[[indices-get-template]]
=== Get index template API
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<titleabbrev>Get index template</titleabbrev>
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Returns information about one or more index templates.

////
[source,console]
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PUT _template/template_1
{
 "index_patterns" : ["te*"],
  "settings": {
    "number_of_shards": 1
  }
}
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// TESTSETUP

[source,console]
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DELETE _template/template_1
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// TEARDOWN

////

[source,console]
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GET /_template/template_1
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[[get-template-api-request]]
==== {api-request-title}

`GET /_template/<index-template>`


[[get-template-api-path-params]]
==== {api-path-parms-title}

include::{docdir}/rest-api/common-parms.asciidoc[tag=index-template]
+
To return all index templates, omit this parameter
or use a value of `_all` or `*`.


[[get-template-api-query-params]]
==== {api-query-parms-title}

include::{docdir}/rest-api/common-parms.asciidoc[tag=flat-settings]

include::{docdir}/rest-api/common-parms.asciidoc[tag=include-type-name]

include::{docdir}/rest-api/common-parms.asciidoc[tag=local]

include::{docdir}/rest-api/common-parms.asciidoc[tag=master-timeout]


[[get-template-api-example]]
==== {api-examples-title}


[[get-template-api-multiple-ex]]
===== Get multiple index templates

[source,console]
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GET /_template/template_1,template_2
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[[get-template-api-wildcard-ex]]
===== Get index templates using a wildcard expression

[source,console]
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GET /_template/temp*
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[[get-template-api-all-ex]]
===== Get all index templates

[source,console]
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GET /_template
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