[role="xpack"]
[[ml-get-datafeed-stats]]
=== Get {dfeed-cap} Statistics

The get {dfeed} statistics API enables you to retrieve usage information for
{dfeeds}.


==== Request

`GET _xpack/ml/datafeeds/_stats` +

`GET _xpack/ml/datafeeds/<feed_id>/_stats`


==== Description

If the {dfeed} is stopped, the only information you receive is the
`datafeed_id` and the `state`.


==== Path Parameters

`feed_id`::
  (string) Identifier for the {dfeed}.
  This parameter does not support wildcards, but you can specify `_all` or
  omit the `feed_id` to get information about all {dfeeds}.


==== Results

The API returns the following information:

`datafeeds`::
  (array) An array of {dfeed} count objects.
  For more information, see <<ml-datafeed-counts>>.


==== Authorization

You must have `monitor_ml`, `monitor`, `manage_ml`, or `manage` cluster
privileges to use this API. For more information, see
{xpack-ref}/security-privileges.html[Security Privileges].
//<<privileges-list-cluster>>.


==== Examples

The following example gets usage information for the
`datafeed-farequote` {dfeed}:

[source,js]
--------------------------------------------------
GET _xpack/ml/datafeeds/datafeed-farequote/_stats
--------------------------------------------------
// CONSOLE
// TEST[skip:todo]

The API returns the following results:
[source,js]
----
{
  "count": 1,
  "datafeeds": [
    {
      "datafeed_id": "datafeed-farequote",
      "state": "started",
      "node": {
        "id": "IO_gxe2_S8mrzu7OpmK5Jw",
        "name": "IO_gxe2",
        "ephemeral_id": "KHMWPZoMToOzSsZY9lDDgQ",
        "transport_address": "127.0.0.1:9300",
        "attributes": {
          "ml.enabled": "true"
        }
      },
      "assignment_explanation": ""
    }
  ]
}
----