# Get specific flieds

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/get-specific-flieds/119984>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [February 15, 2018, 12:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/get-specific-flieds/119984 "2018-02-15T12:51:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![devil\_srj7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8edcca/32.png) [@devil\_srj7](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/devil_srj7)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2018, 12:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/get-specific-flieds/119984/1 "2018-02-15T12:51:11Z")

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I need to get specific fields rather than getting all the values in hits.

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**Author:** ![Mojster](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mojster/32/21209_2.png) [@Mojster](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Mojster)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2018, 12:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/get-specific-flieds/119984/2 "2018-02-15T12:54:25Z")

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Use `_source` query parameter to specify which fields should be returned:  
[https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/search-request-source-filtering.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/search-request-source-filtering.html)

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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:** [March 15, 2018, 1:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/get-specific-flieds/119984/3 "2018-03-15T13:09:15Z")

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