[role="xpack"]
[testenv="platinum"]
[[searchable-snapshots-repository-stats]]
=== Searchable snapshot repository statistics API
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<titleabbrev>Searchable snapshot repository statistics</titleabbrev>
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experimental[]

Retrieve usage statistics about a snapshot repository.

[[searchable-snapshots-repository-stats-request]]
==== {api-request-title}

`GET /_snapshot/<repository>/_stats`

[[searchable-snapshots-repository-stats-prereqs]]
==== {api-prereq-title}

If the {es} {security-features} are enabled, you must have the
`manage` cluster privilege and the `manage` index privilege
for any included indices to use this API.
For more information, see <<security-privileges>>.

[[searchable-snapshots-repository-stats-desc]]
==== {api-description-title}


[[searchable-snapshots-repository-stats-path-params]]
==== {api-path-parms-title}

`<repository>`::
(Required, string)
The repository for which to retrieve stats.


[[searchable-snapshots-repository-stats-example]]
==== {api-examples-title}
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[source,console]
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PUT /docs
{
  "settings" : {
    "index.number_of_shards" : 1,
    "index.number_of_replicas" : 0
  }
}

PUT /_snapshot/my_repository/my_snapshot?wait_for_completion=true
{
  "include_global_state": false,
  "indices": "docs"
}

DELETE /docs

POST /_snapshot/my_repository/my_snapshot/_mount?wait_for_completion=true
{
  "index": "docs"
}
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// TEST[setup:setup-repository]
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Retrieves the statistics of the repository `my_repository`:

[source,console]
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GET /_snapshot/my_repository/_stats
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// TEST[continued]