# Elasticsearch plugin to do search requests

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-plugin-to-do-search-requests/286923>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [October 17, 2021, 9:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-plugin-to-do-search-requests/286923 "2021-10-17T09:36:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![ali\_kh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ali_kh/32/95999_2.png) [@ali\_kh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ali_kh)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2021, 9:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-plugin-to-do-search-requests/286923/1 "2021-10-17T09:36:30Z")

</div>

I want to build an ES plugin to do index search requests, what type of plugins can I use? and is there some tutorial or documentation for that?  
Thanks

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2021, 10:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-plugin-to-do-search-requests/286923/2 "2021-10-17T10:27:37Z")

</div>

Welcome.

What do you need a plugin to run search requests?  
What is the use case?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![ali\_kh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ali_kh/32/95999_2.png) [@ali\_kh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ali_kh)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2021, 11:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-plugin-to-do-search-requests/286923/3 "2021-10-17T11:08:00Z")

</div>

I want to save JSON requests (like the ones used in Kibana visualizations) in some index, and use them as the body of the search requests. In other words, I want to do something similar to requests made in 'Dev Tools' in Kibana, but in an ES plugin.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2021, 11:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-plugin-to-do-search-requests/286923/4 "2021-10-17T11:46:55Z")

</div>

I don't understand why this needs to run in an Elasticsearch node and not in your application.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2021, 11:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-plugin-to-do-search-requests/286923/5 "2021-11-14T11:47:45Z")

</div>

This topic was automatically closed 28 days after the last reply. New replies are no longer allowed.