# Customize JSON response **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [November 10, 2011, 12:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/customize-json-response/5833 "2011-11-10T12:35:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![achaayan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dbc845/32.png) [@achaayan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/achaayan)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2011, 12:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/customize-json-response/5833/1 "2011-11-10T12:35:19Z")
Hi, Is it possible to cutomize the JSON response, so that I get only the hit information, and not the metadata? For example, I would like to exclude the following section from the response: { "took" : 375, "timed\_out" : false, "\_shards" : { "total" : 3, "successful" : 3, "failed" : 0 }, Please let me know if this can be achieved. Thanks!! ---
**Author:** ![vineeth\_mohan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc79bd/32.png) [@vineeth\_mohan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vineeth_mohan)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2011, 12:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/customize-json-response/5833/2 "2011-11-10T12:36:59Z")
Why do you want to exclude it , it wont do any harm !!!! Wont just ignoring these will do ?? Thanks Vineeth On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 6:05 PM, achaayan [felixmd@gmail.com](mailto:felixmd@gmail.com) wrote: > Hi, > Is it possible to cutomize the JSON response, so that I get only the hit > information, and not the metadata? > For example, I would like to exclude the following section from the > response: > { > "took" : 375, > "timed\_out" : false, > "\_shards" : { > "total" : 3, > "successful" : 3, > "failed" : 0 > }, > > Please let me know if this can be achieved. Thanks!! ---
**Author:** ![achaayan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dbc845/32.png) [@achaayan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/achaayan)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2011, 12:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/customize-json-response/5833/3 "2011-11-10T12:52:41Z")
I need to transform the response, so that I can render it in my view. It would like to know if exclusion of metadata can be done. ---
**Author:** ![Gabriel\_Farrell](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/gabriel_farrell/32/3337_2.png) [@Gabriel\_Farrell](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Gabriel_Farrell)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2011, 5:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/customize-json-response/5833/4 "2011-11-10T17:43:14Z")
On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 7:52 AM, achaayan [felixmd@gmail.com](mailto:felixmd@gmail.com) wrote: > I need to transform the response, so that I can render it in my view. It > would like to know if exclusion of metadata can be done. What kind of client are you using that you can't transform the JSON on the client side? ---
**Author:** ![kimchy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kimchy/32/44952_2.png) [@kimchy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kimchy)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2011, 7:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/customize-json-response/5833/5 "2011-11-13T07:10:07Z")
There isn't an option to transform the response on elasticsearch side. On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 2:35 PM, achaayan [felixmd@gmail.com](mailto:felixmd@gmail.com) wrote: > Hi, > Is it possible to cutomize the JSON response, so that I get only the hit > information, and not the metadata? > For example, I would like to exclude the following section from the > response: > { > "took" : 375, > "timed\_out" : false, > "\_shards" : { > "total" : 3, > "successful" : 3, > "failed" : 0 > }, > > Please let me know if this can be achieved. Thanks!! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 3:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/customize-json-response/5833/6 "2017-07-06T03:48:58Z")