Stopping the crawl

The WEB crawler index web sites -- based on wildcards patterns for exclusion and inclusion.

Use this API to stop the crawler.

Requirement: OpenSearchServer v1.5

Call parameters

URL: /services/rest/index/{index_name}/crawler/web/run

Method: DELETE

Header (optional returned type):

  • Accept: application/json
  • Accept: application/xml

URL parameters:

  • index_name (required): The name of the index.

Success response

The stop request has been received.

HTTP code:
200

Content (application/json):

{
"successful": true,
"info": "STOPPING"
}

Error response

The crawl failed. The reason is provided in the content.

HTTP code:
500

Sample call

Using CURL:

curl -XDELETE http://localhost:8080/services/rest/index/my_index/crawler/web/run

Using CURL:

$.ajax({
type: "DELETE",
dataType: "json",
url: "http://localhost:8080/services/rest/index/my_index/crawler/web/run"
}).done(function (data) {
console.log(data);
});

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