# Can Is possible to know the name of available index on ES? **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [November 7, 2011, 9:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-is-possible-to-know-the-name-of-available-index-on-es/5790 "2011-11-07T09:31:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sam\_4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/db5fbb/32.png) [@Sam\_4](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sam_4)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2011, 9:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-is-possible-to-know-the-name-of-available-index-on-es/5790/1 "2011-11-07T09:31:21Z")
Hi I want to know the all available index name and type on elastic server using java api? Thanks ---
**Author:** ![Kun\_Niu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8c91f0/32.png) [@Kun\_Niu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Kun_Niu)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2011, 9:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-is-possible-to-know-the-name-of-available-index-on-es/5790/2 "2011-11-07T09:46:30Z")
Admin client can help you to get all the indices on ES > -----Original Message----- > From: [elasticsearch@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch@googlegroups.com) > [[mailto:elasticsearch@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch@googlegroups.com)] On Behalf Of sam > Sent: 2011年11月7日 17:31 > To: elasticsearch > Subject: can Is possible to know the name of available index on ES? > > Hi > > I want to know the all available index name and type on elastic server > using > java api? > > Thanks ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/db5fbb/32.png) [@Sam\_4](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sam_4)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2011, 10:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-is-possible-to-know-the-name-of-available-index-on-es/5790/3 "2011-11-07T10:46:11Z")
Thanks for reply.can you elaborate which class method will do. On Nov 7, 2:46 pm, "Kun Niu" [haoniu...@gmail.com](mailto:haoniu...@gmail.com) wrote: > Admin clientcan help you to get all the indices on ES > > > -----Original Message-----\> [From:elasticsearch@googlegroups.com](mailto:From:elasticsearch@googlegroups.com)\> [[mailto:elasticsearch@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch@googlegroups.com)]On Behalf Of sam > > Sent: 2011年11月7日 17:31 > > To: elasticsearch > > Subject: can Is possible to know the name of available index on ES? > > > Hi > > > I want to know the all available index name and type on elastic server > > using > > java api? > > > Thanks ---
**Author:** ![Jan\_Fiedler](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jan_fiedler/32/2518_2.png) [@Jan\_Fiedler](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jan_Fiedler)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2011, 11:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-is-possible-to-know-the-name-of-available-index-on-es/5790/4 "2011-11-07T11:59:31Z")
Take a look at the index status request[http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/reference/api/admin-indices-status.html](http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/reference/api/admin-indices-status.html). Its response basically gives you a map with the index status keyed by the index name. The corresponding Java API call would look like this: IndicesStatusResponse r = client.admin().indices().prepareStatus().execute().actionGet() ---
**Author:** ![kimchy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kimchy/32/44952_2.png) [@kimchy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kimchy)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2011, 6:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-is-possible-to-know-the-name-of-available-index-on-es/5790/5 "2011-11-09T06:48:54Z")
Better to use the cluster state API, less overhead. (client.admin().cluster().prepareState()...) On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 1:59 PM, Jan Fiedler [fiedler.jan@gmail.com](mailto:fiedler.jan@gmail.com) wrote: > Take a look at the index status request[http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/reference/api/admin-indices-status.html](http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/reference/api/admin-indices-status.html). > Its response basically gives you a map with the index status keyed by the > index name. The corresponding Java API call would look like this: > > IndicesStatusResponse r = > client.admin().indices().prepareStatus().execute().actionGet() ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 3:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-is-possible-to-know-the-name-of-available-index-on-es/5790/6 "2017-07-06T03:49:26Z")