elasticsearch/docs/reference/search/search.asciidoc

[[search-search]]
== Search

The search API allows you to execute a search query and get back search hits
that match the query. The query can either be provided using a simple
<<search-uri-request,query string as a parameter>>, or using a
<<search-request-body,request body>>.

["float",id="search-multi-index-type"]
=== Multi-Index, Multi-Type

All search APIs can be applied across multiple types within an index, and
across multiple indices with support for the
<<multi-index,multi index syntax>>. For
example, we can search on all documents within the twitter index:

[source,js]
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GET /twitter/_search?q=user:kimchy
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// CONSOLE
// TEST[setup:twitter]

We can also search all tweets with a certain tag across several indices
(for example, when each user has his own index):

[source,js]
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GET /kimchy,elasticsearch/_search?q=tag:wow
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// CONSOLE
// TEST[s/^/PUT kimchy\nPUT elasticsearch\n/]

Or we can search all tweets across all available indices using `_all`
placeholder:

[source,js]
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GET /_all/_search?q=tag:wow
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// CONSOLE
// TEST[setup:twitter]

Or even search across all indices and all types:

[source,js]
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GET /_search?q=tag:wow
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// CONSOLE
// TEST[setup:twitter]