# Custom Query Parser possible?
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/custom-query-parser-possible/4400
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [May 13, 2011, 6:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/custom-query-parser-possible/4400 "2011-05-13T18:52:11Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@otisg](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/otisg)
#### Post date: [May 13, 2011, 6:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/custom-query-parser-possible/4400/1 "2011-05-13T18:52:11Z")
Hello,
I see in this message from December 2010 there is/was no support for
custom Query Parsers:
[http://groups.google.com/a/elasticsearch.com/group/users/browse\_thread/thread/730dae611b91b0ae/aab4e35f9b8063f2?lnk=gst&q=custom+query+parser#aab4e35f9b8063f2](http://groups.google.com/a/elasticsearch.com/group/users/browse_thread/thread/730dae611b91b0ae/aab4e35f9b8063f2?lnk=gst&q=custom+query+parser#aab4e35f9b8063f2)
Is that still the case? I can't find any mention of custom query
parsers in the docs, so I'm assuming one is still limited to using the
Lucene QP?
## Thanks, Otis
Sematext :: [http://sematext.com/](http://sematext.com/) :: Solr - Lucene - Nutch
Lucene ecosystem search :: [http://search-lucene.com/](http://search-lucene.com/)
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### Author:  [@kimchy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kimchy)
#### Post date: [May 13, 2011, 6:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/custom-query-parser-possible/4400/2 "2011-05-13T18:57:11Z")
You can implement your own custom query in elasticsearch (for example: my\_special\_query\_string type). It should know how to parse itself and generate a Lucene Query out of it. Check the QueryStringQueryParser. You will then need to register it under your name (my\_speial\_query\_parser) using a plugin.
On Friday, May 13, 2011 at 9:52 PM, Otis wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I see in this message from December 2010 there is/was no support for
> custom Query Parsers:
> [http://groups.google.com/a/elasticsearch.com/group/users/browse\_thread/thread/730dae611b91b0ae/aab4e35f9b8063f2?lnk=gst&q=custom+query+parser#aab4e35f9b8063f2](http://groups.google.com/a/elasticsearch.com/group/users/browse_thread/thread/730dae611b91b0ae/aab4e35f9b8063f2?lnk=gst&q=custom+query+parser#aab4e35f9b8063f2)
>
> Is that still the case? I can't find any mention of custom query
> parsers in the docs, so I'm assuming one is still limited to using the
> Lucene QP?
>
> ## Thanks, Otis
>
> Sematext :: [http://sematext.com/](http://sematext.com/) :: Solr - Lucene - Nutch
> Lucene ecosystem search :: [http://search-lucene.com/](http://search-lucene.com/)
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2017, 4:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/custom-query-parser-possible/4400/3 "2017-07-06T04:06:16Z")