# Java API access current aliases **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [November 1, 2010, 10:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/java-api-access-current-aliases/3499 "2010-11-01T22:22:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sebastian\_Gavarini](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/db5fbb/32.png) [@Sebastian\_Gavarini](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sebastian_Gavarini)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2010, 10:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/java-api-access-current-aliases/3499/1 "2010-11-01T22:22:26Z")
Hi all, Probably I am looking at the wrong place, but I couldn't find a way to get the current aliases in the Java client API. I saw add/remove in IndicesAliasesRequest, I also checked IndicesStatusRequest that would map to the \_status REST API, but no luck either. I am trying to access the current alias assignments, because if my Java client application happens to get restarted for whatever reason, I would loose track of the assigned aliases in ES and when it's back up again, I need to see them to use or recreate some or all. Could someone please hint me to a 'getAliases()' method in the Java API? If it isn't implemented, could I add a feature request for it? Thanks, Sebastian. ---
**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 1, 2010, 10:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/java-api-access-current-aliases/3499/2 "2010-11-01T22:27:50Z")
There isn't a nice API for it, but its represented as a setting, so you can do (on IndexStatus, which you get back from the indices status API, per index): indexStatus.settings().getAsArray("index.aliases"). Open a feature request to encapsulate this in a nice getter method. It should be nicer. -shay.banon On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 12:22 AM, Sebastian [sgavarini@gmail.com](mailto:sgavarini@gmail.com) wrote: > Hi all, > > Probably I am looking at the wrong place, but I couldn't find a way to > get the current aliases in the Java client API. I saw add/remove in > IndicesAliasesRequest, I also checked IndicesStatusRequest that would > map to the \_status REST API, but no luck either. > > I am trying to access the current alias assignments, because if my > Java client application happens to get restarted for whatever reason, > I would loose track of the assigned aliases in ES and when it's back > up again, I need to see them to use or recreate some or all. > > Could someone please hint me to a 'getAliases()' method in the Java > API? If it isn't implemented, could I add a feature request for it? > > Thanks, > Sebastian. ---
**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 2, 2010, 8:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/java-api-access-current-aliases/3499/3 "2010-11-02T08:15:47Z")
By the way, it is exposed a nice API on the IndexMetaData class, which can be accessed by calling the cluster state API (which is a better way to get it than the status API). -shay.banon On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 12:27 AM, Shay Banon [shay.banon@elasticsearch.com](mailto:shay.banon@elasticsearch.com)wrote: > There isn't a nice API for it, but its represented as a setting, so you can > do (on IndexStatus, which you get back from the indices status API, per > index): > > indexStatus.settings().getAsArray("index.aliases"). > > Open a feature request to encapsulate this in a nice getter method. It > should be nicer. > > -shay.banon > > On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 12:22 AM, Sebastian [sgavarini@gmail.com](mailto:sgavarini@gmail.com) wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > Probably I am looking at the wrong place, but I couldn't find a way to > > get the current aliases in the Java client API. I saw add/remove in > > IndicesAliasesRequest, I also checked IndicesStatusRequest that would > > map to the \_status REST API, but no luck either. > > > > I am trying to access the current alias assignments, because if my > > Java client application happens to get restarted for whatever reason, > > I would loose track of the assigned aliases in ES and when it's back > > up again, I need to see them to use or recreate some or all. > > > > Could someone please hint me to a 'getAliases()' method in the Java > > API? If it isn't implemented, could I add a feature request for it? > > > > Thanks, > > Sebastian. ---
**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, 4:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/java-api-access-current-aliases/3499/4 "2017-07-06T04:17:19Z")