[[esql-async-query-get-api]]
=== {esql} async query get API
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<titleabbrev>{esql} async query get API</titleabbrev>
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Returns the current status and available results for an <<esql-async-query-api,{esql}
async query>> or a stored results.

[source,console]
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GET /_query/async/FkpMRkJGS1gzVDRlM3g4ZzMyRGlLbkEaTXlJZHdNT09TU2VTZVBoNDM3cFZMUToxMDM=
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// TEST[skip: no access to query ID]

[[esql-async-query-get-api-request]]
==== {api-request-title}

`GET /_query/async/<query_id>`

[[esql-async-query-get-api-prereqs]]
==== {api-prereq-title}

* If the {es} {security-features} are enabled, only the user who first submitted
the {esql} query can retrieve the results using this API.

[[esql-async-query-get-api-path-params]]
==== {api-path-parms-title}

`<query_id>`::
(Required, string)
Identifier for the query.
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A query ID is provided in the <<esql-async-query-api,{esql} async query API>>'s
response for a query that does not complete in the awaited time. A query ID is
also provided if the request's <<esql-async-query-api-keep-on-completion,`keep_on_completion`>>
parameter is `true`.

[[esql-async-query-get-api-query-params]]
==== {api-query-parms-title}

`wait_for_completion_timeout`::
(Optional, <<time-units,time value>>)
Timeout duration to wait for the request to finish. Defaults to no timeout,
meaning the request waits for complete query results.
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If this parameter is specified and the request completes during this period,
complete query results are returned.
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If the request does not complete during this period, the response returns an
`is_running` value of `true` and no results.

[[esql-async-query-get-api-response-body]]
==== {api-response-body-title}

The {esql} async query get API returns the same response body as the {esql}
query API. See the {esql} query API's <<esql-query-api-response-body,response
body parameters>>.