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Get index template API

This documentation is about legacy index templates, which are deprecated and will be replaced by the composable templates introduced in Elasticsearch 7.8. For information about composable templates, see Index templates.

Retrieves information about one or more index templates.

resp = client.indices.get_template(
    name="template_1",
)
print(resp)

response = client.indices.get_template(
  name: 'template_1'
)
puts response

const response = await client.indices.getTemplate({
  name: "template_1",
});
console.log(response);

GET /_template/template_1

Request

GET /_template/<index-template>

Prerequisites

If the Elasticsearch security features are enabled, you must have the manage_index_templates or manage cluster privilege to use this API.

Path parameters

<index-template>

(Required, string) Comma-separated list of index template names used to limit the request. Wildcard (*) expressions are supported.

To return all index templates, omit this parameter or use a value of _all or *.

Query parameters

flat_settings: (Optional, Boolean) If true, returns settings in flat format. Defaults to false.
local: (Optional, Boolean) If true, the request retrieves information from the local node only. Defaults to false, which means information is retrieved from the master node.
master_timeout: (Optional, time units) Period to wait for the master node. If the master node is not available before the timeout expires, the request fails and returns an error. Defaults to 30s. Can also be set to -1 to indicate that the request should never timeout.

Examples

Get multiple index templates

resp = client.indices.get_template(
    name="template_1,template_2",
)
print(resp)

response = client.indices.get_template(
  name: 'template_1,template_2'
)
puts response

const response = await client.indices.getTemplate({
  name: "template_1,template_2",
});
console.log(response);

GET /_template/template_1,template_2

Get index templates using a wildcard expression

resp = client.indices.get_template(
    name="temp*",
)
print(resp)

response = client.indices.get_template(
  name: 'temp*'
)
puts response

const response = await client.indices.getTemplate({
  name: "temp*",
});
console.log(response);

GET /_template/temp*

Get all index templates

resp = client.indices.get_template()
print(resp)

response = client.indices.get_template
puts response

const response = await client.indices.getTemplate();
console.log(response);

GET /_template

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