[role="xpack"]
[testenv="platinum"]
[[autoscaling-get-autoscaling-decision]]
=== Get autoscaling decision API
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<titleabbrev>Get autoscaling decision</titleabbrev>
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Get autoscaling decision.

[[autoscaling-get-autoscaling-decision-request]]
==== {api-request-title}

[source,console]
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GET /_autoscaling/decision/
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// TEST

[[autoscaling-get-autoscaling-decision-prereqs]]
==== {api-prereq-title}

* If the {es} {security-features} are enabled, you must have
`manage_autoscaling` cluster privileges. For more information, see
<<security-privileges>>.

[[autoscaling-get-autoscaling-decision-desc]]
==== {api-description-title}

This API gets the current autoscaling decision based on the configured
autoscaling policy. This API will return whether or not autoscaling is
needed.

[[autoscaling-get-autoscaling-decision-examples]]
==== {api-examples-title}

This example retrieves the current autoscaling decision.

[source,console]
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GET /_autoscaling/decision
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// TEST

The API returns the following result:

[source,console-result]
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{
  decisions: []
}
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