# Elastic search as mobile back end

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-as-mobile-back-end/86509>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [May 20, 2017, 4:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-as-mobile-back-end/86509 "2017-05-20T04:00:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![ncruz1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ncruz1/32/18393_2.png) [@ncruz1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ncruz1)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2017, 4:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-as-mobile-back-end/86509/1 "2017-05-20T04:00:34Z")

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Hello, just wondering, how would you implement elastic search as the back end for a mobile application? I have tables of data and I need to allow users of the app to search it and retrieve data and I don't know how to start....

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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:** [May 20, 2017, 4:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-as-mobile-back-end/86509/2 "2017-05-20T04:16:02Z")

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Back end on the device itself, no.  
Back end on the server, sure.

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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:** [June 17, 2017, 4:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-as-mobile-back-end/86509/3 "2017-06-17T04:16:20Z")

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