List Shards

The list of all known shards of a given application can be obtained with the following REST command:

GET /{application}/_shards

Each shard that has at least one batch posted are listed, even if the shard has not yet been merged. A typical response in XML:

<result>

<application name="Email">

<shards>

<value>2004-11-16</value>

<value>2005-08-03</value>

<value>2005-10-10</value>

<value>2005-11-01</value>

<value>2005-12-20</value>

<value>2006-01-17</value>

<value>2006-02-01</value>

</shards>

</application>

</result>

In JSON:

{"result": {

"Email": {

"shards": [

"2004-11-16",

"2005-08-03",

"2005-10-10",

"2005-11-01",

"2005-12-20",

"2006-01-17",

"2006-02-01"

]

}

}}