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Cluster get settings API

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Cluster get settings API

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Returns cluster-wide settings.

resp = client.cluster.get_settings()
print(resp)

response = client.cluster.get_settings
puts response

GET /_cluster/settings

Prerequisites

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

Request

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GET /_cluster/settings

Description

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By default, this API call only returns settings that have been explicitly defined, but can also include the default settings by calling the include_defaults parameter.

Query parameters

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flat_settings: (Optional, Boolean) If true, returns settings in flat format. Defaults to false.
include_defaults: (Optional, Boolean) If true, returns default cluster settings from the local node. Defaults to false.
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.
timeout: (Optional, time units) Period to wait for a response. If no response is received before the timeout expires, the request fails and returns an error. Defaults to 30s.

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