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Elastic Docs ›Kibana Guide [7.13] ›REST API ›Index patterns APIs

Get index pattern API

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Get index pattern API

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[preview] This functionality is in technical preview and may be changed or removed in a future release. Elastic will work to fix any issues, but features in technical preview are not subject to the support SLA of official GA features. Retrieve a single Kibana index pattern by ID.

Request

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GET <kibana host>:<port>/api/index_patterns/index_pattern/<id>

GET <kibana host>:<port>/s/<space_id>/api/index_patterns/index_pattern/<id>

Path parameters

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space_id
(Optional, string) An identifier for the space. If space_id is not provided in the URL, the default space is used.
id
(Required, string) The ID of the index pattern you want to retrieve.

Response code

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200
Indicates a successful call.
404
The specified index pattern and ID doesn’t exist.

Example

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Retrieve the index pattern object with the my-pattern ID:

$ curl -X GET api/index_patterns/index_pattern/my-pattern
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The API returns an index pattern object:

{
    "index_pattern": {
        "id": "my-pattern",
        "version": "...",
        "title": "...",
        "type": "...",
        "timeFieldName": "...",
        "sourceFilters": [],
        "fields": {},
        "typeMeta": {},
        "fieldFormats": {},
        "fieldAttrs": {},
        "allowNoIndex: "..."
    }
}
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