[[cat-master]] === cat master API ++++ cat master ++++ Returns information about the master node, including the ID, bound IP address, and name. [[cat-master-api-request]] ==== {api-request-title} `GET /_cat/master` [[cat-master-api-query-params]] ==== {api-query-parms-title} include::{docdir}/rest-api/common-parms.asciidoc[tag=http-format] include::{docdir}/rest-api/common-parms.asciidoc[tag=cat-h] include::{docdir}/rest-api/common-parms.asciidoc[tag=help] include::{docdir}/rest-api/common-parms.asciidoc[tag=local] include::{docdir}/rest-api/common-parms.asciidoc[tag=master-timeout] include::{docdir}/rest-api/common-parms.asciidoc[tag=cat-s] include::{docdir}/rest-api/common-parms.asciidoc[tag=cat-v] [[cat-master-api-example]] ==== {api-examples-title} [source,js] -------------------------------------------------- GET /_cat/master?v -------------------------------------------------- // CONSOLE The API returns the following response: [source,txt] -------------------------------------------------- id host ip node YzWoH_2BT-6UjVGDyPdqYg 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 YzWoH_2 -------------------------------------------------- // TESTRESPONSE[s/YzWoH_2.+/.+/ non_json] This information is also available via the `nodes` command, but this is slightly shorter when all you want to do, for example, is verify all nodes agree on the master: [source,sh] -------------------------------------------------- % pssh -i -h list.of.cluster.hosts curl -s localhost:9200/_cat/master [1] 19:16:37 [SUCCESS] es3.vm Ntgn2DcuTjGuXlhKDUD4vA 192.168.56.30 H5dfFeA [2] 19:16:37 [SUCCESS] es2.vm Ntgn2DcuTjGuXlhKDUD4vA 192.168.56.30 H5dfFeA [3] 19:16:37 [SUCCESS] es1.vm Ntgn2DcuTjGuXlhKDUD4vA 192.168.56.30 H5dfFeA -------------------------------------------------- // NOTCONSOLE