elasticsearch/docs/reference/search-application/apis/put-search-application.asciidoc

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[[put-search-application]]
=== Put Search Application

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<titleabbrev>Put Search Application</titleabbrev>
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Creates or updates a Search Application.

[[put-search-application-request]]
==== {api-request-title}

`PUT _application/search_application/<name>`

[[put-search-application-prereqs]]
==== {api-prereq-title}

Requires the `manage_search_application` cluster privilege.
Also requires <<privileges-list-indices,manage privileges>> on all indices that are added to the Search Application.

[[put-search-application-path-params]]
==== {api-path-parms-title}

`create`::
(Optional, Boolean) If `true`, this request cannot replace or update existing Search Applications.
Defaults to `false`.

[[put-search-application-response-codes]]
==== {api-response-codes-title}

`404`::
Search Application `<name>` does not exist.

`409`::
Search Application `<name>` exists and `create` is `true`.

[[put-search-application-example]]
==== {api-examples-title}

The following example creates a new Search Application called `my-app`:

[source,console]
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PUT _application/search_application/my-app?create
{
  "indices": [ "index1", "index2" ],
  "analytics_collection_name": "my-analytics-collection"
}
----
// TEST[skip:TBD]

The following example creates or updates an existing Search Application called `my_app`:

[source,console]
----
PUT _application/search_application/my-app
{
  "indices": [ "index1", "index2", "index3" ],
  "analytics_collection_name": "my-analytics-collection"
}
----
// TEST[skip:TBD]