API SME

Search Queries

API to run an SML query: GET _sme.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
query	string	SML query
dtStart	date-time	Start of the time range in YYYY-ММ-DDThh:mm:ssZ format
dtEnd	date-time	End of the time range in YYYY-ММ-DDThh:mm:ssZ format
dtFieldName	string	Name of the time field (usually @timestamp)
calculateExecutionCost	string	See Sidebar and Timeline API
calculateStats	boolean	See Sidebar and Timeline API
sidebarHandler	string	See Sidebar and Timeline API
timelineHandler	string	See Sidebar and Timeline API

If the query parameter is too long, you can execute the SML query by submitting the parameters in the HTTP request body using JSON format with the POST method (this is the recommended method):

POST _sme

Request Body Parameters

Example of the POST request body:

{
    "dtStart": "2022-12-15T07:00:00Z",
    "dtEnd": "2023-02-09T13:30:00Z",
    "query": "source internal_audit-* qsize=9000",
    "dtFieldName": "@timestamp"
}

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Example of executing a search query

POST _sme
{
    "dtStart": "2022-12-15T07:00:00Z",
    "dtEnd": "2023-02-09T13:30:00Z",
    "query": "source internal_audit-* qsize=9000",
    "dtFieldName": "@timestamp"
}

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License Check

To check the license, run the following request:

GET _sme/getLicense