elasticsearch/docs/reference/snapshot-restore/apis/get-repo-api.asciidoc
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[8.17] [DOCS] More links to new API site (#119380) (#119419)
* [DOCS] More links to new API site (#119380)

* Fix example test failure
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[[get-snapshot-repo-api]]
=== Get snapshot repository API
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<titleabbrev>Get snapshot repository</titleabbrev>
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.New API reference
[sidebar]
--
For the most up-to-date API details, refer to {api-es}/group/endpoint-snapshot[Snapshot and restore APIs].
--
Gets information about one or more registered
<<snapshots-register-repository,snapshot repositories>>.
////
[source,console]
----
PUT /_snapshot/my_repository
{
"type": "fs",
"settings": {
"location": "my_backup_location"
}
}
----
// TESTSETUP
////
[source,console]
----
GET /_snapshot/my_repository
----
[[get-snapshot-repo-api-request]]
==== {api-request-title}
`GET /_snapshot/<repository>`
`GET /_snapshot`
[[get-snapshot-repo-api-prereqs]]
==== {api-prereq-title}
* If the {es} {security-features} are enabled, you must have the
`monitor_snapshot`, `create_snapshot`, or `manage`
<<privileges-list-cluster,cluster privilege>> to use this API.
[[get-snapshot-repo-api-path-params]]
==== {api-path-parms-title}
`<repository>`::
(Optional, string)
Comma-separated list of snapshot repository names used to limit the request.
Wildcard (`*`) expressions are supported including combining wildcards with exclude patterns starting with `-`.
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To get information about all snapshot repositories registered in the
cluster, omit this parameter or use `*` or `_all`.
[[get-snapshot-repo-api-query-params]]
==== {api-query-parms-title}
`local`::
(Optional, Boolean) If `true`, the request gets information from the local node
only. If `false`, the request gets information from the master node. Defaults to
`false`.
include::{es-ref-dir}/rest-api/common-parms.asciidoc[tag=master-timeout]
[role="child_attributes"]
[[get-snapshot-repo-api-response-body]]
==== {api-response-body-title}
`<repository>`::
(object)
Contains information about the snapshot repository. Key is the name of the
snapshot repository.
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.Properties of `<repository>`
[%collapsible%open]
====
`type`::
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--
(string)
Repository type.
.Values for `type`
[%collapsible%open]
=====
`fs`::
Shared file system repository. See <<snapshots-filesystem-repository>>.
[xpack]#`source`#::
Source-only repository. See <<snapshots-source-only-repository>>.
`url`::
URL repository. See <<snapshots-read-only-repository>>.
=====
More repository types are available through these official plugins:
* <<repository-s3, repository-s3>> for S3 repository support
* {plugins}/repository-hdfs.html[repository-hdfs] for HDFS repository support in
Hadoop environments
* <<repository-azure,repository-azure>> for Azure storage repositories
* <<repository-gcs,repository-gcs>> for Google Cloud Storage repositories
--
`settings`::
(object)
Contains settings for the repository. Valid properties for the `settings` object
depend on the repository type, set using the
<<put-snapshot-repo-api-request-type,`type`>> parameter.
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For properties, see the <<put-snapshot-repo-api,create or update snapshot
repository API>>'s <<put-snapshot-repo-api-settings-param,`settings`
parameter>>.
====
[[get-snapshot-repo-api-example]]
==== {api-examples-title}
[source,console]
----
GET /_snapshot/my_repository
----
The API returns the following response:
[source,console-result]
----
{
"my_repository" : {
"type" : "fs",
"uuid" : "0JLknrXbSUiVPuLakHjBrQ",
"settings" : {
"location" : "my_backup_location"
}
}
}
----
// TESTRESPONSE[s/"uuid" : "0JLknrXbSUiVPuLakHjBrQ"/"uuid" : $body.my_repository.uuid/]