[role="xpack"]
[[security-api-get-builtin-privileges]]
=== Get builtin privileges API
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<titleabbrev>Get builtin privileges</titleabbrev>
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Retrieves the list of <<privileges-list-cluster,cluster privileges>> and
<<privileges-list-indices,index privileges>> that are
available in this version of {es}.

[[security-api-get-builtin-privileges-request]]
==== {api-request-title}

`GET /_security/privilege/_builtin`


[[security-api-get-builtin-privileges-prereqs]]
==== {api-prereq-title}

* To use this API, you must have - the `manage_security` cluster privilege
(or a greater privilege such as `all`).

[[security-api-get-builtin-privileges-desc]]
==== {api-description-title}

This API retrieves the set of cluster and index privilege names that are
available in the version of {es} that is being queried.

To check whether a user has particular privileges, use the
<<security-api-has-privileges,has privileges API>>.


[[security-api-get-builtin-privileges-response-body]]
==== {api-response-body-title}

The response is an object with two fields:

`cluster`:: (array of string) The list of
<<privileges-list-cluster,cluster privileges>> that are understood by this
version of {es}.

`index`:: (array of string) The list of
<<privileges-list-indices,index privileges>> that are understood by this version
of {es}.


[[security-api-get-builtin-privileges-example]]
==== {api-examples-title}

The following example retrieves the names of all builtin privileges:

[source,console]
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GET /_security/privilege/_builtin
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A successful call returns an object with "cluster" and "index" fields.

[source,console-result]
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{
  "cluster" : [
    "all",
    "create_snapshot",
    "delegate_pki",
    "grant_api_key",
    "manage",
    "manage_api_key",
    "manage_autoscaling",
    "manage_ccr",
    "manage_data_frame_transforms",
    "manage_enrich",
    "manage_ilm",
    "manage_index_templates",
    "manage_ingest_pipelines",
    "manage_ml",
    "manage_oidc",
    "manage_own_api_key",
    "manage_pipeline",
    "manage_rollup",
    "manage_saml",
    "manage_security",
    "manage_slm",
    "manage_token",
    "manage_transform",
    "manage_watcher",
    "monitor",
    "monitor_data_frame_transforms",
    "monitor_ml",
    "monitor_rollup",
    "monitor_snapshot",
    "monitor_transform",
    "monitor_watcher",
    "none",
    "read_ccr",
    "read_ilm",
    "read_slm",
    "transport_client"
  ],
  "index" : [
    "all",
    "create",
    "create_doc",
    "create_index",
    "delete",
    "delete_index",
    "index",
    "maintenance",
    "manage",
    "manage_follow_index",
    "manage_ilm",
    "manage_leader_index",
    "monitor",
    "none",
    "read",
    "read_cross_cluster",
    "view_index_metadata",
    "write"
  ]
}
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