elasticsearch/docs/reference/search/request/query.asciidoc

[[request-body-search-query]]
==== Query

The query element within the search request body allows to define a
query using the <<query-dsl,Query DSL>>.

[source,console]
--------------------------------------------------
GET /_search
{
    "query" : {
        "term" : { "user" : "kimchy" }
    }
}
--------------------------------------------------