Get data stream settings Generally available

GET /_data_stream/{name}/_settings
Api key auth Basic auth Bearer auth

Get setting information for one or more data streams.

Required authorization

  • Index privileges: view_index_metadata

Path parameters

  • name string | array[string] Required

    A comma-separated list of data streams or data stream patterns. Supports wildcards (*).

Query parameters

  • master_timeout string

    The period to wait for a connection to the master node. If no response is received before the timeout expires, the request fails and returns an error.

    External documentation

Responses

  • 200 application/json
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    • data_streams array[object] Required
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      • name string Required

        The name of the data stream.

      • settings object Required

        The settings specific to this data stream

        Index settings
      • effective_settings object Required

        The settings specific to this data stream merged with the settings from its template. These effective_settings are the settings that will be used when a new index is created for this data stream.

        Index settings
GET /_data_stream/{name}/_settings 
curl \
 --request GET 'http://api.example.com/_data_stream/{name}/_settings' \
 --header "Authorization: $API_KEY"
Response examples (200)
This is a response to `GET /_data_stream/my-data-stream/_settings` where my-data-stream that has two settings set. The `effective_settings` field shows additional settings that are pulled from its template. 
{
  "data_streams": [
    {
      "name": "my-data-stream",
      "settings": {
        "index": {
          "lifecycle": {
            "name": "new-test-policy"
          },
          "number_of_shards": "11"
        }
      },
      "effective_settings": {
        "index": {
          "lifecycle": {
            "name": "new-test-policy"
          },
          "mode": "standard",
          "number_of_shards": "11",
          "number_of_replicas": "0"
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}