Get data stream lifecycles Generally available; Added in 8.11.0

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

Get the data stream lifecycle configuration of one or more data streams.

External documentation

Path parameters

  • name string | array[string] Required

    Comma-separated list of data streams to limit the request. Supports wildcards (*). To target all data streams, omit this parameter or use * or _all.

Query parameters

  • expand_wildcards string | array[string]

    Type of data stream that wildcard patterns can match. Supports comma-separated values, such as open,hidden.

    Supported values include:

    • all: Match any data stream or index, including hidden ones.
    • open: Match open, non-hidden indices. Also matches any non-hidden data stream.
    • closed: Match closed, non-hidden indices. Also matches any non-hidden data stream. Data streams cannot be closed.
    • hidden: Match hidden data streams and hidden indices. Must be combined with open, closed, or both.
    • none: Wildcard expressions are not accepted.

    Values are all, open, closed, hidden, or none.

  • include_defaults boolean

    If true, return all default settings in the response.

  • master_timeout string

    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.

    Values are -1 or 0.

Responses

  • 200 application/json
    Hide response attribute Show response attribute object
    • data_streams array[object] Required
      Hide data_streams attributes Show data_streams attributes object
      • name string Required
      • lifecycle object

        Data stream lifecycle with rollover can be used to display the configuration including the default rollover conditions, if asked.

        Hide lifecycle attributes Show lifecycle attributes object
        • data_retention string

          A duration. Units can be nanos, micros, ms (milliseconds), s (seconds), m (minutes), h (hours) and d (days). Also accepts "0" without a unit and "-1" to indicate an unspecified value.

        • downsampling object
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          • rounds array[object] Required

            The list of downsampling rounds to execute as part of this downsampling configuration

        • enabled boolean

          If defined, it turns data stream lifecycle on/off (true/false) for this data stream. A data stream lifecycle that's disabled (enabled: false) will have no effect on the data stream.

          Default value is true.

        • rollover object
          Hide rollover attributes Show rollover attributes object
          • min_age string

            A duration. Units can be nanos, micros, ms (milliseconds), s (seconds), m (minutes), h (hours) and d (days). Also accepts "0" without a unit and "-1" to indicate an unspecified value.

          • max_age string
          • min_docs number
          • max_docs number
          • min_size
          • max_size
          • min_primary_shard_size
          • max_primary_shard_size
          • min_primary_shard_docs number
          • max_primary_shard_docs number
GET /_data_stream/{name}/_lifecycle 
GET /_data_stream/{name}/_lifecycle?human&pretty

resp = client.indices.get_data_lifecycle(
    name="{name}",
    human=True,
    pretty=True,
)
const response = await client.indices.getDataLifecycle({
  name: "{name}",
  human: "true",
  pretty: "true",
});
response = client.indices.get_data_lifecycle(
  name: "{name}",
  human: "true",
  pretty: "true"
)
$resp = $client->indices()->getDataLifecycle([
    "name" => "{name}",
    "human" => "true",
    "pretty" => "true",
]);
curl -X GET -H "Authorization: ApiKey $ELASTIC_API_KEY" "$ELASTICSEARCH_URL/_data_stream/%7Bname%7D/_lifecycle?human&pretty"
Response examples (200)
A successful response from `GET /_data_stream/{name}/_lifecycle?human&pretty`. 
{
  "data_streams": [
    {
      "name": "my-data-stream-1",
      "lifecycle": {
        "enabled": true,
        "data_retention": "7d"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "my-data-stream-2",
      "lifecycle": {
        "enabled": true,
        "data_retention": "7d"
      }
    }
  ]
}