# Example Query for Documents Containing field a AND field b

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/example-query-for-documents-containing-field-a-and-field-b/362126>\
**Category:** Elastic Search\
**Created:** [June 27, 2024, 1:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/example-query-for-documents-containing-field-a-and-field-b/362126 "2024-06-27T01:14:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![trs80](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/34f0e0/32.png) [@trs80](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/trs80)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2024, 1:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/example-query-for-documents-containing-field-a-and-field-b/362126/1 "2024-06-27T01:14:50Z")

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Hello, Newbie here. I would like to query my index for all documents that must have field A AND field B. Ideally, I would like to be able to query on a list of fields using the AND operator. Meaning, all fields in the list must be in the document. However, through all of my searching/reading I can't find such an example. Can someone please help or provide an example, (Java API would be great)

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**Author:** ![ashishtiwari1993](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ashishtiwari1993/32/135241_2.png) [@ashishtiwari1993](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ashishtiwari1993)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2024, 4:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/example-query-for-documents-containing-field-a-and-field-b/362126/2 "2024-06-27T04:08:45Z")

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Hi @trs80, Welcome the Elastic community.

I think you're looking for field [exists](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/query-dsl-exists-query.html) query.

```json
GET index_name/_search
{
  "query": {
    "bool": {
      "filter": [
        {
          "exists": {
            "field": "field_A"
          }
        },
        {
          "exists": {
            "field": "field_B"
          }
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

```

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**Author:** ![trs80](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/34f0e0/32.png) [@trs80](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/trs80)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2024, 11:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/example-query-for-documents-containing-field-a-and-field-b/362126/3 "2024-06-27T11:25:07Z")

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Thank you @ashishtiwari1993. This is helpful. Any thoughts on how to do this for a list of fields? Thanks!

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**Author:** ![ashishtiwari1993](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ashishtiwari1993/32/135241_2.png) [@ashishtiwari1993](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ashishtiwari1993)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2024, 12:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/example-query-for-documents-containing-field-a-and-field-b/362126/4 "2024-06-27T12:26:15Z")

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You need to add multiple exists object in filter query.

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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 25, 2024, 12:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/example-query-for-documents-containing-field-a-and-field-b/362126/5 "2024-07-25T12:26:55Z")

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