Get index templates
Get information about one or more index templates.
IMPORTANT: This documentation is about legacy index templates, which are deprecated and will be replaced by the composable templates introduced in Elasticsearch 7.8.
Path parameters
-
name
string | array[string] Required Comma-separated list of index template names used to limit the request. Wildcard (
*
) expressions are supported. To return all index templates, omit this parameter or use a value of_all
or*
.
Query parameters
-
flat_settings
boolean If
true
, returns settings in flat format. -
local
boolean If
true
, the request retrieves information from the local node only. -
master_timeout
string Period to wait for a connection to the master node. If no response is received before the timeout expires, the request fails and returns an error.
GET
/_template/{name}
curl \
--request GET 'http://api.example.com/_template/{name}' \
--header "Authorization: $API_KEY"