[[indices-get-data-stream]]
=== Get data stream API
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<titleabbrev>Get data stream</titleabbrev>
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Returns information about one or more data streams.

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[source,console]
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PUT _index_template/template
{
  "index_patterns": ["my-data-stream*"],
  "template": {
    "mappings": {
      "properties": {
        "@timestamp": {
          "type": "date"
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "data_stream": {
    "timestamp_field": "@timestamp"
  }
}

PUT /_data_stream/my-data-stream
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// TESTSETUP
////

////
[source,console]
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DELETE /_data_stream/my-data-stream
DELETE /_index_template/template
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// TEARDOWN
////

[source,console]
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GET _data_stream/my-data-stream
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// TEST[skip_shard_failures]

[[get-data-stream-api-request]]
==== {api-request-title}

`GET _data_stream/<data-stream>`


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

`<data-stream>`::
+
--
(Required, string) Name or wildcard expression of the data stream(s) to
retrieve.
--

[[get-data-stream-api-example]]
==== {api-examples-title}

[[get-data-stream-basic-example]]
===== Basic example

[source,console]
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GET _data_stream/my-data-stream*
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// TEST[continued]
// TEST[skip_shard_failures]

The API returns the following response:

[source,console-result]
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[
  {
    "name" : "my-data-stream", <1>
    "timestamp_field" : "@timestamp", <2>
    "indices" : [ <3>
      {
        "index_name" : ".ds-my-data-stream-000001",
        "index_uuid" : "DXAE-xcCQTKF93bMm9iawA"
      },
      {
        "index_name" : ".ds-my-data-stream-000002",
        "index_uuid" : "Wzxq0VhsQKyPxHhaK3WYAg"
      }
    ],
    "generation" : 2 <4>
  }
]
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// TESTRESPONSE[skip:unable to assert responses with top level array]

<1> Name of the data stream
<2> The name of the timestamp field for the data stream
<3> List of backing indices
<4> Current generation for the data stream