[[java-rest-high-snapshot-get-repository]]
=== Snapshot Get Repository API

The Snapshot Get Repository API allows to retrieve information about a registered repository.

[[java-rest-high-snapshot-get-repository-request]]
==== Snapshot Get Repository Request

A `GetRepositoriesRequest`:

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==== Optional Arguments
The following arguments can optionally be provided:

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<1> Sets the repositories to retrieve

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<1> The `local` flag (defaults to `false`) controls whether the repositories need
to be looked up in the local cluster state or in the cluster state held by
the elected master node

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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`

[[java-rest-high-snapshot-get-repository-sync]]
==== Synchronous Execution

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[[java-rest-high-snapshot-get-repository-async]]
==== Asynchronous Execution

The asynchronous execution of a snapshot get repository requires both the
`GetRepositoriesRequest` instance and an `ActionListener` instance to be
passed to the asynchronous method:

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<1> The `GetRepositoriesRequest` to execute and the `ActionListener`
to use when the execution completes

The asynchronous method does not block and returns immediately. Once it is
completed the `ActionListener` is called back using the `onResponse` method
if the execution successfully completed or using the `onFailure` method if
it failed.

A typical listener for `GetRepositoriesResponse` looks like:

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<1> Called when the execution is successfully completed. The response is
provided as an argument
<2> Called in case of a failure. The raised exception is provided as an argument

[[java-rest-high-cluster-get-repository-response]]
==== Snapshot Get Repository Response

The returned `GetRepositoriesResponse` allows to retrieve information about the
executed operation as follows:

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