[[slm-api-get-status]]
=== Get {slm} status API

[subs="attributes"]
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<titleabbrev>Get {slm} status</titleabbrev>
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Retrieves the status of {slm} ({slm-init}).

[[slm-api-get-status-request]]
==== {api-request-title}

`GET /_slm/status`

[[slm-api-get-status-desc]]
==== {api-description-title}

Returns the status of the {slm-init} plugin. 
The `operation_mode` field in the response shows one of three states: 
`STARTED`, `STOPPING`, or `STOPPED`. 
You halt and restart the {slm-init} plugin with the
<<slm-api-stop, stop>> and <<slm-api-start, start>>  APIs.

==== {api-query-parms-title}

include::{es-repo-dir}/rest-api/common-parms.asciidoc[tag=timeoutparms]

[[slm-api-get-status-prereqs]]
==== {api-prereq-title}

If the {es} {security-features} are enabled, you must have the 
`manage_slm` or `read_slm` cluster privileges to use this API. 
For more information, see <<security-privileges>>.

[[slm-api-get-status-example]]
==== {api-examples-title}


[source,console]
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GET _slm/status
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The API returns the following result:

[source,console-result]
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{
  "operation_mode": "RUNNING"
}
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// TESTRESPONSE[s/"operation_mode": "RUNNING"/"operation_mode": $body.operation_mode/]