Get data stream lifecycles

GET /_data_stream/{name}/_lifecycle

Auth

Get the data stream lifecycle configuration of one or more data streams.

About data stream lifecycle

Required privileges

Index privileges view_index_metadata

Path parameters

name union string | string[] required: Comma-separated list of data streams to limit the request. Supports wildcards (*). To target all data streams, omit this parameter or use * or _all.

Query parameters

expand_wildcards union oneOf · default: open

Type of data stream that wildcard patterns can match. Supports comma-separated values, such as open,hidden.

Supported values include:

all: Match any data stream or index, including hidden ones.
open: Match open, non-hidden indices. Also matches any non-hidden data stream.
closed: Match closed, non-hidden indices. Also matches any non-hidden data stream. Data streams cannot be closed.
hidden: Match hidden data streams and hidden indices. Must be combined with open, closed, or both.
none: Wildcard expressions are not accepted.

Values: all open closed hidden none

include_defaults boolean · default: false

If true, return all default settings in the response.

master_timeout string · default: 30s

Period to wait for a connection to the master node. If no response is received before the timeout expires, the request fails and returns an error.

Response

application/json

data_streams object[] required
global_retention object required

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Examples

Request Console 1 / 8 languages

Console Kibana Dev Tools

GET /_data_stream/{name}/_lifecycle?human&pretty

JavaScript Elasticsearch JavaScript Client

const response = await client.indices.getDataLifecycle({
  name: "{name}",
  human: "true",
  pretty: "true",
});

Python Elasticsearch Python Client

resp = client.indices.get_data_lifecycle(
    name="{name}",
    human=True,
    pretty=True,
)

curl Shell

curl -X GET "$ELASTICSEARCH_URL/_data_stream/%7Bname%7D/_lifecycle?human&pretty" \
  -H "Authorization: ApiKey $ELASTIC_API_KEY"

Java Elasticsearch Java Client

client.indices().getDataLifecycle(g -> g
    .name("{name}")
);

C# Elasticsearch .NET Client

var response = await client.Indices.GetDataLifecycleAsync(name: new[] { "{name}" });

PHP Elasticsearch PHP Client

$resp = $client->indices()->getDataLifecycle([
    "name" => "{name}",
    "human" => "true",
    "pretty" => "true",
]);

Ruby Elasticsearch Ruby Client

response = client.indices.get_data_lifecycle(
  name: "{name}",
  human: "true",
  pretty: "true"
)

Response

A successful response from GET /_data_stream/{name}/_lifecycle?human&pretty.

{
  "data_streams": [
    {
      "name": "my-data-stream-1",
      "lifecycle": {
        "enabled": true,
        "data_retention": "7d"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "my-data-stream-2",
      "lifecycle": {
        "enabled": true,
        "data_retention": "7d"
      }
    }
  ]
}