# Get Watcher statistics


**GET /_watcher/stats/{metric}**

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

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                      <span class="operation-verb get">GET</span>
                      <span class="operation-path">/_watcher/stats</span>
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                      <span class="operation-verb get">GET</span>
                      <span class="operation-path">/_watcher/stats/{metric}</span>
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This API always returns basic metrics.
You retrieve more metrics by using the metric parameter.

## Required authorization

* Cluster privileges: `monitor_watcher`



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


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


## Parameters

### Path parameters
- **metric** (string | array[string])
  Defines which additional metrics are included in the response.

  Supported values include: `_all` (or `all`), `queued_watches`, `current_watches`, `pending_watches`


### Query parameters
- **emit_stacktraces** (boolean)
  Defines whether stack traces are generated for each watch that is running.
- **metric** (string | array[string])
  Defines which additional metrics are included in the response.

  Supported values include: `_all` (or `all`), `queued_watches`, `current_watches`, `pending_watches`



## Responses
### 200


#### Body: application/json (object)
- **_nodes** (object)

- **cluster_name** (string)

- **manually_stopped** (boolean)

- **stats** (array[object])



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