# Get node information


**GET /_nodes/{node_id}/{metric}**

**All methods and paths for this operation:**

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                      <span class="operation-verb get">GET</span>
                      <span class="operation-path">/_nodes</span>
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                      <span class="operation-verb get">GET</span>
                      <span class="operation-path">/_nodes/{metric}</span>
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                      <span class="operation-verb get">GET</span>
                      <span class="operation-path">/_nodes/{node_id}</span>
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                      <span class="operation-path">/_nodes/{node_id}/{metric}</span>
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By default, the API returns all attributes and core settings for cluster nodes.


## Servers
- http://api.example.com: http://api.example.com ()


## Authentication methods
- Api key auth
- Basic auth
- Bearer auth


## Parameters

### Path parameters
- **node_id** (string | array[string])
  Comma-separated list of node IDs or names used to limit returned information.
- **metric** (string | array[string])
  Limits the information returned to the specific metrics. Supports a comma-separated list, such as http,ingest.

  Supported values include: `_all`, `_none`, `settings`, `os`, `process`, `jvm`, `thread_pool`, `transport`, `http`, `remote_cluster_server`, `plugins`, `ingest`, `aggregations`, `indices`


### Query parameters
- **flat_settings** (boolean)
  If true, returns settings in flat format.
- **timeout** (string)
  Period to wait for a response. If no response is received before the timeout expires, the request fails and returns an error.


## Responses
### 200


#### Body: application/json (object)
- **_nodes** (object)
  Contains statistics about the number of nodes selected by the request’s node filters.
- **cluster_name** (string)

- **nodes** (object)



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