# Alternative api for filterbuilder in Elastic search 2.3.1

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/alternative-api-for-filterbuilder-in-elastic-search-2-3-1/47995>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [April 21, 2016, 7:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/alternative-api-for-filterbuilder-in-elastic-search-2-3-1/47995 "2016-04-21T07:15:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![gopin4hat7ash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a88e57/32.png) [@gopin4hat7ash](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/gopin4hat7ash)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2016, 7:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/alternative-api-for-filterbuilder-in-elastic-search-2-3-1/47995/1 "2016-04-21T07:15:26Z")

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Below are not supported in Elastic search 2.3.1

import org.elasticsearch.index.query.BoolFilterBuilder;  
import org.elasticsearch.index.query.FilterBuilder;  
import org.elasticsearch.index.query.FilterBuilders;  
import org.elasticsearch.index.query.ScriptFilterBuilder;

PLease let me know the alternatives in ES231

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**Author:** ![cbuescher](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/cbuescher/32/60402_2.png) [@cbuescher](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/cbuescher)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2016, 7:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/alternative-api-for-filterbuilder-in-elastic-search-2-3-1/47995/2 "2016-04-21T07:59:21Z")

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Hi,  
as of 2.0, queries and filters [have been merged](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/breaking_20_query_dsl_changes.html) and can now be used in query context or in filter context. So for `BoolFilterBuilder` you can use `BoolQueryBuilder`, the `ScriptFilterBuilder` can be replaced by `ScriptQueryBuilder` and so on. If you then use those queries e.g. inside a `bool` querys `filter` clause, they will be treated as filters.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 10:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/alternative-api-for-filterbuilder-in-elastic-search-2-3-1/47995/3 "2017-07-05T22:57:26Z")

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