# callWithRequest

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/callwithrequest/94151>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [July 21, 2017, 7:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/callwithrequest/94151 "2017-07-21T19:38:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![daneitz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@daneitz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/daneitz)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2017, 7:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/callwithrequest/94151/1 "2017-07-21T19:38:47Z")

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I'm building a plugin for use in Kibana. I'm having difficulties calling elasticsearch where I have some custom rest apis running. I'm able to query an index but am unsure how i call an api with a format similar to this:

curl -XGET '[http://localhost:9200/\_function&parm1=value&parm2=value](http://localhost:9200/_function&parm1=value&parm2=value)'

I'd prefer to use callWithRequest because its a simpler and cleaner implementation. Can I use callWithRequest with this type of function?

Thanks for the assistance.

Dave

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**Author:** ![tylersmalley](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tylersmalley/32/8833_2.png) [@tylersmalley](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tylersmalley)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2017, 7:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/callwithrequest/94151/2 "2017-07-21T19:52:49Z")

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callWithRequest uses elasticsearch-js, and documentation can be found here: [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/client/javascript-api/current/index.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/client/javascript-api/current/index.html)

Is `_function` an endpoint exposed by an Elasticsearch plugin?

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**Author:** ![daneitz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@daneitz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/daneitz)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2017, 1:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/callwithrequest/94151/3 "2017-07-24T13:03:40Z")

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I guess that would be my next question. How do I create a new endpoint that would be exposed by my plugin?

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**Author:** ![tylersmalley](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tylersmalley/32/8833_2.png) [@tylersmalley](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tylersmalley)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2017, 6:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/callwithrequest/94151/4 "2017-07-26T18:42:33Z")

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Are you wanting to create the endpoint in Elasticsearch or Kibana?

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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:** [August 23, 2017, 6:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/callwithrequest/94151/5 "2017-08-23T18:42:55Z")

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