Resolve indices

POST also 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

Authentication

Api key

Authorization: <value>

Elasticsearch APIs support 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}"

To get API keys, use the /_security/api_key APIs.

Basic

Authorization: Basic <credentials>

Bearer

Authorization: Bearer <token>

Elasticsearch APIs support the use of bearer tokens in the Authorization HTTP header to authenticate with the API. For examples, refer to Token-based authentication services

Path parameters

Query parameters

Request body

Response

application/json

Examples

Request Console 1 / 8 languages

Console Kibana Dev Tools

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

Java Elasticsearch Java Client

client.indices().resolveIndex(r -> r
    .expandWildcards(ExpandWildcard.All)
    .name(List.of("f*","remoteCluster1:bar*"))
);

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

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

{
  "indices": [
    {
      "name": "foo_closed",
      "attributes": [
        "closed"
      ],
      "mode": "standard"
    },
    {
      "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"
    }
  ]
}