---
title: "Report the Indexer's State"
method: GET
path: "/indexer/api/v1/index_state"
tags: ["indexer"]
---

# Report the Indexer's State

`GET /indexer/api/v1/index_state`

The index state endpoint returns a json structure indicating the indexer's internal configuration state.
A client may be interested in this as a signal that manifests may need to be re-indexed.

## Response `200`

Indexer State

- IndexState — Information on the state of the indexer system.
  - `state` string, required — an opaque token

## Other responses

- `304` — Not Modified

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