Check existence of index templates

HEAD /_template/{name}

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Get information about whether index templates exist. Index templates define settings, mappings, and aliases that can be applied automatically to new indices.

IMPORTANT: This documentation is about legacy index templates, which are deprecated and will be replaced by the composable templates introduced in Elasticsearch 7.8.

Required authorization

Cluster privileges: manage_index_templates

Parameters

path Path Parameters

Name	Type
`name` required A comma-separated list of index template names used to limit the request. Wildcard (`*`) expressions are supported.	type TypesNames = type TypesName = string \| type TypesName = string[]

query Query Parameters

Name	Type
`flat_settings` Indicates whether to use a flat format for the response.	boolean
`local` deprecated Indicates whether to get information from the local node only.	boolean
`master_timeout` The period to wait for the master node. If the master node is not available before the timeout expires, the request fails and returns an error. To indicate that the request should never timeout, set it to `-1`.	type TypesDuration = string \| "-1" \| "0"

Responses

200 application/json

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