# Full list of headers for \_cat/indices

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/full-list-of-headers-for-cat-indices/103242>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [October 9, 2017, 2:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/full-list-of-headers-for-cat-indices/103242 "2017-10-09T14:57:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![Maxwell\_Flanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Maxwell\_Flanders](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Maxwell_Flanders)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2017, 2:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/full-list-of-headers-for-cat-indices/103242/1 "2017-10-09T14:57:13Z")

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I was looking at the documentation for the \_cat/indices api ([https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/cat-indices.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/cat-indices.html)), and I see that the normal list of headers returned is:

```
health
status
index
uuid
pri
rep
docs.count
docs.deleted
store.size
pri.store.size

```

However, just a little lower in the documentation, they use a few new headers to display memory and merge operations that aren't part of the default list, `_cat/indices?h=mt,tm`

Is there a complete list available somewhere else of all of the headers for all of the \_cat apis??

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**Author:** ![Maxwell\_Flanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Maxwell\_Flanders](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Maxwell_Flanders)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2017, 3:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/full-list-of-headers-for-cat-indices/103242/2 "2017-10-09T15:37:51Z")

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For example the \_cat/nodes documentation does include an exhaustive list of headers: [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/cat-nodes.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/cat-nodes.html)

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**Author:** ![jasontedor](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jasontedor/32/66992_2.png) [@jasontedor](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jasontedor)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2017, 9:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/full-list-of-headers-for-cat-indices/103242/3 "2017-10-09T21:07:55Z")

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If you add a URL parameter `?help` you will get a complete list (e.g., `/_cat/indices?help`).

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**Author:** ![Maxwell\_Flanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Maxwell\_Flanders](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Maxwell_Flanders)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2017, 9:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/full-list-of-headers-for-cat-indices/103242/4 "2017-10-09T21:41:00Z")

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Powerful, thank you.

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**Author:** ![jasontedor](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jasontedor/32/66992_2.png) [@jasontedor](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jasontedor)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2017, 9:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/full-list-of-headers-for-cat-indices/103242/5 "2017-10-09T21:54:56Z")

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You’re welcome.

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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:** [November 6, 2017, 9:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/full-list-of-headers-for-cat-indices/103242/6 "2017-11-06T21:55:16Z")

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