# \_cat API from Java rest client?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cat-api-from-java-rest-client/166390>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [January 30, 2019, 3:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cat-api-from-java-rest-client/166390 "2019-01-30T15:39:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![Alwin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Alwin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Alwin)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2019, 3:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cat-api-from-java-rest-client/166390/1 "2019-01-30T15:39:33Z")

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Is there a way to get information on shard size for an index from the Java rest client? I could not find it in the documentation (Elasticsearch or Javadoc).

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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:** [February 27, 2019, 3:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cat-api-from-java-rest-client/166390/2 "2019-02-27T15:39:34Z")

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