--
:api: get-calendars 
:request: GetCalendarsRequest
:response: GetCalendarsResponse
--
[role="xpack"]
[id="{upid}-{api}"]
=== Get calendars API

Retrieves one or more calendar objects.
It accepts a +{request}+ and responds
with a +{response}+ object.

[id="{upid}-{api}-request"]
==== Get calendars request

By default, a +{request}+ with no calendar ID set will return all
calendars. Using the literal `_all` also returns all calendars.

["source","java",subs="attributes,callouts,macros"]
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include-tagged::{doc-tests-file}[{api}-request]
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<1> Constructing a new request for all calendars. 

==== Optional arguments
The following arguments are optional:

["source","java",subs="attributes,callouts,macros"]
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include-tagged::{doc-tests-file}[{api}-id]
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<1> Construct a request for the single calendar `holidays`.


["source","java",subs="attributes,callouts,macros"]
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include-tagged::{doc-tests-file}[{api}-page]
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<1> The page parameters `from` and `size`. `from` specifies the number of
calendars to skip. `size` specifies the maximum number of calendars to get.
Defaults to `0` and `100` respectively.

include::../execution.asciidoc[]

[id="{upid}-{api}-response"]
==== Get calendars response

The returned +{response}+ contains the requested calendars:

["source","java",subs="attributes,callouts,macros"]
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include-tagged::{doc-tests-file}[{api}-response]
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<1> The count of calendars that were matched.
<2> The calendars retrieved.