# Best way to contains search in elastic search **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [June 16, 2022, 9:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/best-way-to-contains-search-in-elastic-search/307369 "2022-06-16T09:13:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![khasim\_vali\_dudekula](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/khasim_vali_dudekula/32/106558_2.png) [@khasim\_vali\_dudekula](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/khasim_vali_dudekula)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2022, 9:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/best-way-to-contains-search-in-elastic-search/307369/1 "2022-06-16T09:13:17Z")
Hi, I am working on a use case which does contains search in logs data indexed in elastic server. the query is a case-insensitive one I am aware of match, match\_phrase and query string. But none of the seems to be working for my use case. can any one suggest how to contains search in Elasticsearch. ---
**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2022, 11:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/best-way-to-contains-search-in-elastic-search/307369/2 "2022-06-16T11:01:36Z")
Have you looked at using the [wildcard field type](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/8.2/keyword.html#wildcard-field-type) which as far as I can tell could be a good fit? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2022, 11:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/best-way-to-contains-search-in-elastic-search/307369/3 "2022-07-14T11:02:34Z")
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