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Resolve index API

Resolves the specified name(s) and/or index patterns for indices, aliases, and data streams. Multiple patterns and remote clusters are supported.

resp = client.indices.resolve_index(
    name="my-index-*",
)
print(resp)

response = client.indices.resolve_index(
  name: 'my-index-*'
)
puts response

const response = await client.indices.resolveIndex({
  name: "my-index-*",
});
console.log(response);

GET /_resolve/index/my-index-*

Request

GET /_resolve/index/<name>

Prerequisites

If the Elasticsearch security features are enabled, you must have the view_index_metadata or manage index privilege for the target data stream, index, or index alias.

Path parameters

<name>: (Required, string) Comma-separated name(s) or index pattern(s) of the indices, aliases, and data streams to resolve, using Multi-target syntax. Resources on remote clusters can be specified using the <cluster>:<name> syntax.

Query parameters

expand_wildcards

(Optional, string) Type of index that wildcard patterns can match. If the request can target data streams, this argument determines whether wildcard expressions match hidden data streams. Supports comma-separated values, such as open,hidden. Valid values are:

all: Match any data stream or index, including hidden ones.
open: Match open, non-hidden indices. Also matches any non-hidden data stream.
closed: Match closed, non-hidden indices. Also matches any non-hidden data stream. Data streams cannot be closed.
hidden: Match hidden data streams and hidden indices. Must be combined with open, closed, or both.
none: Wildcard patterns are not accepted.

Defaults to open.

ignore_unavailable

(Optional, Boolean) If false, the request returns an error if it targets a missing or closed index. Defaults to false.

Defaults to false.

allow_no_indices

(Optional, Boolean) If false, the request returns an error if any wildcard expression, index alias, or _all value targets only missing or closed indices. This behavior applies even if the request targets other open indices. For example, a request targeting foo*,bar* returns an error if an index starts with foo but no index starts with bar.

Defaults to true.

ignore_throttled

(Optional, Boolean) If true, concrete, expanded or aliased indices are ignored when frozen. Defaults to false.

[7.16.0] Deprecated in 7.16.0.

Examples

resp = client.indices.resolve_index(
    name="f*,remoteCluster1:bar*",
    expand_wildcards="all",
)
print(resp)

response = client.indices.resolve_index(
  name: 'f*,remoteCluster1:bar*',
  expand_wildcards: 'all'
)
puts response

const response = await client.indices.resolveIndex({
  name: "f*,remoteCluster1:bar*",
  expand_wildcards: "all",
});
console.log(response);

GET /_resolve/index/f*,remoteCluster1:bar*?expand_wildcards=all

The API returns the following response:

{
  "indices": [                                 
    {
      "name": "foo_closed",
      "attributes": [
        "closed"                               
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "freeze-index",
      "aliases": [
        "f-alias"
      ],
      "attributes": [
        "open"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "remoteCluster1:bar-01",
      "attributes": [
        "open"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [                                 
    {
      "name": "f-alias",
      "indices": [
        "freeze-index",
        "my-index-000001"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "data_streams": [                            
    {
      "name": "foo",
      "backing_indices": [
        ".ds-foo-2099.03.07-000001"
      ],
      "timestamp_field": "@timestamp"
    }
  ]
}

	All indices matching the supplied names or expressions
	Possible index attributes are `open`, `closed`, `hidden`, `system`, and `frozen`
	All aliases matching the supplied names or expressions
	All data streams matching the supplied names or expressions

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