Resolve indices

GET /_resolve/index/{name}

Resolve the names and/or index patterns for indices, aliases, and data streams. Multiple patterns and remote clusters are supported.

Required authorization

Index privileges: view_index_metadata

Path Parameters

name union Name | [] Name required: Comma-separated name(s) or index pattern(s) of the indices, aliases, and data streams to resolve. Resources on remote clusters can be specified using the <cluster>:<name> syntax.

Query Parameters

Response

application/json

Examples

A successful response from GET /_resolve/index/f*,remoteCluster1:bar*?expand_wildcards=all.

Request Console 1 / 7 languages

Console Kibana Dev Tools

GET /_resolve/index/f*,remoteCluster1:bar*?expand_wildcards=all

JavaScript Elasticsearch JavaScript Client

const response = await client.indices.resolveIndex({
  name: "f*,remoteCluster1:bar*",
  expand_wildcards: "all",
});

Python Elasticsearch Python Client

resp = client.indices.resolve_index(
    name="f*,remoteCluster1:bar*",
    expand_wildcards="all",
)

curl Shell

curl -X GET "$ELASTICSEARCH_URL/_resolve/index/f*,remoteCluster1:bar*?expand_wildcards=all" \
  -H "Authorization: ApiKey $ELASTIC_API_KEY"

C# Elasticsearch .NET Client

var response = await client.Indices
    .ResolveIndexAsync(name: new[] { "f*", "remoteCluster1:bar*" }, d1 => d1
        .ExpandWildcards(ExpandWildcard.All)
    );

PHP Elasticsearch PHP Client

$resp = $client->indices()->resolveIndex([
    "name" => "f*,remoteCluster1:bar*",
    "expand_wildcards" => "all",
]);

Ruby Elasticsearch Ruby Client

response = client.indices.resolve_index(
  name: "f*,remoteCluster1:bar*",
  expand_wildcards: "all"
)

Response

{
  "indices": [
    {
      "name": "foo_closed",
      "attributes": [
        "closed"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "freeze-index",
      "aliases": [
        "f-alias"
      ],
      "attributes": [
        "open"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "remoteCluster1:bar-01",
      "attributes": [
        "open"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    {
      "name": "f-alias",
      "indices": [
        "freeze-index",
        "my-index-000001"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "data_streams": [
    {
      "name": "foo",
      "backing_indices": [
        ".ds-foo-2099.03.07-000001"
      ],
      "timestamp_field": "@timestamp"
    }
  ]
}

Required authorization

Path Parameters

Query Parameters { expand_wildcards , ignore_unavailable , allow_no_indices , }

Response

Query Parameters