[[indices-get-template-v1]]
=== Get index template API
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<titleabbrev>Get index template (legacy)</titleabbrev>
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IMPORTANT: This documentation is about legacy index templates, 
which are deprecated and will be replaced by the composable templates introduced in {es} 7.8. 
For information about composable templates, see <<index-templates>>.

Retrieves information about one or more index templates.

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[source,console]
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PUT _template/template_1
{
 "index_patterns" : ["te*"],
  "settings": {
    "number_of_shards": 1
  }
}
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// TESTSETUP

[source,console]
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DELETE _template/template_1
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// TEARDOWN

////

[source,console]
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GET /_template/template_1
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[[get-template-v1-api-request]]
==== {api-request-title}

`GET /_template/<index-template>`

[[get-template-v1-api-prereqs]]
==== {api-prereq-title}

* If the {es} {security-features} are enabled, you must have the
`manage_index_templates` or `manage` <<privileges-list-cluster,cluster
privilege>> to use this API.

[[get-template-v1-api-path-params]]
==== {api-path-parms-title}

include::{es-repo-dir}/rest-api/common-parms.asciidoc[tag=index-template]
+
To return all index templates, omit this parameter
or use a value of `_all` or `*`.


[[get-template-v1-api-query-params]]
==== {api-query-parms-title}

include::{es-repo-dir}/rest-api/common-parms.asciidoc[tag=flat-settings]

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

include::{es-repo-dir}/rest-api/common-parms.asciidoc[tag=master-timeout]


[[get-template-v1-api-example]]
==== {api-examples-title}


[[get-template-v1-api-multiple-ex]]
===== Get multiple index templates

[source,console]
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GET /_template/template_1,template_2
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[[get-template-v1-api-wildcard-ex]]
===== Get index templates using a wildcard expression

[source,console]
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GET /_template/temp*
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[[get-template-v1-api-all-ex]]
===== Get all index templates

[source,console]
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GET /_template
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