# Getting shard sizes of an index from elasticsearch APIs

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-shard-sizes-of-an-index-from-elasticsearch-apis/37914>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [December 24, 2015, 7:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-shard-sizes-of-an-index-from-elasticsearch-apis/37914 "2015-12-24T07:26:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![Deb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/deb/32/46162_2.png) [@Deb](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Deb)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2015, 7:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-shard-sizes-of-an-index-from-elasticsearch-apis/37914/1 "2015-12-24T07:26:24Z")

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How can I get all the shard sizes of all the open indices in elasticsearch?Is there any thing available other than \_[cat](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/cat.html) APIs?

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**Author:** ![Deb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/deb/32/46162_2.png) [@Deb](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Deb)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2015, 7:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-shard-sizes-of-an-index-from-elasticsearch-apis/37914/2 "2015-12-24T07:47:55Z")

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Figured it out.

[http://localhost:9200/\_stats/indices,store?level=shards](http://localhost:9200/_stats/indices,store?level=shards)

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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:** [July 5, 2017, 11:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-shard-sizes-of-an-index-from-elasticsearch-apis/37914/3 "2017-07-05T23:28:55Z")

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