elasticsearch/docs/reference/tab-widgets/api-call.asciidoc

// tag::cloud[]
**Use {kib}**

//tag::kibana-api-ex[]
. Open {kib}'s main menu and go to **Dev Tools > Console**.
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[role="screenshot"]
image::images/kibana-console.png[{kib} Console,align="center"]

. Run the following example API request in the console:
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[source,console]
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GET /
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//end::kibana-api-ex[]

**Use curl**

To communicate with {es} using curl or another client, you need your cluster's
endpoint.

. Open {kib}'s main menu and click **Manage this deployment**.

. From your deployment menu, go to the **Elasticsearch** page. Click **Copy
endpoint**.

. To submit an example API request, run the following curl command in a new
terminal session. Replace `<password>` with the password for the `elastic` user.
Replace `<elasticsearch_endpoint>` with your endpoint.
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[source,sh]
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curl -u elastic:<password> <elasticsearch_endpoint>/
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// NOTCONSOLE

// end::cloud[]

// tag::self-managed[]
**Use {kib}**

include::api-call.asciidoc[tag=kibana-api-ex]

**Use curl**

To submit an example API request, run the following curl command in a new
terminal session.

. Copy the `http_ca.crt` security certificate from your Docker container to
your local machine.
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[source,sh]
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docker cp es01:/usr/share/elasticsearch/config/certs/http_ca.crt .
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. Open a new terminal and verify that you can connect to your {es} cluster by
making an authenticated call, using the `http_ca.crt` file that you copied from
your Docker container. Enter the password for the `elastic` user when prompted.
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[source,sh]
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curl --cacert http_ca.crt -u elastic https://localhost:9200
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// NOTCONSOLE

// end::self-managed[]