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Indices and Documents

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Create indices, index documents with or without IDs, retrieve, and delete via the REST API.

Indices and Documents

# Create an index with settings
PUT /products
{
  "settings": {
    "number_of_shards": 1,
    "number_of_replicas": 1
  }
}

# Index a document (auto-generates ID)
POST /products/_doc
{ "name": "Widget", "price": 9.99, "stock": 100 }

# Index with specific ID
PUT /products/_doc/1
{ "name": "Widget", "price": 9.99, "stock": 100 }

# Get a document
GET /products/_doc/1

# Delete
DELETE /products/_doc/1
DELETE /products              # delete entire index

# List indices
GET /_cat/indices?v

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