# Elastic\[5.x\] Is it possible to validate the query having filters on meta data **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [September 5, 2018, 8:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-5-x-is-it-possible-to-validate-the-query-having-filters-on-meta-data/147337 "2018-09-05T08:23:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Vinay\_Kumar](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/vinay_kumar/32/35089_2.png) [@Vinay\_Kumar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Vinay_Kumar)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2018, 8:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-5-x-is-it-possible-to-validate-the-query-having-filters-on-meta-data/147337/1 "2018-09-05T08:23:28Z")
Currently, I've been using the validate API of elasticsearch in order to validate my query. the URL that I am hitting is as follows: `curl -X GET -H 'Content-Type: application/json' --data @query.json 'http://` `/_validate/query?explain=true` the file `query.json` contains the following: `{ "query": { "match_all": {} }, "filter": [{ "meta": { "index": "Node-DEMO", "negate": false, "disabled": false, "alias": null, "type": "exists", "key": "node_stats.indices.docs.count", "value": "exists" }, "exists": { "field": "index_stats.total.query_cache.miss_count" } }] }` **Error that I received:** org.elasticsearch.common.ParsingException: request does not support [filter] Is it possible to validate this query? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2018, 8:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-5-x-is-it-possible-to-validate-the-query-having-filters-on-meta-data/147337/2 "2018-10-03T08:23:33Z")
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