# Fields excluded from source still returned by GET api
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fields-excluded-from-source-still-returned-by-get-api/12489
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [June 20, 2013, 7:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fields-excluded-from-source-still-returned-by-get-api/12489 "2013-06-20T07:56:44Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@Allan\_Johns](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Allan_Johns)
#### Post date: [June 20, 2013, 7:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fields-excluded-from-source-still-returned-by-get-api/12489/1 "2013-06-20T07:56:44Z")
I have a mapping like so:
```
"_source" : {
"excludes" : [
"_*"
]
}
```
And using search API, it behaves as expected:
]$ curl -XGET '[http://gasdb:9200/fury/product/\_search?pretty=true&size=1](http://gasdb:9200/fury/product/_search?pretty=true&size=1)'
{
"\_score" : 1.0, "\_source" :
{"folder":"/seq89/shot140/robot/377","timestamp":1371714409,"asset":"robot","name":"robot.#.dpx","path":"/jobs/fury/seq89/shot140/robot/v377/robot.\*.dpx","seq":"seq89","user":"bruce.lee","shot":"shot140","ext":"dpx","version":377}
} ]
}
}
But using GET, I get back fields starting with underscores:
]$ curl -XGET '
[http://gasdb:9200/fury/product/%2Fseq52%2Fshot428%2Ffern%2F854%2Ffern.%23.abc?pretty=true](http://gasdb:9200/fury/product/%2Fseq52%2Fshot428%2Ffern%2F854%2Ffern.%23.abc?pretty=true)
'
{
"exists" : true, "\_source" : {"shot": "shot428", "name": "fern.#.abc",
"seq": "seq52", "timestamp": 1371714412, "\_fldr\_1": "/seq52", "\_fldr\_3":
"/seq52/shot428/fern", "\_fldr\_2": "/seq52/shot428", "ext": "abc",
"version": 854, "user": "mr.satan", "\_fldr\_4": "/seq52/shot428/fern/854",
"path": "/jobs/fury/seq52/shot428/fern/v854/fern.\*.abc", "folder":
"/seq52/shot428/fern/854", "\_fields": "asset,ext,seq,shot,user", "asset":
"fern"}
Is this intended behaviour? I expected my excluded fields to be excluded in
all cases, not depending on get/search etc.
Thanks
Allan
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### Author:  [@spinscale](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/spinscale)
#### Post date: [June 24, 2013, 2:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fields-excluded-from-source-still-returned-by-get-api/12489/2 "2013-06-24T14:20:30Z")
Hey,
what elasticsearch version do you use? There was an issue fixed in the
current 0.90.1 with realtime GET and source excludes (not sure about 0.90
right now). Can you retry with the latest version?
--Alex
On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 9:56 AM, Allan Johns [nerdvegas@gmail.com](mailto:nerdvegas@gmail.com) wrote:
> I have a mapping like so:
>
> ```
> "_source" : {
> "excludes" : [
> "_*"
> ]
> }
>
> ```
>
> And using search API, it behaves as expected:
>
> ]$ curl -XGET '[http://gasdb:9200/fury/product/\_search?pretty=true&size=1](http://gasdb:9200/fury/product/_search?pretty=true&size=1)'
> {
> "\_score" : 1.0, "\_source" :
> {"folder":"/seq89/shot140/robot/377","timestamp":1371714409,"asset":"robot","name":"robot.#.dpx","path":"/jobs/fury/seq89/shot140/robot/v377/robot.\*.dpx","seq":"seq89","user":"bruce.lee","shot":"shot140","ext":"dpx","version":377}
> } ]
> }
> }
>
> But using GET, I get back fields starting with underscores:
>
> ]$ curl -XGET '
> [http://gasdb:9200/fury/product/%2Fseq52%2Fshot428%2Ffern%2F854%2Ffern.%23.abc?pretty=true](http://gasdb:9200/fury/product/%2Fseq52%2Fshot428%2Ffern%2F854%2Ffern.%23.abc?pretty=true)
> '
> {
> "exists" : true, "\_source" : {"shot": "shot428", "name": "fern.#.abc",
> "seq": "seq52", "timestamp": 1371714412, "\_fldr\_1": "/seq52", "\_fldr\_3":
> "/seq52/shot428/fern", "\_fldr\_2": "/seq52/shot428", "ext": "abc",
> "version": 854, "user": "mr.satan", "\_fldr\_4": "/seq52/shot428/fern/854",
> "path": "/jobs/fury/seq52/shot428/fern/v854/fern.\*.abc", "folder":
> "/seq52/shot428/fern/854", "\_fields": "asset,ext,seq,shot,user", "asset":
> "fern"}
>
> Is this intended behaviour? I expected my excluded fields to be excluded
> in all cases, not depending on get/search etc.
>
> Thanks
> Allan
>
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2017, 2:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fields-excluded-from-source-still-returned-by-get-api/12489/3 "2017-07-06T02:29:45Z")