elasticsearch/docs/reference/rest-api/info.asciidoc

[role="xpack"]
[testenv="basic"]
[[info-api]]
== Info API

The info API provides general information about the installed {xpack} features.

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=== Request

`GET /_xpack`

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=== Description

The information provided by this API includes:

* Build Information - including the build number and timestamp.
* License Information - basic information about the currently installed license.
* Features Information - The features that are currently enabled and available
  under the current license.

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=== Path Parameters

`categories`::
  (list) A comma-separated list of the information categories to include in the
  response. For example, `build,license,features`.

`human`::
  (boolean) Defines whether additional human-readable information is included in
  the response. In particular, it adds descriptions and a tag line. The
  default value is `true`.

//=== Query Parameters

//=== Authorization

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=== Examples

The following example queries the info API:

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GET /_xpack
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// CONSOLE

Example response:
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{
   "build" : {
      "hash" : "2798b1a3ce779b3611bb53a0082d4d741e4d3168",
      "date" : "2015-04-07T13:34:42Z"
   },
   "license" : {
      "uid" : "893361dc-9749-4997-93cb-xxx",
      "type" : "basic",
      "mode" : "basic",
      "status" : "active"
   },
   "features" : {
      "graph" : {
         "description" : "Graph Data Exploration for the Elastic Stack",
         "available" : false,
         "enabled" : true
      },
      "logstash" : {
         "description" : "Logstash management component for X-Pack",
         "available" : false,
         "enabled" : true
      },
      "ml" : {
         "description" : "Machine Learning for the Elastic Stack",
         "available" : false,
         "enabled" : true,
         "native_code_info" : {
           "version" : "7.0.0-alpha1-SNAPSHOT",
           "build_hash" : "99a07c016d5a73"
        }
      },
      "monitoring" : {
         "description" : "Monitoring for the Elastic Stack",
         "available" : true,
         "enabled" : true
      },
      "rollup": {
        "description": "Time series pre-aggregation and rollup",
         "available": true,
         "enabled": true
      },
      "security" : {
         "description" : "Security for the Elastic Stack",
         "available" : false,
         "enabled" : true
      },
      "watcher" : {
         "description" : "Alerting, Notification and Automation for the Elastic Stack",
         "available" : false,
         "enabled" : true
      }
   },
   "tagline" : "You know, for X"
}
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// TESTRESPONSE[s/"hash" : "2798b1a3ce779b3611bb53a0082d4d741e4d3168",/"hash" : "$body.build.hash",/]
// TESTRESPONSE[s/"date" : "2015-04-07T13:34:42Z"/"date" : "$body.build.date"/]
// TESTRESPONSE[s/"uid" : "893361dc-9749-4997-93cb-xxx",/"uid": "$body.license.uid",/]
// TESTRESPONSE[s/"expiry_date_in_millis" : 1914278399999/"expiry_date_in_millis" : "$body.license.expiry_date_in_millis"/]
// TESTRESPONSE[s/"version" : "7.0.0-alpha1-SNAPSHOT",/"version": "$body.features.ml.native_code_info.version",/]
// TESTRESPONSE[s/"build_hash" : "99a07c016d5a73"/"build_hash": "$body.features.ml.native_code_info.build_hash"/]
// So much s/// but at least we test that the layout is close to matching....

The following example only returns the build and features information:

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GET /_xpack?categories=build,features
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// CONSOLE

The following example removes the descriptions from the response:

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GET /_xpack?human=false
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// CONSOLE