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Get alias API
editGet alias API
editRetrieves information for one or more aliases.
response = client.indices.get_alias( index: 'my-data-stream', name: 'my-alias' ) puts response
GET my-data-stream/_alias/my-alias
Prerequisites
edit-
If the Elasticsearch security features are enabled, you must have the
view_index_metadata
ormanage
index privilege for the alias. If you specify a target, you must also haveview_index_metadata
ormanage
index privilege for the target.
Path parameters
edit-
<alias>
-
(Optional, string) Comma-separated list of aliases to retrieve. Supports
wildcards (
*
). To retrieve all aliases, omit this parameter or use*
or_all
. -
<target>
-
(Optional, string) Comma-separated list of data streams or indices used to limit
the request. Supports wildcards (
*
). To target all data streams and indices, omit this parameter or use*
or_all
.
Query parameters
edit-
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 targetingfoo*,bar*
returns an error if an index starts withfoo
but no index starts withbar
.Defaults to
true
. -
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
all
. -
-
ignore_unavailable
-
(Optional, Boolean) If
false
, requests that include a missing data stream or index in the<target>
return an error. Defaults tofalse
. -
local
-
(Optional, Boolean) If
true
, the request retrieves information from the local node only. Defaults tofalse
, which means information is retrieved from the master node.