# /\_cat API to get gc metrics

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/-cat-api-to-get-gc-metrics/48238>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [April 23, 2016, 7:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/-cat-api-to-get-gc-metrics/48238 "2016-04-23T19:04:51Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Amit\_Ranjan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dc4da7/32.png) [@Amit\_Ranjan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Amit_Ranjan)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2016, 7:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/-cat-api-to-get-gc-metrics/48238/1 "2016-04-23T19:04:51Z")

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Elasticsearch version: 1.5.2

Is it possible to use /\_cat API to get gc metrics ? If yes, what is the API endpoint ?

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2016, 11:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/-cat-api-to-get-gc-metrics/48238/2 "2016-04-23T23:54:26Z")

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There is not, on any version.  
Might be a good idea for a feature request though 🙂

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 10:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/-cat-api-to-get-gc-metrics/48238/3 "2017-07-05T22:56:46Z")

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