# Can we use "/" (forward slash) inside the ID

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-we-use-forward-slash-inside-the-id/224404>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [March 20, 2020, 11:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-we-use-forward-slash-inside-the-id/224404 "2020-03-20T11:23:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![arjun\_kumar](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/arjun_kumar/32/56852_2.png) [@arjun\_kumar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/arjun_kumar)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2020, 11:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-we-use-forward-slash-inside-the-id/224404/1 "2020-03-20T11:23:42Z")

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can we use "/" (forward slash) inside the ID

```auto
PUT test/_doc/GD+GGAct+-+Avg+FIN201-02-01115ce07a-e5e7-4ba3-9117-4a7a49c3df01+N/A+03202020
{
  "foo": "bar"
}

```

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2020, 11:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-we-use-forward-slash-inside-the-id/224404/2 "2020-03-20T11:39:37Z")

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No. Not directly. But you can may be URL Encode it?

That being said, I would not use such ids for documents.

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**Author:** ![arjun\_kumar](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/arjun_kumar/32/56852_2.png) [@arjun\_kumar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/arjun_kumar)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2020, 12:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-we-use-forward-slash-inside-the-id/224404/3 "2020-03-20T12:43:39Z")

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OK... Thanks

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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:** [April 17, 2020, 12:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-we-use-forward-slash-inside-the-id/224404/4 "2020-04-17T12:43:49Z")

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