# Benchmark API endpoint

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/benchmark-api-endpoint/41374>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [February 10, 2016, 12:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/benchmark-api-endpoint/41374 "2016-02-10T12:13:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![ebuildy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ebuildy/32/6070_2.png) [@ebuildy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ebuildy)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2016, 12:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/benchmark-api-endpoint/41374/1 "2016-02-10T12:13:35Z")

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Just wondering what the status of the \_bench API endpoint? it seems totally missing from official documentation, but lof of books/blog is refering it.

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**Author:** ![jprante](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jprante/32/44941_2.png) [@jprante](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jprante)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2016, 1:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/benchmark-api-endpoint/41374/2 "2016-02-10T13:52:38Z")

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Do you mean the REST `_bench` action of this community plugin [https://github.com/codelibs/elasticsearch-benchmark-suite](https://github.com/codelibs/elasticsearch-benchmark-suite) ?

It was written for Elasticsearch 1.3.1 and is quite old now.

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**Author:** ![ebuildy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ebuildy/32/6070_2.png) [@ebuildy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ebuildy)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2016, 2:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/benchmark-api-endpoint/41374/3 "2016-02-10T14:54:54Z")

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I don't know, was reading this book:

[https://books.google.fr/books?id=8kLfBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA330&lpg=PA330&dq=elasticsearch+"\_bench"&source=bl&ots=Vi\_0zU3dCs&sig=5bRih\_au0f7fc9wCymJRc\_uj0T4&hl=fr&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjPqYSjue3KAhWDXRQKHSTjD58Q6AEIKzAB#v=onepage&q=elasticsearch%20"\_bench"&f=false](https://books.google.fr/books?id=8kLfBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA330&lpg=PA330&dq=elasticsearch+%22_bench%22&source=bl&ots=Vi_0zU3dCs&sig=5bRih_au0f7fc9wCymJRc_uj0T4&hl=fr&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjPqYSjue3KAhWDXRQKHSTjD58Q6AEIKzAB#v=onepage&q=elasticsearch%20%22_bench%22&f=false)

And found a reference to "\_bench" endpoint.

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**Author:** ![jprante](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jprante/32/44941_2.png) [@jprante](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jprante)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2016, 10:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/benchmark-api-endpoint/41374/4 "2016-02-11T10:28:55Z")

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Oh! The benchmark API was an experimental feature, it was so experimental I didn't ever notice.

It was moved to a feature branch in March 2015 [https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/pull/10184](https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/pull/10184) that means, it is no longer included in Elasticsearch 2.x

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**Author:** ![ebuildy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ebuildy/32/6070_2.png) [@ebuildy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ebuildy)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2016, 11:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/benchmark-api-endpoint/41374/5 "2016-02-12T11:05:16Z")

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> [@jprante](#):
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> [Remove benchmark api by javanna · Pull Request #10184 · elastic/elasticsearch · GitHub](https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/pull/10184)

D'oh ;-(

Thanks you,

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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:** [July 5, 2017, 11:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/benchmark-api-endpoint/41374/6 "2017-07-05T23:16:53Z")

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