# Elastic search alias

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-alias/25489>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [July 13, 2015, 11:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-alias/25489 "2015-07-13T23:26:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![mramaprasad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ad7895/32.png) [@mramaprasad](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mramaprasad)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2015, 11:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-alias/25489/1 "2015-07-13T23:26:59Z")

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I have an alias created for an index. What is the search api that I should use while submitting a query?

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2015, 11:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-alias/25489/2 "2015-07-13T23:40:49Z")

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Any of them will work.

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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:** [July 6, 2017, 12:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-alias/25489/3 "2017-07-06T00:01:44Z")

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