[[indices-get-index]] == Get Index The get index API allows to retrieve information about one or more indexes. [source,js] -------------------------------------------------- $ curl -XGET 'http://localhost:9200/twitter/' -------------------------------------------------- The above example gets the information for an index called `twitter`. Specifying an index, alias or wildcard expression is required. The get index API can also be applied to more than one index, or on all indices by using `_all` or `*` as index. [float] === Filtering index information The information returned by the get API can be filtered to include only specific features by specifying a comma delimited list of features in the URL: [source,js] -------------------------------------------------- $ curl -XGET 'http://localhost:9200/twitter/_settings,_mappings' -------------------------------------------------- The above command will only return the settings and mappings for the index called `twitter`. The available features are `_settings`, `_mappings` and `_aliases`.