[role="xpack"]
[testenv="platinum"]
[[ccr-get-auto-follow-pattern]]
=== Get auto-follow pattern API
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<titleabbrev>Get auto-follow pattern</titleabbrev>
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Get auto-follow patterns.

==== Description

This API gets configured {stack-ov}/ccr-auto-follow.html[auto-follow patterns].
This API will return the specified auto-follow pattern collection.

==== Request

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PUT /_ccr/auto_follow/my_auto_follow_pattern
{
  "remote_cluster" : "remote_cluster",
  "leader_index_patterns" :
  [
    "leader_index*"
  ],
  "follow_index_pattern" : "{{leader_index}}-follower"
}
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// CONSOLE
// TEST[setup:remote_cluster]
// TESTSETUP

[source,js]
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DELETE /_ccr/auto_follow/my_auto_follow_pattern
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// CONSOLE
// TEST
// TEARDOWN

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[source,js]
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GET /_ccr/auto_follow/
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// CONSOLE

[source,js]
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GET /_ccr/auto_follow/<auto_follow_pattern_name>
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// CONSOLE
// TEST[s/<auto_follow_pattern_name>/my_auto_follow_pattern/]

==== Path Parameters
`auto_follow_pattern_name`::
  (string) specifies the auto-follow pattern collection that you want to
  retrieve; if you do not specify a name, the API returns information for all
  collections

==== Authorization

If the {es} {security-features} are enabled, you must have `manage_ccr` cluster
privileges on the cluster that contains the follower index. For more information,
see {stack-ov}/security-privileges.html[Security privileges].

==== Example

This example retrieves information about an auto-follow pattern collection
named `my_auto_follow_pattern`:

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GET /_ccr/auto_follow/my_auto_follow_pattern
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// CONSOLE
// TEST[setup:remote_cluster]

The API returns the following result:

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{
  "patterns": [
    {
      "name": "my_auto_follow_pattern",
      "pattern": {
        "remote_cluster" : "remote_cluster",
        "leader_index_patterns" :
        [
          "leader_index*"
        ],
        "follow_index_pattern" : "{{leader_index}}-follower"
      }
    }
  ]
}
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// TESTRESPONSE