[[indices-get-mapping]] == Get Mapping The get mapping API allows to retrieve mapping definitions for an index or index/type. [source,js] -------------------------------------------------- curl -XGET 'http://localhost:9200/twitter/_mapping/tweet' -------------------------------------------------- [float] === Multiple Indices and Types The get mapping API can be used to get more than one index or type mapping with a single call. General usage of the API follows the following syntax: `host:port/{index}/{type}/_mapping` where both `{index}` and `{type}` can accept a comma-separated list of names. To get mappings for all indices you can use `_all` for `{index}`. The following are some examples: [source,js] -------------------------------------------------- curl -XGET 'http://localhost:9200/_mapping/twitter,kimchy' curl -XGET 'http://localhost:9200/_all/_mapping/tweet,book' -------------------------------------------------- If you want to get mappings of all indices and types then the following two examples are equivalent: [source,js] -------------------------------------------------- curl -XGET 'http://localhost:9200/_all/_mapping' curl -XGET 'http://localhost:9200/_mapping' --------------------------------------------------