Get node information Added in 1.3.0

GET /_nodes/{node_id}

By default, the API returns all attributes and core settings for cluster nodes.

Path parameters

  • node_id string | array[string] Required

    Comma-separated list of node IDs or names used to limit returned information.

Query parameters

  • flat_settings boolean

    If true, returns settings in flat format.

  • master_timeout string

    Period to wait for a connection to the master node. If no response is received before the timeout expires, the request fails and returns an error.

  • timeout string

    Period to wait for a response. If no response is received before the timeout expires, the request fails and returns an error.

Responses

GET /_nodes/{node_id} 
curl \
 -X GET http://api.example.com/_nodes/{node_id}
Response examples (200)
A successful response when requesting cluster nodes information. 
{
  "_nodes": "...",
  "cluster_name": "elasticsearch",
  "nodes": {
    "USpTGYaBSIKbgSUJR2Z9lg": {
      "name": "node-0",
      "transport_address": "192.168.17:9300",
      "host": "node-0.elastic.co",
      "ip": "192.168.17",
      "version": "{version}",
      "transport_version": 100000298,
      "index_version": 100000074,
      "component_versions": {
        "ml_config_version": 100000162,
        "transform_config_version": 100000096
      },
      "build_flavor": "default",
      "build_type": "{build_type}",
      "build_hash": "587409e",
      "roles": [
        "master",
        "data",
        "ingest"
      ],
      "attributes": {},
      "plugins": [
        {
          "name": "analysis-icu",
          "version": "{version}",
          "description": "The ICU Analysis plugin integrates Lucene ICU module into elasticsearch, adding ICU relates analysis components.",
          "classname": "org.elasticsearch.plugin.analysis.icu.AnalysisICUPlugin",
          "has_native_controller": false
        }
      ],
      "modules": [
        {
          "name": "lang-painless",
          "version": "{version}",
          "description": "An easy, safe and fast scripting language for Elasticsearch",
          "classname": "org.elasticsearch.painless.PainlessPlugin",
          "has_native_controller": false
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}