# Get list of aliases pointing to given index
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/get-list-of-aliases-pointing-to-given-index/13475
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [September 5, 2013, 1:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/get-list-of-aliases-pointing-to-given-index/13475 "2013-09-05T13:09:09Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@Hanish\_Bansal](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Hanish_Bansal)
#### Post date: [September 5, 2013, 1:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/get-list-of-aliases-pointing-to-given-index/13475/1 "2013-09-05T13:09:09Z")
Hi All,
I am trying to get the list of all aliases pointing to given index.
Please suggest Java API for the same.
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_Hanish Bansal_
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### Author:  [@Ivan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ivan)
#### Post date: [September 5, 2013, 6:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/get-list-of-aliases-pointing-to-given-index/13475/2 "2013-09-05T18:16:22Z")
You can retrieve the list of aliases for an index from the cluster state.
There is a REST call to achieve the aliases, which does nothing more than
retrieve the cluster state and filter by index name. Look at
the RestGetIndicesAliasesAction class as an example. I usually would
suggest to look for a test, but I could not find a suitable test class.
[http://IP:9200/indexname/\_alias/](http://IP:9200/indexname/_alias/)\*[http://srch-dv109:9200/products-20130831-082113/\_alias/\*](http://srch-dv109:9200/products-20130831-082113/_alias/*)
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On Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 6:09 AM, Hanish Bansal \<
[hanish.bansal.agarwal@gmail.com](mailto:hanish.bansal.agarwal@gmail.com)\> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I am trying to get the list of all aliases pointing to given index.
>
> Please suggest Java API for the same.
>
> --
> _Thanks & Regards_
> _Hanish Bansal_
>
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### Author:  [@Hanish\_Bansal](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Hanish_Bansal)
#### Post date: [September 6, 2013, 5:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/get-list-of-aliases-pointing-to-given-index/13475/3 "2013-09-06T05:18:08Z")
Thanks lvan
I am able to get aliases by looking at RestGetIndicesAliasesAction class.
Java API for the same is:
ClusterStateRequest clusterStateRequest = Requests.clusterStateRequest()
.filterRoutingTable(true)
.filterNodes(true)
.filteredIndices(indexName);
Set setAliases=
client.admin().cluster().state(clusterStateRequest).actionGet().getState().getMetaData().aliases().keySet();
On Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 11:46 PM, Ivan Brusic [ivan@brusic.com](mailto:ivan@brusic.com) wrote:
> You can retrieve the list of aliases for an index from the cluster state.
> There is a REST call to achieve the aliases, which does nothing more than
> retrieve the cluster state and filter by index name. Look at
> the RestGetIndicesAliasesAction class as an example. I usually would
> suggest to look for a test, but I could not find a suitable test class.
>
> [http://IP:9200/indexname/\_alias/](http://IP:9200/indexname/_alias/)\*[http://srch-dv109:9200/products-20130831-082113/\_alias/\*](http://srch-dv109:9200/products-20130831-082113/_alias/*)
>
> [Elasticsearch Platform — Find real-time answers at scale | Elastic](http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/reference/api/admin-indices-aliases/)
>
> Cheers,
>
> Ivan
>
> On Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 6:09 AM, Hanish Bansal \<
> [hanish.bansal.agarwal@gmail.com](mailto:hanish.bansal.agarwal@gmail.com)\> wrote:
>
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I am trying to get the list of all aliases pointing to given index.
> >
> > Please suggest Java API for the same.
> >
> > --
> > _Thanks & Regards_
> > _Hanish Bansal_
> >
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2017, 2:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/get-list-of-aliases-pointing-to-given-index/13475/4 "2017-07-06T02:17:54Z")