# Size of Index in Elastic Search
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/size-of-index-in-elastic-search/43584
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [March 5, 2016, 9:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/size-of-index-in-elastic-search/43584 "2016-03-05T21:09:30Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@Rajeev\_Gaurav](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Rajeev_Gaurav)
#### Post date: [March 5, 2016, 9:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/size-of-index-in-elastic-search/43584/1 "2016-03-05T21:09:30Z")
Hi ,
Is there any way to know the size of index programmatically .Right now I am trying "[http://localhost:9200/\_cat/indices?h=index,store.size](http://localhost:9200/_cat/indices?h=index,store.size)" which give size upto one decimal (For eg 2.6 for both 2.60 and 2.66). Kindly suggest some points.
Thanks,
Rajeev
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### Author:  [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)
#### Post date: [March 5, 2016, 10:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/size-of-index-in-elastic-search/43584/2 "2016-03-05T22:13:07Z")
The [indices stats API](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/indices-stats.html) provides a lot of detailed information about indices.
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### Author:  [@Rajeev\_Gaurav](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Rajeev_Gaurav)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2016, 4:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/size-of-index-in-elastic-search/43584/3 "2016-03-06T04:06:41Z")
I tried "[http://rajeevpc:9200/networkteamindex2/\_stats/store](http://rajeevpc:9200/networkteamindex2/_stats/store)" but didn't helped out. Can you help me with the exact URL.
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### Author:  [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2016, 7:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/size-of-index-in-elastic-search/43584/4 "2016-03-06T07:56:57Z")
That works for me. What error are you getting? What version of Elasticsearch are you using?
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### Author:  [@Rajeev\_Gaurav](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Rajeev_Gaurav)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2016, 8:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/size-of-index-in-elastic-search/43584/5 "2016-03-06T08:14:05Z")
[http://rajeevpc:9200/networkteamindex2/\_stats/store](http://rajeevpc:9200/networkteamindex2/_stats/store) gives this
{"\_shards":{"total":10,"successful":5,"failed":0},"\_all":{"primaries":{"store":{"size\_in\_bytes":650,"throttle\_time\_in\_millis":0}},"total":{"store":{"size\_in\_bytes":650,"throttle\_time\_in\_millis":0}}},"indices":{"networkteamindex2":{"primaries":{"store":{"size\_in\_bytes":650,"throttle\_time\_in\_millis":0}},"total":{"store":{"size\_in\_bytes":650,"throttle\_time\_in\_millis":0}}}}}
But I was expecting something like the output of
[http://localhost:9200/\_cat/indices?h=index,store.size](http://localhost:9200/_cat/indices?h=index,store.size)
in form of
myindex 650b
.kibana 62.9kb
with decimal upto 2 digit .so that I can parse it easily .
I am currently using ES2.1.1
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2017, 11:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/size-of-index-in-elastic-search/43584/6 "2017-07-05T23:10:56Z")