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title: Get Script Language
parent: Script APIs
nav_order: 6
---
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# Get script language
**Introduced 1.0**
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The get script language API operation retrieves all supported script languages and their contexts.
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#### Example request
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``` json
G E T _ s c r i p t _ l a n g u a g e
```
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#### Example response
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The `GET _script_language` request returns the available contexts for each language:
``` json
{
"types_allowed" : [
"inline" ,
"stored"
] ,
"language_contexts" : [
{
"language" : "expression" ,
"contexts" : [
"aggregation_selector" ,
"aggs" ,
"bucket_aggregation" ,
"field" ,
"filter" ,
"number_sort" ,
"score" ,
"terms_set"
]
} ,
{
"language" : "mustache" ,
"contexts" : [
"template"
]
} ,
{
"language" : "opensearch_query_expression" ,
"contexts" : [
"aggs" ,
"filter"
]
} ,
{
"language" : "painless" ,
"contexts" : [
"aggregation_selector" ,
"aggs" ,
"aggs_combine" ,
"aggs_init" ,
"aggs_map" ,
"aggs_reduce" ,
"analysis" ,
"bucket_aggregation" ,
"field" ,
"filter" ,
"ingest" ,
"interval" ,
"moving-function" ,
"number_sort" ,
"painless_test" ,
"processor_conditional" ,
"score" ,
"script_heuristic" ,
"similarity" ,
"similarity_weight" ,
"string_sort" ,
"template" ,
"terms_set" ,
"trigger" ,
"update"
]
}
]
}
```
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## Response fields
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The request contains the following response fields.
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Field | Data type | Description |
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:--- | :--- | :---
types_allowed | List of strings | The types of scripts that are enabled, determined by the `script.allowed_types` setting. May contain `inline` and/or `stored` .
language_contexts | List of objects | A list of objects, each of which maps a supported language to its available contexts.
language_contexts.language | String | The name of the registered scripting language.
language_contexts.contexts | List of strings | A list of all contexts for the language, determined by the `script.allowed_contexts` setting.