# Get returns source even though source is disabled **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [September 30, 2011, 9:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/get-returns-source-even-though-source-is-disabled/5486 "2011-09-30T09:43:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ruflin\_2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a8b319/32.png) [@ruflin\_2](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ruflin_2)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 9:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/get-returns-source-even-though-source-is-disabled/5486/1 "2011-09-30T09:43:08Z")
During writing tests for Elastica I received a result that I was not expecting. I create a index and set the mapping to not store the source, but I set store to yes on one field. Then, when I query I can received the stored field and no source is returned (as expected). But when I explicitly get the document, the source is returned. I would expect that it says, field exists but that id does not return the source. I created a gist with an example: > ---
**Author:** ![Benjamin\_Deveze](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/benjamin_deveze/32/1577_2.png) [@Benjamin\_Deveze](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Benjamin_Deveze)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 9:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/get-returns-source-even-though-source-is-disabled/5486/2 "2011-09-30T09:55:59Z")
I guess it is because this call: curl -XGET '[http://localhost:9200/test/test/1?pretty=true](http://localhost:9200/test/test/1?pretty=true) fetch the document from the transaction log and so it gets the \_source there. But if you flush using curl -XPOST '[http://localhost:9200/test/\_flush](http://localhost:9200/test/_flush)' Then you have the behavior you expect. ---
**Author:** ![Nicolas\_Ruflin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/nicolas_ruflin/32/3116_2.png) [@Nicolas\_Ruflin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Nicolas_Ruflin)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 1:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/get-returns-source-even-though-source-is-disabled/5486/3 "2011-09-30T13:42:22Z")
## Thx, this solved the problem. And probably also explains an other problem I sometimes have. @ruflin [useKit.com](http://useKit.com) > **[Xodoa](https://www.xodoa.com/)** > **[Blog by Nicolas Ruflin](https://www.ruflin.com/)** > > Blog by Nicolas Ruflin On 30.09.2011, at 11:55, Benjamin Devèze wrote: > I guess it is because this call: > curl -XGET '[http://localhost:9200/test/test/1?pretty=true](http://localhost:9200/test/test/1?pretty=true) > fetch the document from the transaction log and so it gets the \_source there. > > But if you flush using curl -XPOST '[http://localhost:9200/test/\_flush](http://localhost:9200/test/_flush)' > > Then you have the behavior you expect. ---
**Author:** ![kimchy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kimchy/32/44952_2.png) [@kimchy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kimchy)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2011, 10:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/get-returns-source-even-though-source-is-disabled/5486/4 "2011-10-02T10:50:37Z")
This happens because of how realtime gets works. Basically, realtime get works from the \_source, and when you ask for a field which is stored, it will try and parse the source and return it if its a realtime get. You can always set realtime flag set to false on the GET operation, and disable this behavior (btw). On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 4:42 PM, Nicolas Ruflin [mail@ruflin.com](mailto:mail@ruflin.com) wrote: > ## Thx, this solved the problem. And probably also explains an other problem I sometimes have. > > @ [http://twitter.com/ruflin](http://twitter.com/ruflin)ruflin [http://twitter.com/ruflin](http://twitter.com/ruflin) > [useKit.com](http://useKit.com) > [Xodoa.com](http://Xodoa.com) [http://xodoa.com/](http://xodoa.com/) > [Ruflin.com](http://Ruflin.com) [http://ruflin.com](http://ruflin.com) > > On 30.09.2011, at 11:55, Benjamin Devèze wrote: > > I guess it is because this call: > curl -XGET '[http://localhost:9200/test/test/1?pretty=true](http://localhost:9200/test/test/1?pretty=true) > fetch the document from the transaction log and so it gets the \_source > there. > > But if you flush using curl -XPOST '[http://localhost:9200/test/\_flush](http://localhost:9200/test/_flush)' > > Then you have the behavior you expect. ---
**Author:** ![Nicolas\_Ruflin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/nicolas_ruflin/32/3116_2.png) [@Nicolas\_Ruflin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Nicolas_Ruflin)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2011, 3:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/get-returns-source-even-though-source-is-disabled/5486/5 "2011-10-02T15:44:59Z")
## Thx for the explanation. In general I really like the realtime get. It was just a "testing" issue. @ruflin [useKit.com](http://useKit.com) > **[Xodoa](https://www.xodoa.com/)** > **[Blog by Nicolas Ruflin](https://www.ruflin.com/)** > > Blog by Nicolas Ruflin On 02.10.2011, at 12:50, Shay Banon wrote: > This happens because of how realtime gets works. Basically, realtime get works from the \_source, and when you ask for a field which is stored, it will try and parse the source and return it if its a realtime get. You can always set realtime flag set to false on the GET operation, and disable this behavior (btw). > > ## On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 4:42 PM, Nicolas Ruflin [mail@ruflin.com](mailto:mail@ruflin.com) wrote: Thx, this solved the problem. And probably also explains an other problem I sometimes have. > > @ruflin > [useKit.com](http://useKit.com) > [Xodoa.com](http://Xodoa.com) > [Ruflin.com](http://Ruflin.com) > > On 30.09.2011, at 11:55, Benjamin Devèze wrote: > > > I guess it is because this call: > > curl -XGET '[http://localhost:9200/test/test/1?pretty=true](http://localhost:9200/test/test/1?pretty=true) > > fetch the document from the transaction log and so it gets the \_source there. > > > > But if you flush using curl -XPOST '[http://localhost:9200/test/\_flush](http://localhost:9200/test/_flush)' > > > > Then you have the behavior you expect. ---
**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, 3:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/get-returns-source-even-though-source-is-disabled/5486/6 "2017-07-06T03:53:04Z")