Returns information about the snapshots stored in one or more repositories Added in 2.1.0

GET /_cat/snapshots

A snapshot is a backup of an index or running Elasticsearch cluster. IMPORTANT: cat APIs are only intended for human consumption using the command line or Kibana console. They are not intended for use by applications. For application consumption, use the get snapshot API.

Query parameters

  • ignore_unavailable boolean

    If true, the response does not include information from unavailable snapshots.

Responses

  • 200 application/json
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    • id string

      The unique identifier for the snapshot.

    • repository string

      The repository name.

    • status string

      The state of the snapshot process. Returned values include: FAILED: The snapshot process failed. INCOMPATIBLE: The snapshot process is incompatible with the current cluster version. IN_PROGRESS: The snapshot process started but has not completed. PARTIAL: The snapshot process completed with a partial success. SUCCESS: The snapshot process completed with a full success.

    • start_epoch number | string

      Some APIs will return values such as numbers also as a string (notably epoch timestamps). This behavior is used to capture this behavior while keeping the semantics of the field type.

      Depending on the target language, code generators can keep the union or remove it and leniently parse strings to the target type.

      One of:
      _types:UnitSeconds number _spec_utils:StringifiedEpochTimeUnitSeconds string

      Time unit for seconds

    • start_time string | object

      A time of day, expressed either as hh:mm, noon, midnight, or an hour/minutes structure.

      One of:
      _types:ScheduleTimeOfDay string _types:HourAndMinute object

    • end_epoch number | string

      Some APIs will return values such as numbers also as a string (notably epoch timestamps). This behavior is used to capture this behavior while keeping the semantics of the field type.

      Depending on the target language, code generators can keep the union or remove it and leniently parse strings to the target type.

      One of:
      _types:UnitSeconds number _spec_utils:StringifiedEpochTimeUnitSeconds string

      Time unit for seconds

    • end_time string

      Time of day, expressed as HH:MM:SS

    • duration string

      A duration. Units can be nanos, micros, ms (milliseconds), s (seconds), m (minutes), h (hours) and d (days). Also accepts "0" without a unit and "-1" to indicate an unspecified value.

    • indices string

      The number of indices in the snapshot.

    • successful_shards string

      The number of successful shards in the snapshot.

    • failed_shards string

      The number of failed shards in the snapshot.

    • total_shards string

      The total number of shards in the snapshot.

    • reason string

      The reason for any snapshot failures.
GET /_cat/snapshots 
curl \
 -X GET http://api.example.com/_cat/snapshots
Response examples (200) 
[
  {
    "id": "string",
    "repository": "string",
    "status": "string",
    "": 42.0,
    "end_time": "string",
    "duration": "string",
    "indices": "string",
    "successful_shards": "string",
    "failed_shards": "string",
    "total_shards": "string",
    "reason": "string"
  }
]