//lcawley: Verified example output 2017-04-11
[[ml-preview-datafeed]]
==== Preview Data Feeds

The preview data feed API enables you to preview a data feed.

===== Request

`GET _xpack/ml/datafeeds/<feed_id>/_preview`


===== Description

//TBD: How much data does it return?
The API returns example data by using the current data feed settings.

You must have `monitor_ml`, `monitor`, `manage_ml`, or `manage` cluster
privileges to use this API. For more information, see <<privileges-list-cluster>>.

===== Path Parameters

`feed_id` (required)::
  (string) Identifier for the data feed

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===== Request Body

None

===== Responses

TBD
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200
(EmptyResponse) The cluster has been successfully deleted
404
(BasicFailedReply) The cluster specified by {cluster_id} cannot be found (code: clusters.cluster_not_found)
412
(BasicFailedReply) The Elasticsearch cluster has not been shutdown yet (code: clusters.cluster_plan_state_error)
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===== Examples

The following example obtains a previews of the `datafeed-farequote` data feed:

[source,js]
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GET _xpack/ml/datafeeds/datafeed-farequote/_preview
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// CONSOLE
// TEST[skip:todo]

The data that is returned for this example is as follows:
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[
  {
    "@timestamp": 1454803200000,
    "airline": "AAL",
    "responsetime": 132.20460510253906
  },
  {
    "@timestamp": 1454803200000,
    "airline": "JZA",
    "responsetime": 990.4628295898438
  },
  {
    "@timestamp": 1454803200000,
    "airline": "JBU",
    "responsetime": 877.5927124023438
  },
  ...
]
----
