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:api: simulate-index-template
:request: SimulateIndexTemplateRequest
:response: SimulateIndexTemplateResponse
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[id="{upid}-{api}"]
=== Simulate Index Template API

[id="{upid}-{api}-request"]
==== Simulate Index Template Request

A +{request}+ specifies the `indexName` to simulate matching against the
templates in the system.

["source","java",subs="attributes,callouts,macros"]
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include-tagged::{doc-tests-file}[{api}-request]
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<1> The name of the index
<2> Optionally, defines a new template

include::../execution.asciidoc[]

[id="{upid}-{api}-response"]
==== Simulate Index Template Response

The returned +{response}+ includes a resolved `Template` object containing
the resolved settings, mappings and aliases of the index template that matched
and would be applied to the index with the provided name (if any). It will
also return a `Map` of index templates (both V1 and V2) names and their
corresponding index patterns:

["source","java",subs="attributes,callouts,macros"]
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include-tagged::{doc-tests-file}[{api}-response]
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<1> Resolved template configuration that would be applied when creating the index with the provided name
<2> Overlapping index templates and their corresponding index patterns