# salt.runners.mine

A runner to access data from the salt mine

salt.runners.mine.get(tgt, fun, tgt_type='glob')

  Gathers the data from the specified minions' mine, pass in the target, function to look up and the target type

  CLI Example:

      salt-run mine.get '*' network.interfaces

salt.runners.mine.update(tgt, tgt_type='glob', clear=False, mine_functions=None)

  Added in version 2017.7.0.

  Update the mine data on a certain group of minions.

  tgt

    Which minions to target for the execution.

  tgt_type: `glob`

    The type of `tgt`.

  clear: `False`

    Boolean flag specifying whether updating will clear the existing mines, or will update. Default: `False` (update).

  mine_functions

    Update the mine data on certain functions only. This feature can be used when updating the mine for functions that require refresh at different intervals than the rest of the functions specified under `mine_functions` in the minion/master config or pillar.

  CLI Example:

      salt-run mine.update '*'
      salt-run mine.update 'juniper-edges' tgt_type='nodegroup'