--
:api: get-templates
:request: GetIndexTemplatesRequest
:response: GetIndexTemplatesResponse
--

[id="{upid}-{api}"]
=== Get Templates API

The Get Templates API allows to retrieve a list of index templates by name.

[id="{upid}-{api}-request"]
==== Get Index Templates Request

A +{request}+ specifies one or several names of the index templates to get.

["source","java",subs="attributes,callouts,macros"]
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include-tagged::{doc-tests-file}[{api}-request]
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<1> A single index template name
<2> Multiple index template names
<3> An index template name using wildcard

["source","java",subs="attributes,callouts,macros"]
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include-tagged::{doc-tests-file}[{api}-request-masterTimeout]
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<1> Timeout to connect to the master node as a `TimeValue`
<2> Timeout to connect to the master node as a `String`

include::../execution.asciidoc[]

[id="{upid}-{api}-response"]
==== Get Templates Response

The returned +{response}+ consists a list of matching index templates.

["source","java",subs="attributes,callouts,macros"]
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include-tagged::{doc-tests-file}[{api}-response]
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<1> A list of matching index templates