# Twitter river: how to update the filter request

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/twitter-river-how-to-update-the-filter-request/6696>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [February 13, 2012, 10:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/twitter-river-how-to-update-the-filter-request/6696 "2012-02-13T22:40:12Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![benq](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/benq/32/1428_2.png) [@benq](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/benq)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2012, 10:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/twitter-river-how-to-update-the-filter-request/6696/1 "2012-02-13T22:40:12Z")

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Hi,

I am trying to update the filter request of the twitter river.  
However, when I update /\_river/my\_twitter\_river/\_meta, changes are  
only taken into account when I restart the server.

How can I force the update without restarting?

benq

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**Author:** ![kimchy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kimchy/32/44952_2.png) [@kimchy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kimchy)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2012, 2:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/twitter-river-how-to-update-the-filter-request/6696/2 "2012-02-14T14:35:29Z")

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You can't change that, but you can delete the river and then create it again.

On Tuesday, February 14, 2012 at 12:40 AM, benq wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I am trying to update the filter request of the twitter river.  
> However, when I update /\_river/my\_twitter\_river/\_meta, changes are  
> only taken into account when I restart the server.
> 
> How can I force the update without restarting?
> 
> benq

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**Author:** ![pr2012](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/pr2012/32/2186_2.png) [@pr2012](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pr2012)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2012, 4:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/twitter-river-how-to-update-the-filter-request/6696/3 "2012-03-10T04:03:28Z")

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I am trying this approach in 0.18.6 and deleting/creating the stream does  
not effect the running stream. It still requires a restart for the changes  
to occur.

On Tuesday, February 14, 2012 9:35:29 AM UTC-5, kimchy wrote:

> You can't change that, but you can delete the river and then create it  
> again.
> 
> On Tuesday, February 14, 2012 at 12:40 AM, benq wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I am trying to update the filter request of the twitter river.  
> However, when I update /\_river/my\_twitter\_river/\_meta, changes are  
> only taken into account when I restart the server.
> 
> How can I force the update without restarting?
> 
> benq

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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 6, 2017, 3:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/twitter-river-how-to-update-the-filter-request/6696/4 "2017-07-06T03:36:26Z")

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Closed on July 6, 2017, 3:36am UTC