[[indices-resolve-index-api]]
=== Resolve index API
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<titleabbrev>Resolve index</titleabbrev>
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Resolves the specified name(s) and/or wildcard expression(s) to indices, index
aliases, and data streams. Multiple expressions and remote clusters are
supported.

////
[source,console]
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PUT /foo_closed

POST /foo_closed/_close

PUT /remotecluster-bar-01

PUT /freeze-index

POST /freeze-index/_freeze

PUT /my-index

PUT /freeze-index/_alias/f-alias

PUT /my-index/_alias/f-alias

PUT /_index_template/foo_data_stream
{
  "index_patterns": [ "foo" ],
  "data_stream": { }
}

PUT /_data_stream/foo
----
// TESTSETUP

[source,console]
----
DELETE /_data_stream/*

DELETE /_index_template/foo_data_stream
----
// TEARDOWN
////

[source,console]
----
GET /_resolve/index/twitter*
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[[resolve-index-api-request]]
==== {api-request-title}

`GET /_resolve/index/<name>`


[[resolve-index-api-path-params]]
==== {api-path-parms-title}

`<name>`::
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--
(Required, string) Comma-separated name(s) or wildcard expression(s) of the
indices, index aliases, and data streams to resolve. Resources on
<<modules-remote-clusters,remote clusters>> can be specified using the
`<cluster>:<name>` syntax.
--

[[resolve-index-api-query-params]]
==== {api-query-parms-title}

include::{es-repo-dir}/rest-api/common-parms.asciidoc[tag=expand-wildcards]
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Defaults to `open`.

[[resolve-index-api-example]]
==== {api-examples-title}

[source,console]
----
GET /_resolve/index/f*,remoteCluster1:bar*?expand_wildcards=all
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// TEST[continued]
// TEST[s/remoteCluster1:/remotecluster-/]

The API returns the following response:

[source,console-result]
----
{
  "indices": [                                 <1>
    {
      "name": "foo_closed",
      "attributes": [
        "closed"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "freeze-index",
      "aliases": [
        "f-alias"
      ],
      "attributes": [
        "frozen",
        "open"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "remoteCluster1:bar-01",
      "attributes": [
        "open"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [                                 <2>
    {
      "name": "f-alias",
      "indices": [
        "freeze-index",
        "my-index"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "data_streams": [                            <3>
    {
      "name": "foo",
      "backing_indices": [
        ".ds-foo-000001"
      ],
      "timestamp_field": "@timestamp"
    }
  ]
}
----
// TESTRESPONSE[s/remoteCluster1:/remotecluster-/]
<1> All indices matching the supplied names or expressions
<2> All aliases matching the supplied names or expressions
<3> All data streams matching the supplied names or expressions