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layout: default
title: Get Snapshot
parent: Snapshot APIs
nav_order: 6
---
## Get snapshot.
Retrieves information about a snapshot.
### Path parameters
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| Parameter | Data type | Description |
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| :--- | :--- | :--- |
| repository | String | The repository that contains the snapshot to retrieve. |
| snapshot | String | Snapshot to retrieve.
### Query parameters
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| Parameter | Data type | Description |
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:--- | :--- | :---
| verbose | Boolean | Whether to show all, or just basic snapshot information. If `true` , returns all information. If `false` , omits information like start/end times, failures, and shards. Optional, defaults to `true` .|
| ignore_unavailable | Boolean | How to handle snapshots that are unavailable (corrupted or otherwise temporarily can't be returned). If `true` and the snapshot is unavailable, the request does not return the snapshot. If `false` and the snapshot is unavailable, the request returns an error. Optional, defaults to `false` .|
#### Sample request
The following request retrieves information for the `my-first-snapshot` located in the `my-opensearch-repo` repository:
````json
GET _snapshot/my-opensearch-repo/my-first-snapshot
````
#### Sample response
Upon success, the response returns snapshot information:
````json
{
"snapshots" : [
{
"snapshot" : "my-first-snapshot",
"uuid" : "3P7Qa-M8RU6l16Od5n7Lxg",
"version_id" : 136217927,
"version" : "2.0.1",
"indices" : [
".opensearch-observability",
".opendistro-reports-instances",
".opensearch-notifications-config",
"shakespeare",
".opendistro-reports-definitions",
"opensearch_dashboards_sample_data_flights",
".kibana_1"
],
"data_streams" : [ ],
"include_global_state" : true,
"state" : "SUCCESS",
"start_time" : "2022-08-11T20:30:00.399Z",
"start_time_in_millis" : 1660249800399,
"end_time" : "2022-08-11T20:30:14.851Z",
"end_time_in_millis" : 1660249814851,
"duration_in_millis" : 14452,
"failures" : [ ],
"shards" : {
"total" : 7,
"failed" : 0,
"successful" : 7
}
}
]
}
````
### Response fields
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| Field | Data type | Description |
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| :--- | :--- | :--- |
| snapshot | string | Snapshot name. |
| uuid | string | Snapshot's universally unique identifier (UUID). |
| version_id | int | Build ID of the Open Search version that created the snapshot. |
| version | float | Open Search version that created the snapshot. |
| indices | array | Indices in the snapshot. |
| data_streams | array | Data streams in the snapshot. |
| include_global_state | boolean | Whether the current cluster state is included in the snapshot. |
| start_time | string | Date/time when the snapshot creation process began. |
| start_time_in_millis | long | Time (in milliseconds) when the snapshot creation process began. |
| end_time | string | Date/time when the snapshot creation process ended. |
| end_time_in_millis | long | Time (in milliseconds) when the snapshot creation process ended. |
| duration_in_millis | long | Total time (in milliseconds) that the snapshot creation process lasted. |
| failures | array | Failures, if any, that occured during snapshot creation. |
| shards | object | Total number of shards created along with number of successful and failed shards. |
| state | string | Snapshot status. Possible values: `IN_PROGRESS` , `SUCCESS` , `FAILED` , `PARTIAL` . |