[[indices-get-alias]]
=== Get index alias API
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<titleabbrev>Get index alias</titleabbrev>
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Returns information about one or more index aliases.

include::{docdir}/glossary.asciidoc[tag=index-alias-desc]

[source,console]
----
GET /twitter/_alias/alias1
----
// TEST[setup:twitter]
// TEST[s/^/PUT twitter\/_alias\/alias1\n/]


[[get-alias-api-request]]
==== {api-request-title}

`GET /_alias`

`GET /_alias/<alias>`

`GET /<index>/_alias/<alias>`


[[get-alias-api-path-params]]
==== {api-path-parms-title}

`<alias>`::
(Optional, string)
include::{docdir}/rest-api/common-parms.asciidoc[tag=index-alias]
+
To retrieve information for all index aliases,
use a value of `_all` or `*`.

include::{docdir}/rest-api/common-parms.asciidoc[tag=index]


[[get-alias-api-query-params]]
==== {api-query-parms-title}

include::{docdir}/rest-api/common-parms.asciidoc[tag=allow-no-indices]
+
Defaults to `true`.

include::{docdir}/rest-api/common-parms.asciidoc[tag=expand-wildcards]
+
Defaults to `all`.

include::{docdir}/rest-api/common-parms.asciidoc[tag=index-ignore-unavailable]

include::{docdir}/rest-api/common-parms.asciidoc[tag=local]


[[get-alias-api-example]]
==== {api-examples-title}

[[get-alias-api-all-ex]]
===== Get all aliases for an index

You can add index aliases during index creation
using a <<indices-create-index,create index API>> request.

The following create index API request creates the `logs_20302801` index
with two aliases:

* `current_day`
* `2030`, which only returns documents
in the `logs_20302801` index
with a `year` field value of `2030`

[source,console]
--------------------------------------------------
PUT /logs_20302801
{
  "aliases" : {
    "current_day" : {},
    "2030" : {
      "filter" : {
          "term" : {"year" : 2030 }
      }
    }
  }
}
--------------------------------------------------

The following get index alias API request returns all aliases
for the index `logs_20302801`:

[source,console]
--------------------------------------------------
GET /logs_20302801/_alias/*
--------------------------------------------------
// TEST[continued]

The API returns the following response:

[source,console-result]
--------------------------------------------------
{
 "logs_20302801" : {
   "aliases" : {
    "current_day" : {
    },
     "2030" : {
       "filter" : {
         "term" : {
           "year" : 2030
         }
       }
     }
   }
 }
}
--------------------------------------------------


[[get-alias-api-named-ex]]
===== Get a specific alias

The following index alias API request returns the `2030` alias:

[source,console]
--------------------------------------------------
GET /_alias/2030
--------------------------------------------------
// TEST[continued]

The API returns the following response:

[source,console-result]
--------------------------------------------------
{
  "logs_20302801" : {
    "aliases" : {
      "2030" : {
        "filter" : {
          "term" : {
            "year" : 2030
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}
--------------------------------------------------


[[get-alias-api-wildcard-ex]]
===== Get aliases based on a wildcard

The following index alias API request returns any alias that begin with `20`:

[source,console]
--------------------------------------------------
GET /_alias/20*
--------------------------------------------------
// TEST[continued]

The API returns the following response:

[source,console-result]
--------------------------------------------------
{
  "logs_20302801" : {
    "aliases" : {
      "2030" : {
        "filter" : {
          "term" : {
            "year" : 2030
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}
--------------------------------------------------