[role="xpack"]
[[sql-translate-api]]
=== SQL translate API
++++
<titleabbrev>SQL translate</titleabbrev>
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Translates an <<sql-search-api,SQL search>> into a <<search-search,search API>>
request containing <<query-dsl,Query DSL>>. See <<sql-translate>>.

[source,console]
----
POST _sql/translate
{
  "query": "SELECT * FROM library ORDER BY page_count DESC",
  "fetch_size": 10
}
----
// TEST[setup:library]

[[sql-translate-api-request]]
==== {api-request-title}

`GET _sql/translate`

`POST _sql/translate`

[[sql-translate-api-prereqs]]
==== {api-prereq-title}

* If the {es} {security-features} are enabled, you must have the `read`
<<privileges-list-indices,index privilege>> for the data stream, index,
or alias you search.

[[sql-translate-api-limitations]]
===== Limitations

See <<sql-limitations>>.

[role="child_attributes"]
[[sql-translate-api-request-body]]
==== {api-request-body-title}

The SQL translate API accepts the same request body parameters as the
<<sql-search-api-request-body,SQL search API>>, excluding `cursor`.

[role="child_attributes"]
[[sql-translate-api-response-body]]
==== {api-response-body-title}

The SQL translate API returns the same response body as the
<<search-search,search API>>.