# Anybody knows how to get just the mappings from index\_template?
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/anybody-knows-how-to-get-just-the-mappings-from-index-template/377641
**Category:** Elastic Search
**Created:** [April 29, 2025, 11:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/anybody-knows-how-to-get-just-the-mappings-from-index-template/377641 "2025-04-29T23:06:04Z")
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### Author:  [@linkerc](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/linkerc)
#### Post date: [April 29, 2025, 11:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/anybody-knows-how-to-get-just-the-mappings-from-index-template/377641/1 "2025-04-29T23:06:04Z")
I am having a hard time with the new online documentations. It's really bad.
Can anybody please help me with how to retrieving just the mapping from index\_template?
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### Author:  [@leandrojmp](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/leandrojmp)
#### Post date: [April 29, 2025, 11:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/anybody-knows-how-to-get-just-the-mappings-from-index-template/377641/2 "2025-04-29T23:56:07Z")
> [@linkerc](#):
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> Can anybody please help me with how to retrieving just the mapping from index\_template?
I don't think this is possible, the `_index_template` [API](https://www.elastic.co/docs/api/doc/elasticsearch/operation/operation-indices-get-index-template-1) will return the entire template, you cannot filter to get just the mappings, also, you can have templates without any mappings.
If you have `jq` you could manipulate the response to print out just the `mappings`.
> [@linkerc](#):
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> I am having a hard time with the new online documentations. It's really bad.
Yeah, I also had some issues with the new documentation, there is this [topic](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/new-documentation-issues/377445) with some discussion and people from elastic getting feedback.