# Get auto-follow patterns


**GET /_ccr/auto_follow/{name}**

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

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                      <span class="operation-verb get">GET</span>
                      <span class="operation-path">/_ccr/auto_follow</span>
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                      <span class="operation-verb get">GET</span>
                      <span class="operation-path">/_ccr/auto_follow/{name}</span>
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Get cross-cluster replication auto-follow patterns.

## Required authorization

* Cluster privileges: `manage_ccr`


[External documentation](https://www.elastic.co/docs/deploy-manage/tools/cross-cluster-replication/manage-auto-follow-patterns)

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


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


## Parameters

### Path parameters
- **name** (string)
  The auto-follow pattern collection that you want to retrieve.
  If you do not specify a name, the API returns information for all collections.

### Query parameters
- **master_timeout** (string)
  The period to wait for a connection to the master node.
  If the master node is not available before the timeout expires, the request fails and returns an error.
  It can also be set to `-1` to indicate that the request should never timeout.


## Responses
### 200


#### Body: application/json (object)
- **patterns** (array[object])



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