[[cluster-state]]
== Cluster State

The cluster state API allows to get a comprehensive state information of
the whole cluster.

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$ curl -XGET 'http://localhost:9200/_cluster/state'
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By default, the cluster state request is routed to the master node, to
ensure that the latest cluster state is returned.   
For debugging purposes, you can retrieve the cluster state local to a
particular node by adding `local=true` to the  query string.

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=== Response Filters

As the cluster state can grow (depending on the number of shards and indices, your mapping, templates),
it is possible to filter the cluster state response specifying the parts in the URL.

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$ curl -XGET 'http://localhost:9200/_cluster/state/{metrics}/{indices}'
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`metrics` can be a comma-separated list of

`nodes`::
    Shows the `nodes` part of the response

`routing_table`:: 
    Shows the `routing_table` part of the response. If you supply a comma separated list of indices, the returned output will only contain the indices listed.

`metadata`::
    Shows the `metadata` part of the response. If you supply a comma separated list of indices, the returned output will only contain the indices listed.

`blocks`::
    Shows the `blocks` part of the response

In addition the `index_templates` parameter can be specified, which returns the specified index templates only. This works only if the `metadata` is asked to be returned.

A couple of example calls:

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# return only metadata and routing_table data for specified indices
$ curl -XGET 'http://localhost:9200/_cluster/state/metadata,routing_table/foo,bar'

# return everything for these two indices
$ curl -XGET 'http://localhost:9200/_cluster/state/_all/foo,bar'

# Return only blocks data
$ curl -XGET 'http://localhost:9200/_cluster/state/blocks'

# Return only metadata and a specific index_template
# You should use the dedicated template endpoint for this
$ curl -XGET 'http://localhost:9200/_cluster/state/metadata?index_templates=template_1'
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