# ES search and indexing question **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [August 15, 2012, 8:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es-search-and-indexing-question/8752 "2012-08-15T20:22:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![msya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@msya](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/msya)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2012, 8:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es-search-and-indexing-question/8752/1 "2012-08-15T20:22:53Z")
Hello, I am trying to integrate ElasticSearch into a web app. When I do a search for some word, I want ElasticSearch to give me back all the questions and replies that contain my search keyword. Currently, I have a question and reply indexed as such: \_index: "community\_id\_123" \_type: "question" question: "Hello How are you \_index: "community\_id\_123" \_type: "reply" question: "hey you fine" So, if I wanted to search for the word "you" in both a reply and a question, I would have to perform two CURL calls, one for question and reply. Is there a better way to do this? Is there a way where I wouldn't have to perform two CURL calls? -- ---
**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:** [August 15, 2012, 8:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es-search-and-indexing-question/8752/2 "2012-08-15T20:28:01Z")
You can query on a type, on an index or on the whole cluster: curl localhost:9200/community\_id\_123/question/\_search?... curl localhost:9200/community\_id\_123/\_search?... curl localhost:9200/\_search?... Also: curl localhost:9200/community\_id\_123/question,answer/\_search?... HTH David -- Le 15 août 2012 à 22:22, msya [mohitsya@gmail.com](mailto:mohitsya@gmail.com) a écrit : > Hello, > > I am trying to integrate Elasticsearch into a web app. When I do a search for some word, I want Elasticsearch to give me back all the questions and replies that contain my search keyword. > > Currently, I have a question and reply indexed as such: > > \_index: "community\_id\_123" > \_type: "question" > question: "Hello How are you > > \_index: "community\_id\_123" > \_type: "reply" > question: "hey you fine" > > So, if I wanted to search for the word "you" in both a reply and a question, I would have to perform two CURL calls, one for question and reply. Is there a better way to do this? Is there a way where I wouldn't have to perform two CURL calls? > > -- -- ---
**Author:** ![msya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@msya](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/msya)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2012, 9:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es-search-and-indexing-question/8752/3 "2012-08-15T21:31:42Z")
Hello David, Thank you for answering my question. I tried what you said and it worked. I am just starting to integrate Elasticsearch in a app as its search engine. Expect a lot of questions from me! Thank you again for the help. 🙂 On Wednesday, August 15, 2012 4:28:01 PM UTC-4, David Pilato wrote: > You can query on a type, on an index or on the whole cluster: > > curl localhost:9200/community\_id\_123/question/\_search?... > curl localhost:9200/community\_id\_123/\_search?... > curl localhost:9200/\_search?... > > Also: > curl localhost:9200/community\_id\_123/question,answer/\_search?... > > HTH > David > > -- > > Le 15 août 2012 à 22:22, msya \<[mohi...@gmail.com](mailto:mohi...@gmail.com) \\> a écrit : > > Hello, > > I am trying to integrate Elasticsearch into a web app. When I do a search > for some word, I want Elasticsearch to give me back all the questions and > replies that contain my search keyword. > > Currently, I have a question and reply indexed as such: > > \_index: "community\_id\_123" > \_type: "question" > question: "Hello How are you > > \_index: "community\_id\_123" > \_type: "reply" > question: "hey you fine" > > So, if I wanted to search for the word "you" in both a reply and a > question, I would have to perform two CURL calls, one for question and > reply. Is there a better way to do this? Is there a way where I wouldn't > have to perform two CURL calls? > > -- -- ---
**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:** [August 16, 2012, 2:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es-search-and-indexing-question/8752/4 "2012-08-16T02:12:09Z")
Have a look at [http://www.scrutmydocs.org](http://www.scrutmydocs.org) project. It's an open source webapp which integrates ES. It's only a start but you can find some ideas there. David -- Le 15 août 2012 à 23:31, msya [mohitsya@gmail.com](mailto:mohitsya@gmail.com) a écrit : > Hello David, > > Thank you for answering my question. I tried what you said and it worked. I am just starting to integrate Elasticsearch in a app as its search engine. Expect a lot of questions from me! Thank you again for the help. 🙂 > > On Wednesday, August 15, 2012 4:28:01 PM UTC-4, David Pilato wrote: > You can query on a type, on an index or on the whole cluster: > > curl localhost:9200/community\_id\_123/question/\_search?... > curl localhost:9200/community\_id\_123/\_search?... > curl localhost:9200/\_search?... > > Also: > curl localhost:9200/community\_id\_123/question,answer/\_search?... > > HTH > David > > -- > > Le 15 août 2012 à 22:22, msya [mohi...@gmail.com](mailto:mohi...@gmail.com) a écrit : > > > Hello, > > > > I am trying to integrate Elasticsearch into a web app. When I do a search for some word, I want Elasticsearch to give me back all the questions and replies that contain my search keyword. > > > > Currently, I have a question and reply indexed as such: > > > > \_index: "community\_id\_123" > > \_type: "question" > > question: "Hello How are you > > > > \_index: "community\_id\_123" > > \_type: "reply" > > question: "hey you fine" > > > > So, if I wanted to search for the word "you" in both a reply and a question, I would have to perform two CURL calls, one for question and reply. Is there a better way to do this? Is there a way where I wouldn't have to perform two CURL calls? > > > > -- > > -- -- ---
**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, 3:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es-search-and-indexing-question/8752/5 "2017-07-06T03:16:14Z")