kibana/docs/api/index-patterns/runtime-fields/create.asciidoc
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[7.x] [Index Patterns] Runtime fields CRUD REST API (#101164) (#101770)
* [Index Patterns] Runtime fields CRUD REST API  (#101164)

Part of index pattern REST API
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[[index-patterns-runtime-field-api-create]]
=== Create runtime field API
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<titleabbrev>Create runtime field</titleabbrev>
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experimental[] Create a runtime field
[[index-patterns-runtime-field-create-request]]
==== Request
`POST <kibana host>:<port>/api/index_patterns/index_pattern/<index_pattern_id>/runtime_field`
`POST <kibana host>:<port>/s/<space_id>/api/index_patterns/index_pattern/<index_pattern_id>/runtime_field`
[[index-patterns-runtime-field-create-params]]
==== Path parameters
`space_id`::
(Optional, string) An identifier for the space. If `space_id` is not provided in the URL, the default space is used.
`index_pattern_id`::
(Required, string) The ID of the index pattern.
[[index-patterns-runtime-field-create-body]]
==== Request body
`name`:: (Required, string) The name for a runtime field.
`runtimeField`:: (Required, object) The runtime field definition object.
[[index-patterns-runtime-field-create-example]]
==== Examples
Create a runtime field on an index pattern:
[source,sh]
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$ curl -X POST api/index_patterns/index_pattern/<index_pattern_id>/runtime_field
{
"name": "runtimeFoo",
"runtimeField": {
"type": "long",
"script": {
"source": "emit(doc["foo"].value)"
}
}
}
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// KIBANA
The API returns created runtime field object and update index pattern object:
[source,sh]
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{
"index_pattern": {...},
"field": {...}
}
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