--
:api: get-watch
:request: GetWatchRequest
:response: GetWatchResponse
--
[role="xpack"]
[id="{upid}-{api}"]
=== Get watch API

[id="{upid}-{api}-request"]
==== Execution

A watch can be retrieved as follows:

["source","java",subs="attributes,callouts,macros"]
--------------------------------------------------
include-tagged::{doc-tests-file}[{api}-request]
--------------------------------------------------

[id="{upid}-{api}-response"]
==== Response

The returned +{response}+ contains `id`, `version`, `status` and `source`
information.

["source","java",subs="attributes,callouts,macros"]
--------------------------------------------------
include-tagged::{doc-tests-file}[{api}-response]
--------------------------------------------------
<1> `_id`, id of the watch
<2> `found` is a boolean indicating whether the watch was found
<3> `_version` returns the version of the watch
<4> `status` contains status of the watch
<5> `source` the source of the watch

include::../execution.asciidoc[]