[[cluster-info-http]]
=== Cluster Info HTTP API
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<titleabbrev>Cluster HTTP Info</titleabbrev>
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Returns cluster HTTP information.

[[cluster-info-http-api-request]]
==== {api-request-title}

`GET /_info/http` +

[[cluster-info-http-api-prereqs]]
==== {api-prereq-title}

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


[[cluster-info-http-api-desc]]
==== {api-description-title}

You can use the Cluster Info HTTP API to retrieve http information in a cluster.

[role="child_attributes"]
[[cluster-info-http-api-response-body]]
==== {api-response-body-title}

`cluster_name`::
(string)
Name of the cluster. Based on the <<cluster-name>> setting.


[[cluster-info-http-api-response-body-http]]
`http`::
(object)
Contains http statistics for the cluster.
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.Properties of `http`
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`current_open`::
(integer)
Current number of open HTTP connections for the cluster.

`total_opened`::
(integer)
Total number of HTTP connections opened for the cluster.

`clients`::
(array of objects)
Information on current and recently-closed HTTP client connections.
Clients that have been closed longer than the <<http-settings,http.client_stats.closed_channels.max_age>>
setting will not be represented here.
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.Properties of `clients`
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`id`::
(integer)
Unique ID for the HTTP client.

`agent`::
(string)
Reported agent for the HTTP client. If unavailable, this property is not
included in the response.

`local_address`::
(string)
Local address for the HTTP connection.

`remote_address`::
(string)
Remote address for the HTTP connection.

`last_uri`::
(string)
The URI of the client's most recent request.

`x_forwarded_for`::
(string)
Value from the client's `x-forwarded-for` HTTP header. If unavailable, this
property is not included in the response.

`x_opaque_id`::
(string)
Value from the client's `x-opaque-id` HTTP header. If unavailable, this property
is not included in the response.

`opened_time_millis`::
(integer)
Time at which the client opened the connection.

`closed_time_millis`::
(integer)
Time at which the client closed the connection if the connection is closed.

`last_request_time_millis`::
(integer)
Time of the most recent request from this client.

`request_count`::
(integer)
Number of requests from this client.

`request_size_bytes`::
(integer)
Cumulative size in bytes of all requests from this client.
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[[cluster-info-http-api-example]]
==== {api-examples-title}

[source,console]
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# returns the http info of the cluster
GET /_info/http
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