# Rest endpoint to show which plugins and rivers are installed **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [May 31, 2012, 7:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/rest-endpoint-to-show-which-plugins-and-rivers-are-installed/7924 "2012-05-31T07:49:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mobz\_2](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mobz_2/32/2473_2.png) [@mobz\_2](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mobz_2)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2012, 7:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/rest-endpoint-to-show-which-plugins-and-rivers-are-installed/7924/1 "2012-05-31T07:49:43Z")
Just wondering if there is a rest interface for finding out which plugins and rivers are installed? It could be useful for elasticsearch-head for example ---
**Author:** ![jprante](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jprante/32/44941_2.png) [@jprante](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jprante)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2012, 5:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/rest-endpoint-to-show-which-plugins-and-rivers-are-installed/7924/2 "2012-05-31T17:23:50Z")
Hi Ben, Just opened a pull request: > > > Hi kimchy, > > I'd like to add a REST endpoint for a list of plugins to Elasticsear…ch. > > Only the last commit, please ignore the sitedocs stuff, I'm just wrestling with git branches und github pull requests. > > Cheers, > > Jörg [https://github.com/jprante/elasticsearch/commit/69ea1d1a4a78a1f99391028181de84c966b5f514](https://github.com/jprante/elasticsearch/commit/69ea1d1a4a78a1f99391028181de84c966b5f514) It works like this: curl -XGET 'localhost:9200/\_plugins' { "ok" : true, "plugins" : { "analysis-combo" : "Analyser that can multiplex multiple terms from different analyzers", "skywalker" : "Skywalker - Luke for Elasticsearch", "oai-river" : "OAI River Plugin", "analysis-icu" : "UTF related ICU analysis support" } } When plugin authors provide feature lists in the plugin descriptions, they could be interpreted by other plugins. Jörg On Thursday, May 31, 2012 9:49:43 AM UTC+2, mobz wrote: > Just wondering if there is a rest interface for finding out which plugins > and rivers are installed? It could be useful for elasticsearch-head for > example ---
**Author:** ![mobz\_2](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mobz_2/32/2473_2.png) [@mobz\_2](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mobz_2)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2012, 11:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/rest-endpoint-to-show-which-plugins-and-rivers-are-installed/7924/3 "2012-05-31T23:21:40Z")
awesome! Thanks -B On Friday, 1 June 2012 03:23:50 UTC+10, Jörg Prante wrote: > Hi Ben, > > Just opened a pull request: > > [REST endpoint for a list of plugins by jprante · Pull Request #1993 · elastic/elasticsearch · GitHub](https://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/pull/1993) > > [https://github.com/jprante/elasticsearch/commit/69ea1d1a4a78a1f99391028181de84c966b5f514](https://github.com/jprante/elasticsearch/commit/69ea1d1a4a78a1f99391028181de84c966b5f514) > > It works like this: > > curl -XGET 'localhost:9200/\_plugins' > { > "ok" : true, > "plugins" : { > "analysis-combo" : "Analyser that can multiplex multiple terms from > different analyzers", > "skywalker" : "Skywalker - Luke for Elasticsearch", > "oai-river" : "OAI River Plugin", > "analysis-icu" : "UTF related ICU analysis support" > } > } > > When plugin authors provide feature lists in the plugin descriptions, they > could be interpreted by other plugins. > > Jörg > > On Thursday, May 31, 2012 9:49:43 AM UTC+2, mobz wrote: > > > Just wondering if there is a rest interface for finding out which plugins > > and rivers are installed? It could be useful for elasticsearch-head for > > example ---
**Author:** ![Ivan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/df788c/32.png) [@Ivan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ivan)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2012, 4:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/rest-endpoint-to-show-which-plugins-and-rivers-are-installed/7924/4 "2012-06-01T16:10:49Z")
Rivers are defined in the \_river index, so they can be queried like any other index: [http://localhost:9200/\_river/\_search?q=](http://localhost:9200/_river/_search?q=)\* -- Ivan On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 4:21 PM, mobz [ben@mobz.org](mailto:ben@mobz.org) wrote: > awesome! Thanks > > -B > > On Friday, 1 June 2012 03:23:50 UTC+10, Jörg Prante wrote: > > > Hi Ben, > > > > Just opened a pull request: > > > > [REST endpoint for a list of plugins by jprante · Pull Request #1993 · elastic/elasticsearch · GitHub](https://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/pull/1993) > > > > [https://github.com/jprante/elasticsearch/commit/69ea1d1a4a78a1f99391028181de84c966b5f514](https://github.com/jprante/elasticsearch/commit/69ea1d1a4a78a1f99391028181de84c966b5f514) > > > > It works like this: > > > > curl -XGET 'localhost:9200/\_plugins' > > { > > "ok" : true, > > "plugins" : { > > "analysis-combo" : "Analyser that can multiplex multiple terms from > > different analyzers", > > "skywalker" : "Skywalker - Luke for Elasticsearch", > > "oai-river" : "OAI River Plugin", > > "analysis-icu" : "UTF related ICU analysis support" > > } > > } > > > > When plugin authors provide feature lists in the plugin descriptions, they > > could be interpreted by other plugins. > > > > Jörg > > > > On Thursday, May 31, 2012 9:49:43 AM UTC+2, mobz wrote: > > > > > Just wondering if there is a rest interface for finding out which plugins > > > and rivers are installed? It could be useful for elasticsearch-head for > > > example ---
**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, 3:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/rest-endpoint-to-show-which-plugins-and-rivers-are-installed/7924/5 "2017-07-06T03:26:01Z")