elasticsearch/docs/reference/autoscaling/apis/get-autoscaling-policy.asciidoc

[role="xpack"]
[testenv="platinum"]
[[autoscaling-get-autoscaling-policy]]
=== Get autoscaling policy API
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<titleabbrev>Get autoscaling policy</titleabbrev>
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Get autoscaling policy.

[[autoscaling-get-autoscaling-policy-request]]
==== {api-request-title}

[source,console]
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PUT /_autoscaling/policy/my_autoscaling_policy
{
  "policy": {
    "deciders": {
      "always": {
      }
    }
  }
}
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// TESTSETUP

[source,console]
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GET /_autoscaling/policy/<name>
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// TEST[s/<name>/my_autoscaling_policy/]

[[autoscaling-get-autoscaling-policy-prereqs]]
==== {api-prereq-title}

* If the {es} {security-features} are enabled, you must have
`manage_autoscaling` cluster privileges. For more information, see
<<security-privileges>>.

[[autoscaling-get-autoscaling-policy-desc]]
==== {api-description-title}

This API gets an autoscaling policy with the provided name.

[[autoscaling-get-autoscaling-policy-examples]]
==== {api-examples-title}

This example gets an autoscaling policy named `my_autosaling_policy`.

[source,console]
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GET /_autoscaling/policy/my_autoscaling_policy
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// TEST

The API returns the following result:

[source,console-result]
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{
  "policy": {
     "deciders": <deciders>
  }
}
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// TEST[s/<deciders>/$body.policy.deciders/]