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:api: get-index
:request: GetIndexRequest
:response: GetIndexResponse
--

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[[java-rest-high-get-index]]
=== Get Index API

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==== Get Index Request

A +{request}+ requires one or more `index` arguments:

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<1> The index whose information we want to retrieve

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

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<1> If true, defaults will be returned for settings not explicitly set on the index

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<1> Setting `IndicesOptions` controls how unavailable indices are resolved and
how wildcard expressions are expanded

include::../execution.asciidoc[]

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==== Get Index Response

The returned +{response}+ allows to retrieve information about the
executed operation as follows:

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<1> Retrieve a Map of different types to `MappingMetadata` for `index`.
<2> Retrieve a Map for the properties for document type `doc`.
<3> Get the list of aliases for `index`.
<4> Get the value for the setting string `index.number_of_shards` for `index`. If the setting was not explicitly
specified but was part of the default settings (and includeDefault was `true`) then the default setting would be
retrieved.
<5> Retrieve all settings for `index`.
<6> The `Settings` objects gives more flexibility. Here it is used to extract the setting `index.number_of_shards` as an
integer.
<7> Get the default setting `index.refresh_interval` (if `includeDefault` was set to `true`). If `includeDefault` was set
to `false`, `getIndexResponse.defaultSettings()` will return an empty map.