A watch can be either active or inactive. This API enables you to activate a currently inactive watch.

Request

PUT _watcher/watch/<watch_id>/_activate

Path Parameters

Authorization

You must have manage_watcher cluster privileges to use this API. For more information, see Security Privileges.

Examples

The status of an inactive watch is returned with the watch definition when you call the Get Watch API:

GET _watcher/watch/my_watch

{
  "found": true,
  "_id": "my_watch",
  "_seq_no": 0,
  "_primary_term": 1,
  "_version": 1,
  "status": {
    "state" : {
      "active" : false,
      "timestamp" : "2015-08-20T12:21:32.734Z"
    },
    "actions": ...,
    "version": 1
  },
  "watch": ...
}

You can activate the watch by executing the following API call:

PUT _watcher/watch/my_watch/_activate

The new state of the watch is returned as part of its overall status:

{
  "status": {
    "state" : {
      "active" : true,
      "timestamp" : "2015-09-04T08:39:46.816Z"
    },
    "actions": ...,
    "version": 1
  }
}