddress:9200/post/index/\_search

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**Author:** ![Jymit](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jymit/32/45777_2.png) [@Jymit](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jymit)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2018, 12:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apis-in-es/144713/4 "2018-08-16T12:13:17Z")

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Nah, you will want to do this via a terminal using `curl`

curl -XGET ipaddress:9200/\_cat/indices  
curl -XPUT ipaddress:9200/index/type/id  
curl -XDELETE ipaddress:9200/index

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**Author:** ![Arun\_Murugappan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/arun_murugappan/32/101630_2.png) [@Arun\_Murugappan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Arun_Murugappan)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2018, 12:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apis-in-es/144713/5 "2018-08-16T12:15:55Z")

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Thats fine. Can the above commands be used without the terminal?

Like  
IPadress:9200 \_cat/indices could be used straight on the broswer.

What are the other commands that could be used straight on the browser without the use of terminal?

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**Author:** ![Jymit](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jymit/32/45777_2.png) [@Jymit](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jymit)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2018, 1:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apis-in-es/144713/6 "2018-08-16T13:00:12Z")

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/\_cat  
&&  
/\_cluster  
See more here: [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/guide/current/\_talking\_to\_elasticsearch.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/guide/current/_talking_to_elasticsearch.html)

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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:** [September 13, 2018, 1:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apis-in-es/144713/7 "2018-09-13T13:00:22Z")

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