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 [[painless-execute-api]]
 === Painless execute API
 
+experimental[The painless execute api is new and the request / response format may change in a breaking way in the future]
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 The Painless execute API allows an arbitrary script to be executed and a result to be returned.
 
 [[painless-execute-api-parameters]]