elasticsearch/docs/java-rest/high-level/ml/get-model-snapshots.asciidoc

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:api: get-model-snapshots
:request: GetModelSnapshotsRequest
:response: GetModelSnapshotsResponse
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=== Get Model Snapshots API

The Get Model Snapshots API retrieves one or more model snapshot results.
It accepts a +{request}+ object and responds
with a +{response}+ object.

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==== Get Model Snapshots Request

A +{request}+ object gets created with an existing non-null `jobId`.

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<1> Constructing a new request referencing an existing `jobId`

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

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<1> The id of the snapshot to get. Otherwise it will return all snapshots.

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<1> If `true`, the snapshots are sorted in descending order. Defaults to `false`.

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<1> Snapshots with timestamps earlier than this time will be returned.

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<1> The field to sort snapshots on. Defaults to `timestamp`.

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<1> Snapshots with timestamps on or after this time will be returned.

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<1> The page parameters `from` and `size`. `from` specifies the number of snapshots to skip.
`size` specifies the maximum number of snapshots to retrieve. Defaults to `0` and `100` respectively.

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==== Get Model Snapshots Response

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

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<1> The count of snapshots that were matched
<2> The snapshots retrieved