[role="xpack"]
[[get-search-application]]
=== Get Search Application

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<titleabbrev>Get Search Application</titleabbrev>
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Retrieves information about a search application.

If the search application has an inconsistent state between its alias and configured indices, a warning header will be returned with the response.
To resolve this inconsistent state, issue an updated <<put-search-application>> command.

[[get-search-application-request]]
==== {api-request-title}

`GET _application/search_application/<name>`

[[get-search-application-prereq]]
==== {api-prereq-title}

Requires the `manage_search_application` cluster privilege.

[[get-search-application-path-params]]
==== {api-path-parms-title}

`<name>`::
(Required, string)

[[get-search-application-response-codes]]
==== {api-response-codes-title}

`400`::
The `name` was not provided.

`404` (Missing resources)::
No Search Application matching `name` could be found.

[[get-search-application-example]]
==== {api-examples-title}

The following example gets the Search Application named `my-app`:

[source,console]
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GET _application/search_application/my-app/
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// TEST[skip:TBD]

A sample response:

[source,console-result]
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{
    "name": "my-app",
    "indices": [ "index1", "index2" ],
    "updated_at_millis": 1682105622204,
    "template": {
      "script": {
        "source": {
          "query": {
            "query_string": {
              "query": "{{query_string}}",
              "default_field": "{{default_field}}"
            }
          }
        },
        "params": {
          "query_string": "*",
          "default_field": "*"
        }
      }
  }
}
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