# 'Create Index Pattern' via python3 / API
**URL:** https://forum.opensearch.org/t/create-index-pattern-via-python3-api/16455
**Category:** OpenSearch
**Created:** [October 26, 2023, 5:33pm UTC](https://forum.opensearch.org/t/create-index-pattern-via-python3-api/16455 "2023-10-26T17:33:04Z")
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### Author:  [@DanG](https://forum.opensearch.org/u/DanG)
#### Post date: [October 26, 2023, 5:33pm UTC](https://forum.opensearch.org/t/create-index-pattern-via-python3-api/16455/1 "2023-10-26T17:33:04Z")
**Versions** (relevant - OpenSearch/Dashboard/Server OS/Browser):
OpenSearch Dashboards v2.5.0
**Describe the issue** :
Using python3 and the API, have successfully ingested data, created an index and bulk loaded the data.
I have a dashboard that I manually set up by going to Stack Management → Index Patterns → Create Index Pattern; and creating an index pattern with the data I uploaded; then I can make dashboards / visualizations.
Is there a way via the API to do this part “Stack Management → Index Patterns → Create Index Pattern”?
My hope is that since I have a manual dashboard, when I upload new data to the same index, if I can re-create or update the index pattern, the dashboard will just update to reflect the new data that has been added.
Not certain if this is possible; appreciate any ideas.
Thanks!
Dan.
**Configuration** :
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### Author:  [@gaobinlong](https://forum.opensearch.org/u/gaobinlong)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2023, 3:41am UTC](https://forum.opensearch.org/t/create-index-pattern-via-python3-api/16455/2 "2023-10-27T03:41:59Z")
You can call the saved object API of OpenSearch-Dashboards, note the request url should be OSD’s endpoint, not OpenSearch’s, like this:
```auto
$ curl -X POST localhost:5601/api/index_patterns/index-pattern/my-pattern -H 'osd-xsrf: true' -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '
{
"attributes": {
"title": "my-pattern-*"
}
}'
```
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### Author:  [@DanG](https://forum.opensearch.org/u/DanG)
#### Post date: [March 12, 2024, 1:58am UTC](https://forum.opensearch.org/t/create-index-pattern-via-python3-api/16455/3 "2024-03-12T01:58:50Z")
Thank you for your suggestion; my email notifications were ending up in spam and I missed this one (plus our OpenSearch work stalled, we are back on it now 🙂 ).
When I attempt in dev tools, I am getting :
_NOTE : wr\_0135\_20240226110442 is the exact name of the source that has been successfully ingested_
POST /api/index\_patterns/index-pattern/wr\_0135\_20240226110442 -H ‘osd-xsrf: true’ -H ‘Content-Type: application/json’ -d ’
{
“attributes”: {
“title”: “wr\_0135\_20240226110442”
}
}’
{
“error”: “no handler found for uri [/api/index\_patterns/index-pattern/wr\_0135\_20240226110442] and method [POST]”
}
* * *
Some additional information, after our last server update, the workflow I am trying to reproduce with the API is :
Dashboard management → Index Pattern → Create Index Pattern
where we specify the ingested data (index pattern name) and the time field in order to produce the Index Pattern.
Searching through the API documentation, I cannot find a reference that allows us to do this. It is the last piece blocking our full utilization of Opensearch.
Appreciate your help!
---- More Information ----
I saw a reply you posted regarding Kibana API, I tried :
curl -k -u ‘username:pswd’ -X POST https://\:9200/api/saved\_objects/index-pattern/wr\_0135\_20240226110442 -H ‘osd-xsrf: true’ -H ‘Content-Type: application/json’ -d ‘{“attributes”:{“title”: “wr\_0135\_20240226110442”}}’
Response :
{“error”:“no handler found for uri [/api/saved\_objects/index-pattern/wr\_0135\_20240226110442] and method [POST]”}-bash-4.2$
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### Author:  [@gaobinlong](https://forum.opensearch.org/u/gaobinlong)
#### Post date: [March 12, 2024, 2:33am UTC](https://forum.opensearch.org/t/create-index-pattern-via-python3-api/16455/4 "2024-03-12T02:33:13Z")
The API is not in OpenSearch, but in OpenSearch-Dashboards, so you need to access the endpoint of OpenSearch-Dashboards whose port is 5601:
```auto
curl POST https://:5601/api/saved_objects/index-pattern/wr_0135_20240226110442
```