Provides a snapshot of the number of shards allocated to each data node and their disk space
IMPORTANT: cat APIs are only intended for human consumption using the command line or Kibana console. They are not intended for use by applications.
Path parameters
-
Comma-separated list of node identifiers or names used to limit the returned information.
Query parameters
-
bytes string
The unit used to display byte values.
Values are
b
,kb
,mb
,gb
,tb
, orpb
.
GET /_cat/allocation/{node_id}
curl \
-X GET http://api.example.com/_cat/allocation/{node_id}
Response examples (200)
[
{
"shards": "string",
"shards.undesired": "string",
"": "string",
"host": "string",
"ip": "string",
"node": "string",
"node.role": "string"
}
]