# Doc/Guide update for Indices Actions? **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [June 6, 2013, 2:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/doc-guide-update-for-indices-actions/12299 "2013-06-06T14:53:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Roy\_Russo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/roy_russo/32/44835_2.png) [@Roy\_Russo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Roy_Russo)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2013, 2:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/doc-guide-update-for-indices-actions/12299/1 "2013-06-06T14:53:28Z")
Hi all, I noticed that many of the action commands one can execute on an index, or indices, are documented in the guide as POST, yet GET requests seem to have the same effect. I'm assuming this is by design and isn't a sign of a deprecated feature. My 0.02... someone should update the guide to reflect the support for GET. Alternatively, the guide could be a nifty github project where the community can help maintain it? Alternatively-alternatively, the guide could support comments much like the MySQL docs do. 😉 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). ---
**Author:** ![Lukas\_Vlcek1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/lukas_vlcek1/32/819_2.png) [@Lukas\_Vlcek1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Lukas_Vlcek1)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2013, 4:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/doc-guide-update-for-indices-actions/12299/2 "2013-06-06T16:14:15Z")
Hi Roy, I noticed that many of the action commands one can execute on an index, or > indices, are documented in the guide as POST, yet GET requests seem to have > the same effect. I'm assuming this is by design and isn't a sign of a > deprecated feature. My understanding is that what you see in guide is aligned with the REST design principles. However, not all clients can make all types of requests with request body (for example http clients running in web browser may be subject of specific restrictions). Due to this GET requests are allowed on such requests. So, yes, this is by design and is not deprecated. Not sure if all alternative http methods are always documented in the guide. When I wanted to learn details I always checked the Java source code (it is not that hard to find relevant part of the code in Elasticsearch). > My 0.02... someone should update the guide to reflect the support for GET. > Alternatively, the guide could be a nifty github project where the > community can help maintain it? Alternatively-alternatively, the guide > could support comments much like the MySQL docs do. 😉 The content of guide doc is still generated from [https://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.github.com](https://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.github.com) Regards, Lukas -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). ---
**Author:** ![Roy\_Russo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/roy_russo/32/44835_2.png) [@Roy\_Russo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Roy_Russo)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2013, 6:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/doc-guide-update-for-indices-actions/12299/3 "2013-06-06T18:06:44Z")
Ah good. I didn't realize the docs were on github. On Thursday, June 6, 2013 10:53:28 AM UTC-4, Roy Russo wrote: > Hi all, > > I noticed that many of the action commands one can execute on an index, or > indices, are documented in the guide as POST, yet GET requests seem to have > the same effect. I'm assuming this is by design and isn't a sign of a > deprecated feature. > > My 0.02... someone should update the guide to reflect the support for GET. > Alternatively, the guide could be a nifty github project where the > community can help maintain it? Alternatively-alternatively, the guide > could support comments much like the MySQL docs do. 😉 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 2:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/doc-guide-update-for-indices-actions/12299/4 "2017-07-06T02:32:32Z")
Closed on July 6, 2017, 2:32am UTC