elasticsearch/docs/reference/indices/get-index-template.asciidoc
David Turner d2bb6ebb69
Get-templates APIs don't support lists (#78989)
We document that `GET /_index_template/...` accepts a comma-separated
list of template names but in fact today this API accepts only a single
name or pattern. Likewise `GET /_cat/templates/...` (at least it didn't
until #78829 but that's not released yet). This commit fixes the docs to
indicate these APIs accept only a single template name and also adds
some extra validation to reject requests containing a `,` since such a
request cannot match any actual templates.

It also adjusts `GET /_cat/templates` to use the filtering built into
`TransportGetComposableIndexTemplateAction` rather than retrieving all
templates and then filtering them on the coordinating node.
2021-10-13 12:13:06 +01:00

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[[indices-get-template]]
=== Get index template API [[getting-templates]]
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<titleabbrev>Get index template</titleabbrev>
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Returns information about one or more index templates.
////
[source,console]
--------------------------------------------------
PUT /_index_template/template_1
{
"index_patterns" : ["te*"],
"priority" : 1,
"template": {
"settings" : {
"number_of_shards" : 2
}
}
}
--------------------------------------------------
// TESTSETUP
[source,console]
--------------------------------------------------
DELETE _index_template/template_*
--------------------------------------------------
// TEARDOWN
////
[source,console]
--------------------------------------------------
GET /_index_template/template_1
--------------------------------------------------
[[get-template-api-request]]
==== {api-request-title}
`GET /_index_template/<index-template>`
[[get-template-api-prereqs]]
==== {api-prereq-title}
* If the {es} {security-features} are enabled, you must have the
`manage_index_templates` or `manage` <<privileges-list-cluster,cluster
privilege>> to use this API.
[[get-template-api-path-params]]
==== {api-path-parms-title}
(Optional, string) The name of the template to return. Accepts wildcard
expressions. If omitted, all templates are returned.
[[get-template-api-query-params]]
==== {api-query-parms-title}
include::{docdir}/rest-api/common-parms.asciidoc[tag=flat-settings]
include::{docdir}/rest-api/common-parms.asciidoc[tag=local]
include::{docdir}/rest-api/common-parms.asciidoc[tag=master-timeout]
[[get-template-api-example]]
==== {api-examples-title}
[[get-template-api-wildcard-ex]]
===== Get index templates using a wildcard expression
[source,console]
--------------------------------------------------
GET /_index_template/temp*
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[[get-template-api-all-ex]]
===== Get all index templates
[source,console]
--------------------------------------------------
GET /_index_template
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