elasticsearch/docs/reference/features/apis/get-features-api.asciidoc
Gordon Brown ce8a0c0cea
Change Get Snapshottable Features endpoint to _features (#69755)
The endpoint `_snapshottable_features` is long and implies incorrect
things about this API - it is used not just for snapshots, but also for
the upcoming reset API. Following discussions on the team, this commit
changes the endpoint to `_features` and removes the connection between
this API and snapshots, as snapshots are not the only use for the output
of this API.
2021-03-02 11:30:02 -07:00

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[[get-features-api]]
=== Get Features API
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<titleabbrev>Get features</titleabbrev>
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Gets a list of features which can be included in snapshots using the
<<create-snapshot-api-feature-states,`feature_states` field>> when creating a
snapshot.
[source,console]
-----------------------------------
GET /_features
-----------------------------------
[[get-features-api-request]]
==== {api-request-title}
`GET /_features`
[[get-features-api-desc]]
==== {api-description-title}
You can use the get features API to determine which feature states
to include when <<snapshots-take-snapshot,taking a snapshot>>. By default, all
feature states are included in a snapshot if that snapshot includes the global
state, or none if it does not.
A feature state includes one or more system indices necessary for a given
feature to function. In order to ensure data integrity, all system indices that
comprise a feature state are snapshotted and restored together.
The features listed by this API are a combination of built-in features and
features defined by plugins. In order for a feature's state to be listed in this
API and recognized as a valid feature state by the create snapshot API, the
plugin which defines that feature must be installed on the master node.
==== {api-examples-title}
[source,console-result]
----
{
"features": [
{
"name": "tasks",
"description": "Manages task results"
},
{
"name": "kibana",
"description": "Manages Kibana configuration and reports"
}
]
}
----
// TESTRESPONSE[skip:response differs between default distro and OSS]