[[java-admin-indices-get-settings]] ==== Get Settings The get settings API allows to retrieve settings of index/indices: [source,java] -------------------------------------------------- GetSettingsResponse response = client.admin().indices() .prepareGetSettings("company", "employee").get(); <1> for (ObjectObjectCursor cursor : response.getIndexToSettings()) { <2> String index = cursor.key; <3> Settings settings = cursor.value; <4> Integer shards = settings.getAsInt("index.number_of_shards", null); <5> Integer replicas = settings.getAsInt("index.number_of_replicas", null); <6> } -------------------------------------------------- <1> Get settings for indices `company` and `employee` <2> Iterate over results <3> Index name <4> Settings for the given index <5> Number of shards for this index <6> Number of replicas for this index