Exploring Dev Tools

Dev Tools refers to the development tools that aid the developer. In Kibana, it is used for the Console UI, which provides a simple yet clean interface to access API queries using the REST API exposed by the Elasticsearch client. Console allows us to make any API call from a web browser. Its interface gives us a clean way to make a call and generates JSON in a pretty print format, which allows you to view results in a neat way. It works on top of an HTTP layer of an Elasticsearch cluster.

Upon clicking Dev Tools, you will be greeted with the Console UI, as shown in the following screenshot:

For a better understanding all of the available options are marked in the screenshot from number 1 to 7, which are described this section:

1. Editor Pane: This is the area where we write our request. It uses commands in cURL similar syntax and presents it in a simpler way. For example, by default, a query displayed in Console is:

           GET _search 
           { 
             "query...