{
  "search_shards": {
    "documentation": "http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/master/search-shards.html",
    "methods": ["GET", "POST"],
    "url": {
      "path": "/{index}/{type}/_search_shards",
      "paths": ["/_search_shards", "/{index}/_search_shards", "/{index}/{type}/_search_shards"],
      "parts": {
        "index": {
          "type" : "string",
          "required" : false,
          "description" : "The name of the index"
        },
        "type": {
          "type" : "string",
          "required" : false,
          "description" : "The type of the document"
        }
      },
      "params": {
        "preference": {
          "type" : "string",
          "description" : "Specify the node or shard the operation should be performed on (default: random)"
        },
        "routing": {
          "type" : "string",
          "description" : "Specific routing value"
        },
        "local": {
          "type": "boolean",
          "description": "Return local information, do not retrieve the state from master node (default: false)"
        },
        "ignore_unavailable": {
          "type" : "boolean",
          "description" : "Whether specified concrete indices should be ignored when unavailable (missing or closed)"
        },
        "allow_no_indices": {
           "type" : "boolean",
           "description" : "Whether to ignore if a wildcard indices expression resolves into no concrete indices. (This includes `_all` string or when no indices have been specified)"
        },
        "expand_wildcards": {
            "type" : "enum",
            "options" : ["open","closed"],
            "default" : "open",
            "description" : "Whether to expand wildcard expression to concrete indices that are open, closed or both."
        }
      }
    },
    "body": null
  }
}