anchor.diff:  [[index-shard-stores-api-desc]]
   ==== {api-description-title}
   
  -Use the index shard stores API to return store information
  -about replica shards in one or more indices.
  -
  -Returned information includes:
  +The index shard stores API returns the following information:
   
   * The node on which each replica shard exists
   * Allocation ID for each replica shard
  
positive.code: [[index-shard-stores-api-path-params]]
  ==== {api-path-parms-title}
  
  include::{es-repo-dir}/rest-api/common-parms.asciidoc[tag=index]
  +
  To retrieve information for all indices in the cluster,
  use a value of `_all` or `*`
  or omit this parameter.
  
  
  [[index-shard-stores-api-query-params]]
  
negative.code: [[index-shard-stores-api-request]]
  ==== {api-request-title}
  
  `GET /<target>/_shard_stores`
  
  `GET /_shard_stores`
  
  