--
:api: templates-exist
:request: IndexTemplatesExistRequest
:response: Boolean
--

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=== Templates Exist API

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==== Templates Exist Request

The Templates Exist API uses +{request}+ as its request object. One or more
index template names can be provided at construction.

["source","java",subs="attributes,callouts,macros"]
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include-tagged::{doc-tests-file}[{api}-request]
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<1> A single index template name
<2> Multiple index template names
<3> An index template name using wildcard

==== Optional arguments

["source","java",subs="attributes,callouts,macros"]
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include-tagged::{doc-tests-file}[{api}-request-optionals]
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<1> If `true`, reads templates from the node's local cluster state. Otherwise
reads from the cluster state of the elected master node
<2> Timeout to connect to the master node as a `TimeValue`
<3> Timeout to connect to the master node as a `String`

include::../execution.asciidoc[]

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==== Response

The response is a +{response}+ value, `true` if any of the request's template
names match existing templates and `false` otherwise