[role="xpack"]
[[list-search-applications]]
=== List Search Applications

beta::[]

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<titleabbrev>List Search Applications</titleabbrev>
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Returns information about Search Applications.

[[list-search-applications-request]]
==== {api-request-title}

`GET _application/search_application/`

[[list-search-applications-prereq]]
==== {api-prereq-title}

Requires the `manage_search_application` cluster privilege.

[[list-search-applications-path-params]]
==== {api-path-parms-title}

`q`::
(Optional, string) Query in the Lucene query string syntax, to return only search applications matching the query.

`size`::
(Optional, integer) Maximum number of results to retrieve.

`from`::
(Optional, integer) The offset from the first result to fetch.

[[list-search-applications-response-codes]]
==== {api-response-codes-title}

[[list-search-applications-example]]
==== {api-examples-title}

The following example lists all configured search applications:

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[source,console]
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PUT index1

PUT _application/search_application/app-1
{
  "indices": [ "index1" ],
  "template": {
    "script": {
      "source": {
        "query": {
          "query_string": {
            "query": "{{query_string}}"
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

PUT _application/search_application/app-2
{
  "indices": [ "index1" ],
  "template": {
    "script": {
      "source": {
        "query": {
          "query_string": {
            "query": "{{query_string}}"
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}
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// TESTSETUP

[source,console]
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DELETE _application/search_application/app-1

DELETE _application/search_application/app-2
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// TEARDOWN

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[source,console]
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GET _application/search_application/
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The following example queries the first three search applications whose names start with `app`:

[source,console]
----
GET _application/search_application?from=0&size=3&q=app*
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A sample response:

[source,console-result]
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{
  "count": 2,
  "results": [
    {
      "name": "app-1",
      "updated_at_millis": 1690981129366
    },
    {
      "name": "app-2",
      "updated_at_millis": 1691501823939
    }
  ]
}
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// TESTRESPONSE[s/"updated_at_millis": 1690981129366/"updated_at_millis": $body.$_path/]
// TESTRESPONSE[s/"updated_at_millis": 1691501823939/"updated_at_millis": $body.$_path/]
