# Elasticsearch javaApi

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-javaapi/51528>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [June 1, 2016, 8:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-javaapi/51528 "2016-06-01T08:41:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![cbuescher](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/cbuescher/32/60402_2.png) [@cbuescher](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/cbuescher)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2016, 9:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-javaapi/51528/3 "2016-06-01T09:39:04Z")

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You can do response filtering using REST api, but I'm not sure the java api supports this. According to [How to use filter\_path in java api?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-use-filter-path-in-java-api/42844) you can't use it.

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