Get index templates

GET /_index_template/{name}
GET /_index_template

Get information about one or more index templates.

Required authorization

Authentication

Authorization: <value>

Elasticsearch APIs use key-based authentication. You must create an API key and use the encoded value in the request header. For example:

		curl -X GET "${ES_URL}/_cat/indices?v=true" \
  -H "Authorization: ApiKey ${API_KEY}"

For more information about where to find API keys for the Elasticsearch endpoint (${ES_URL}) for a project, go to Get started with Elasticsearch Serverless.

Path parameters

Query parameters

Response

application/json

index_templates object[] required

Examples

Request Console 1 / 8 languages

Console Kibana Dev Tools

GET _index_template/*?filter_path=index_templates.name,index_templates.index_template.index_patterns,index_templates.index_template.data_stream

JavaScript Elasticsearch JavaScript Client

const response = await client.indices.getIndexTemplate({
  name: "*",
  filter_path:
    "index_templates.name,index_templates.index_template.index_patterns,index_templates.index_template.data_stream",
});

Python Elasticsearch Python Client

resp = client.indices.get_index_template(
    name="*",
    filter_path="index_templates.name,index_templates.index_template.index_patterns,index_templates.index_template.data_stream",
)

curl Shell

curl -X GET "$ELASTICSEARCH_URL/_index_template/*?filter_path=index_templates.name,index_templates.index_template.index_patterns,index_templates.index_template.data_stream" \
  -H "Authorization: ApiKey $ELASTIC_API_KEY"

Java Elasticsearch Java Client

client.indices().getIndexTemplate(g -> g
    .name("*")
);

C# Elasticsearch .NET Client

var response = await client.Indices
    .GetIndexTemplateAsync(d1 => d1
        .Name("*")
    );

PHP Elasticsearch PHP Client

$resp = $client->indices()->getIndexTemplate([
    "name" => "*",
    "filter_path" => "index_templates.name,index_templates.index_template.index_patterns,index_templates.index_template.data_stream",
]);

Ruby Elasticsearch Ruby Client

response = client.indices.get_index_template(
  name: "*",
  filter_path: "index_templates.name,index_templates.index_template.index_patterns,index_templates.index_template.data_stream"
)

Response

A successful response for retrieving information about an index template.

{
  "index_templates" : [
    {
      "name" : "my-index-template",
      "index_template" : {
        "index_patterns" : [ "logs-*" ],
        "template" : {
          "settings" : {
            "index" : {
              "number_of_shards" : "1",
              "number_of_replicas" : "1"
            }
          },
          "mappings" : {
            "properties" : {
              "@timestamp" : {
                "type" : "date"
              },
              "message" : {
                "type" : "text"
              }
            }
          }
        },
        "composed_of" : [ "my-component-template" ],
        "priority" : 200,
        "version" : 1,
        "_meta" : {
          "description" : "my custom index template"
        },
        "created_date" : "2024-01-01T12:00:00.000Z",
        "created_date_millis" : 1704110400000,
        "modified_date" : "2025-01-01T12:00:00.000Z",
        "modified_date_millis" : 1735732800000
      }
    }
  ]
}