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[[indices-get-index]]
== Get Index
The get index API allows to retrieve information about one or more indexes.
[source,js]
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GET /twitter
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// CONSOLE
// TEST[setup:twitter]
The above example gets the information for an index called `twitter`. Specifying an index,
alias or wildcard expression is required.
The get index API can also be applied to more than one index, or on
all indices by using `_all` or `*` as index.
Update the default for include_type_name to false. (#37285) * Default include_type_name to false for get and put mappings. * Default include_type_name to false for get field mappings. * Add a constant for the default include_type_name value. * Default include_type_name to false for get and put index templates. * Default include_type_name to false for create index. * Update create index calls in REST documentation to use include_type_name=true. * Some minor clean-ups around the get index API. * In REST tests, use include_type_name=true by default for index creation. * Make sure to use 'expression == false'. * Clarify the different IndexTemplateMetaData toXContent methods. * Fix FullClusterRestartIT#testSnapshotRestore. * Fix the ml_anomalies_default_mappings test. * Fix GetFieldMappingsResponseTests and GetIndexTemplateResponseTests. We make sure to specify include_type_name=true during xContent parsing, so we continue to test the legacy typed responses. XContent generation for the typeless responses is currently only covered by REST tests, but we will be adding unit test coverage for these as we implement each typeless API in the Java HLRC. This commit also refactors GetMappingsResponse to follow the same appraoch as the other mappings-related responses, where we read include_type_name out of the xContent params, instead of creating a second toXContent method. This gives better consistency in the response parsing code. * Fix more REST tests. * Improve some wording in the create index documentation. * Add a note about types removal in the create index docs. * Fix SmokeTestMonitoringWithSecurityIT#testHTTPExporterWithSSL. * Make sure to mention include_type_name in the REST docs for affected APIs. * Make sure to use 'expression == false' in FullClusterRestartIT. * Mention include_type_name in the REST templates docs.
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NOTE: Before 7.0.0, the 'mappings' definition used to include a type name. Although mappings
in responses no longer contain a type name by default, you can still request the old format
through the parameter include_type_name. For more details, please see <<removal-of-types>>.