GET _index_template and GET _component_template request support query parameter flat_settings (#83297)
`GET _index_template` and `GET _component_template` request with parameter `flat_settings=true` has no effect.
For example, run these requests `settings` are not returned in a flat format.
- request
```bash
GET _index_template/ilm-history?pretty&flat_settings=true
```
- response
```json
{
"index_templates" : [
{
"name" : "ilm-history",
"index_template" : {
"index_patterns" : [
"ilm-history-5*"
],
"template" : {
"settings" : {
"index" : {
"lifecycle" : {
"name" : "ilm-history-ilm-policy"
},
"number_of_shards" : "1",
"auto_expand_replicas" : "0-1",
"number_of_replicas" : "0"
}
},
"mappings" : {
"dynamic" : false,
"properties" : {
"index_age" : {
"type" : "long"
},
"@timestamp" : {
"format" : "epoch_millis",
"type" : "date"
},
"error_details" : {
"type" : "text"
},
"success" : {
"type" : "boolean"
},
"index" : {
"type" : "keyword"
},
"state" : {
"dynamic" : true,
"type" : "object",
"properties" : {
"phase" : {
"type" : "keyword"
},
"failed_step" : {
"type" : "keyword"
},
"phase_definition" : {
"type" : "text"
},
"action_time" : {
"format" : "epoch_millis",
"type" : "date"
},
"phase_time" : {
"format" : "epoch_millis",
"type" : "date"
},
"step_info" : {
"type" : "text"
},
"action" : {
"type" : "keyword"
},
"step" : {
"type" : "keyword"
},
"is_auto-retryable_error" : {
"type" : "keyword"
},
"creation_date" : {
"format" : "epoch_millis",
"type" : "date"
},
"step_time" : {
"format" : "epoch_millis",
"type" : "date"
}
}
},
"policy" : {
"type" : "keyword"
}
}
}
},
"composed_of" : [ ],
"priority" : 2147483647,
"version" : 5,
"_meta" : {
"managed" : true,
"description" : "index template for ILM history indices"
},
"data_stream" : {
"hidden" : true
},
"allow_auto_create" : true
}
}
]
}
```
- request:
```
GET _component_template/logs-settings?pretty&flat_settings=true
```
- response
```json
{
"component_templates" : [
{
"name" : "logs-settings",
"component_template" : {
"template" : {
"settings" : {
"index" : {
"lifecycle" : {
"name" : "logs"
},
"codec" : "best_compression",
"query" : {
"default_field" : [
"message"
]
}
}
}
},
"version" : 1,
"_meta" : {
"managed" : true,
"description" : "default settings for the logs index template installed by x-pack"
}
}
}
]
}
```