[[put-pipeline-api]]
=== Create or update pipeline API
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<titleabbrev>Create or update pipeline</titleabbrev>
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Creates or updates an <<ingest,ingest pipeline>>. Changes made using this API
take effect immediately.

[source,console]
----
PUT _ingest/pipeline/my-pipeline-id
{
  "description" : "My optional pipeline description",
  "processors" : [
    {
      "set" : {
        "description" : "My optional processor description",
        "field": "my-keyword-field",
        "value": "foo"
      }
    }
  ]
}
----


[[put-pipeline-api-request]]
==== {api-request-title}

`PUT /_ingest/pipeline/<pipeline>`

[[put-pipeline-api-prereqs]]
==== {api-prereq-title}

* If the {es} {security-features} are enabled, you must have the
`manage_pipeline`, `manage_ingest_pipelines`, or `manage`
<<privileges-list-cluster,cluster privilege>> to use this API.


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

`<pipeline>`::
(Required, string) ID of the ingest pipeline to create or update.


[[put-pipeline-api-query-params]]
==== {api-query-parms-title}

include::{es-repo-dir}/rest-api/common-parms.asciidoc[tag=master-timeout]


[[put-pipeline-api-request-body]]
==== {api-request-body-title}

// tag::pipeline-object[]
`description`::
(Optional, string)
Description of the ingest pipeline.

`on_failure`::
(Optional, array of <<processors,processor>> objects)
Processors to run immediately after a processor failure.
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Each processor supports a processor-level `on_failure` value. If a processor
without an `on_failure` value fails, {es} uses this pipeline-level parameter as
a fallback. The processors in this parameter run sequentially in the order
specified. {es} will not attempt to run the pipeline's remaining processors.

`processors`::
(Required, array of <<processors,processor>> objects)
Processors used to preform transformations on documents before indexing.
Processors run sequentially in the order specified.

`version`::
(Optional, integer)
Version number used by external systems to track ingest pipelines.
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This parameter is intended for external systems only. {es} does not use or
validate pipeline version numbers.
// end::pipeline-object[]