rest

Description

Executes a query to the storage REST API.

Syntax

| rest "<request>"

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Required Arguments

Parameter	Syntax	Description
request	<string>	The text of the request.

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Examples

These examples show how rest accesses different storage endpoints and how the result changes depending on the request path.

Example 1

The command retrieves the cluster state via REST API.

| rest "_cluster/health"

Example 2

This query returns information about cluster nodes with response formatting parameters.

| rest "_cat/nodes?v&format=json"

Example 3

This example shows getting a list of storage indices.

| rest "_cat/indices"

Example 4

This example requests information about storage shards.

| rest "_cat/shards"