# Can we use elastic search as data store for url shortner?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-we-use-elastic-search-as-data-store-for-url-shortner/218020>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [February 5, 2020, 3:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-we-use-elastic-search-as-data-store-for-url-shortner/218020 "2020-02-05T15:58:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![kedarsdixit](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kedarsdixit/32/20502_2.png) [@kedarsdixit](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kedarsdixit)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2020, 3:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-we-use-elastic-search-as-data-store-for-url-shortner/218020/1 "2020-02-05T15:58:27Z")

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Hi,

Can we use elasticsearch as database or data store for url shortner? Can it be efficient in searching the long urls?

Thanks!  
~Kedar

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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:** [March 4, 2020, 3:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-we-use-elastic-search-as-data-store-for-url-shortner/218020/2 "2020-03-04T15:58:30Z")

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