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[martinsbleu]

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[leemthompo]

I don't think this a good suggestion because Kibana console requires URL-encoded characters for special syntax like angle brackets. The change would have replaced a working example (PUT %3Cmy-index-%7Bnow%2Fd%7D-000001%3E) with non-functional code (PUT <my-index-{now/d}-000001>).

A better approach is to keep the URL-encoded (working) version while using clearer comments to explain what it represents. Perhaps something like:

# The following command uses URL encoding required by Kibana Console.
# This is equivalent to the command: PUT <my-index-{now/d}-000001>

[leemthompo]

@kderusso can you keep me honest here? I'm not sure if we document this URL-encoding requirement anywhere and if that's a gap we should fill.

[kderusso]

Correct, the existing example works, but the updated example will return an error in the dev console:

{
  "error": "no handler found for uri [/%3Cmy-index-%7Bnow/d%7D-000001%3E?pretty=true] and method [PUT]"
}

I like your suggestion to update the comment accordingly!

[eedugon]

++ to that, your comment is a great idea. We need to show users that theoretically the call is <my-index-{now/d}-000001> but we have to encode the characters. That is also explained in some KBs already.

[leemthompo]

@martinsbleu if you'd like to keep the existing example but update the comment per my recommendation that would be a nice improvement

[leemthompo]

Thanks for the contribution @martinsbleu! FYI it would be helpful to put a summary of the suggested changes in the PR description to help us understand the motivation :)

[eedugon]

As far as I know, doing this in Kibana devTools console doesn't really work (at least with older versions):

PUT <my-index-{now/d}-000001>

That returns an error.

The way to create an index with the right date pattern in the name is:

PUT %3Cmy-index-%7Bnow%2Fd%7D-000001%3E

That returns:

{
  "acknowledged": true,
  "shards_acknowledged": true,
  "index": "my-index-2025.05.21-000002"
}

@martinsbleu : where are you able to do directly a PUT <my-index-{now/d}-000001> without encoding the characters?