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Description
Add get index alias api that allows to filter by alias name and index name. This api redirects to the master and fetches the requested index aliases, if available. This api only serialises the found index aliases.
Possible options:
index- The index name to get aliases for. Partially names are supported via wildcards, also multiple index names can be specified separated with a comma. Also the alias name for an index can be used.alias- The name of alias to return in the response. Like the index option, this option supports wildcards and the option the specify multiple alias names separated by a comma. This is a required option.ignore_indices- What to do is an specified index name doesn't exist. If set tomissingthen those indices are ignored.
The rest endpoint is: /{index}/_alias/{alias}
Examples:
All aliases for the index users:
curl -XGET 'localhost:9200/users/_alias/*
{
"users" : {
"aliases" : {
"user_13" : {
"filter" : {
"term" : {
"user_id" : 13
}
},
"index_routing" : "13",
"search_routing" : "13"
},
"user_14" : {
"filter" : {
"term" : {
"user_id" : 14
}
},
"index_routing" : "14",
"search_routing" : "14"
},
"user_12" : {
"filter" : {
"term" : {
"user_id" : 12
}
},
"index_routing" : "12",
"search_routing" : "12"
}
}
}
}
All aliases with the name 2013 in any index:
curl -XGET 'localhost:9200/_alias/2013
{
"logs_201304" : {
"aliases" : {
"2013" : { }
}
},
"logs_201305" : {
"aliases" : {
"2013" : { }
}
}
}
All aliases that start with 2013_01 in any index
curl -XGET 'localhost:9200/_alias/2013_01*
{
"logs_20130101" : {
"aliases" : {
"2013_01" : { }
}
}
}