# Confused about querying using the search api

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/confused-about-querying-using-the-search-api/49356>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [May 5, 2016, 11:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/confused-about-querying-using-the-search-api/49356 "2016-05-05T23:37:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![iamthealex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e9c0ed/32.png) [@iamthealex](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/iamthealex)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2016, 2:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/confused-about-querying-using-the-search-api/49356/5 "2016-05-06T14:21:38Z")

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I've chopped down my problem and submitted a better question here: [Disappearing data](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/disappearing-data/49414).

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