We will only discuss some of the major conventions. For others, please refer to the Elasticsearch reference (https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/master/api-conventions.html). The following list can be applied throughout the REST API:
- Access across multiple indices: This convention cannot be used in single document APIs:
- _all: For all indices
- comma: A separator between two indices
- wildcard (*,-): The asterisk character, *, is used to match any sequence of characters in the index name, excluding the index afterwards
- Common options:
- Boolean values: false means the mentioned value is false; true means the value is true.
- Number values: A number is as a string on top of the native JSON number type.
- Time unit for duration: The supported time units are d for days, h for hours, m for minutes, s for seconds, ms for milliseconds, micros for microseconds...
