--
:api: get-model-snapshots
:request: GetModelSnapshotsRequest
:response: GetModelSnapshotsResponse
--
[role="xpack"]
[id="{upid}-{api}"]
=== Get model snapshots API

Retrieves one or more model snapshot results.
It accepts a +{request}+ object and responds with a +{response}+ object.

[id="{upid}-{api}-request"]
==== Get model snapshots request

A +{request}+ object gets created with an existing non-null `jobId`.

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<1> Constructing a new request referencing an existing `jobId`.

==== Optional arguments
The following arguments are optional:

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<1> The ID of the snapshot to get. Otherwise, it will return all snapshots.

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<1> If `true`, the snapshots are sorted in descending order. Defaults to `false`.

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<1> Snapshots with timestamps earlier than this time will be returned.

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<1> The field to sort snapshots on. Defaults to `timestamp`.

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<1> Snapshots with timestamps on or after this time will be returned.

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<1> The page parameters `from` and `size`. `from` specifies the number of
snapshots to skip. `size` specifies the maximum number of snapshots to retrieve.
Defaults to `0` and `100` respectively.

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[id="{upid}-{api}-response"]
==== Get model snapshots response

The returned +{response}+ contains the requested snapshots:

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<1> The count of snapshots that were matched.
<2> The snapshots retrieved.