# Full text search on property with base64 encoded string

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/full-text-search-on-property-with-base64-encoded-string/44444>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [March 15, 2016, 2:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/full-text-search-on-property-with-base64-encoded-string/44444 "2016-03-15T14:50:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Neelanshu\_Sharma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ebca7d/32.png) [@Neelanshu\_Sharma](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Neelanshu_Sharma)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2016, 2:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/full-text-search-on-property-with-base64-encoded-string/44444/1 "2016-03-15T14:50:46Z")

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hi all,

i was hoping to understand how can i perform a full text search on a string field with value thats base64 encoded? i dont know if there is a way in elasticsearch to convert encrypted fields on the fly and perform search on them? or do i have to do the decode server side (which would mean i do full text search outside of elasticsearch)? any feedback is much appreciated.

thanks

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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 5, 2017, 11:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/full-text-search-on-property-with-base64-encoded-string/44444/2 "2017-07-05T23:08:16Z")

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