elasticsearch/docs/reference/ingest/apis/get-pipeline.asciidoc

[[get-pipeline-api]]
=== Get pipeline API
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<titleabbrev>Get pipeline</titleabbrev>
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Returns information about one or more ingest pipelines.
This API returns a local reference of the pipeline.

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[source,console]
----
PUT /_ingest/pipeline/my-pipeline-id
{
  "description" : "describe pipeline",
  "version" : 123,
  "processors" : [
    {
      "set" : {
        "field": "foo",
        "value": "bar"
      }
    }
  ]
}
----
////

[source,console]
----
GET /_ingest/pipeline/my-pipeline-id
----
// TEST[continued]



[[get-pipeline-api-request]]
==== {api-request-title}

`GET /_ingest/pipeline/<pipeline>`

`GET /_ingest/pipeline`

[[get-pipeline-api-prereqs]]
==== {api-prereq-title}

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

[[get-pipeline-api-path-params]]
==== {api-path-parms-title}

`<pipeline>`::
(Optional, string)
Comma-separated list of pipeline IDs to retrieve. Wildcard (`*`) expressions are
supported.
+
To get all ingest pipelines, omit this parameter or use `*`.


[[get-pipeline-api-query-params]]
==== {api-query-parms-title}

include::{es-repo-dir}/rest-api/common-parms.asciidoc[tag=master-timeout]


[[get-pipeline-api-api-example]]
==== {api-examples-title}


[[get-pipeline-api-specific-ex]]
===== Get information for a specific ingest pipeline

[source,console]
----
GET /_ingest/pipeline/my-pipeline-id
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// TEST[continued]

The API returns the following response:

[source,console-result]
----
{
  "my-pipeline-id" : {
    "description" : "describe pipeline",
    "version" : 123,
    "processors" : [
      {
        "set" : {
          "field" : "foo",
          "value" : "bar"
        }
      }
    ]
  }
}
----