# Getting NULL\_POINTER\_EXCEPTION with URI Search **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [January 18, 2017, 11:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-null-pointer-exception-with-uri-search/71993 "2017-01-18T11:54:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ori.rubinfeld](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7c8e57/32.png) [@ori.rubinfeld](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ori.rubinfeld)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2017, 11:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-null-pointer-exception-with-uri-search/71993/1 "2017-01-18T11:54:57Z")
Hi, We have Elasticsearch release 2.4.1 While running a URI Search, the results are: curl -u uname:password -XGET 'localhost:9200/myindex/mytype/\_search?q=myfield:123456&pretty' { "error" : { "root\_cause" : [ { "type" : "null\_pointer\_exception", "reason" : null } ], "type" : "null\_pointer\_exception", "reason" : null }, "status" : 500 } Need help to understand the reason. All fields are not in \_all, and not analyzed. Thanks, Ori ---
**Author:** ![mainec](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mainec/32/5557_2.png) [@mainec](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mainec)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2017, 12:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-null-pointer-exception-with-uri-search/71993/2 "2017-01-18T12:07:01Z")
Can you check if there's more information in your logs? Isabel ---
**Author:** ![ori.rubinfeld](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7c8e57/32.png) [@ori.rubinfeld](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ori.rubinfeld)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2017, 12:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-null-pointer-exception-with-uri-search/71993/3 "2017-01-18T12:22:47Z")
[2017-01-18 13:34:59,030][WARN][rest.suppressed] path: /myindex/mytype/\_search, params: {q=myfield:123456, index=myindex, type=mytype} java.lang.NullPointerException at org.elasticsearch.common.compress.lzf.LZFCompressor.isCompressed(LZFCompressor.java:54) at org.elasticsearch.common.compress.CompressorFactory.compressor(CompressorFactory.java:74) at org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentHelper.convertToMap(XContentHelper.java:67) at org.elasticsearch.search.lookup.SourceLookup.sourceAsMapAndType(SourceLookup.java:88) at org.elasticsearch.search.lookup.SourceLookup.sourceAsMap(SourceLookup.java:92) at com.graphaware.es.gas.wrap.GraphAidedSearchActionListenerWrapper.wrap(GraphAidedSearchActionListenerWrapper.java:100) at com.graphaware.es.gas.GraphAidedSearchFilter.apply(GraphAidedSearchFilter.java:66) at org.elasticsearch.action.support.TransportAction$RequestFilterChain.proceed(TransportAction.java:170) at org.elasticsearch.action.support.ActionFilter$Simple.apply(ActionFilter.java:65) at org.elasticsearch.action.support.TransportAction$RequestFilterChain.proceed(TransportAction.java:170) at org.elasticsearch.action.support.TransportAction.execute(TransportAction.java:144) at org.elasticsearch.action.support.TransportAction.execute(TransportAction.java:85) at org.elasticsearch.client.node.NodeClient.doExecute(NodeClient.java:58) at org.elasticsearch.client.support.AbstractClient.execute(AbstractClient.java:359) at org.elasticsearch.client.FilterClient.doExecute(FilterClient.java:52) at org.elasticsearch.rest.BaseRestHandler$HeadersAndContextCopyClient.doExecute(BaseRestHandler.java:88) at org.elasticsearch.client.support.AbstractClient.execute(AbstractClient.java:359) at org.elasticsearch.client.support.AbstractClient.search(AbstractClient.java:582) at org.elasticsearch.rest.action.search.RestSearchAction.handleRequest(RestSearchAction.java:85) at org.elasticsearch.rest.BaseRestHandler.handleRequest(BaseRestHandler.java:54) at org.elasticsearch.rest.RestController.executeHandler(RestController.java:198) at org.elasticsearch.rest.RestController$RestHandlerFilter.process(RestController.java:280) at org.elasticsearch.rest.RestController$ControllerFilterChain.continueProcessing(RestController.java:261) at org.elasticsearch.plugin.readonlyrest.ReadonlyRestAction$1.process(ReadonlyRestAction.java:39) at org.elasticsearch.rest.RestController$ControllerFilterChain.continueProcessing(RestController.java:264) at org.elasticsearch.rest.RestController.dispatchRequest(RestController.java:161) at org.elasticsearch.http.HttpServer.internalDispatchRequest(HttpServer.java:153) at org.elasticsearch.http.HttpServer$Dispatcher.dispatchRequest(HttpServer.java:101) at org.elasticsearch.http.netty.NettyHttpServerTransport.dispatchRequest(NettyHttpServerTransport.java:451) at org.elasticsearch.http.netty.HttpRequestHandler.messageReceived(HttpRequestHandler.java:61) at org.jboss.netty.channel.SimpleChannelUpstreamHandler.handleUpstream(SimpleChannelUpstreamHandler.java:70) at org.jboss.netty.channel.DefaultChannelPipeline.sendUpstream(DefaultChannelPipeline.java:564) at org.jboss.netty.channel.DefaultChannelPipeline$DefaultChannelHandlerContext.sendUpstream(DefaultChannelPipeline.java:791) at org.elasticsearch.http.netty.pipelining.HttpPipeliningHandler.messageReceived(HttpPipeliningHandler.java:60) at org.jboss.netty.channel.SimpleChannelHandler.handleUpstream(SimpleChannelHandler.java:88) at org.jboss.netty.channel.DefaultChannelPipeline.sendUpstream(DefaultChannelPipeline.java:564) at org.jboss.netty.channel.DefaultChannelPipeline$DefaultChannelHandlerContext.sendUpstream(DefaultChannelPipeline.java:791) at org.jboss.netty.handler.codec.http.HttpChunkAggregator.messageReceived(HttpChunkAggregator.java:145) at org.jboss.netty.channel.SimpleChannelUpstreamHandler.handleUpstream(SimpleChannelUpstreamHandler.java:70) at org.jboss.netty.channel.DefaultChannelPipeline.sendUpstream(DefaultChannelPipeline.java:564) ``` at org.jboss.netty.channel.Channels.fireMessageReceived(Channels.java:268) at org.jboss.netty.channel.Channels.fireMessageReceived(Channels.java:255) at org.jboss.netty.channel.socket.nio.NioWorker.read(NioWorker.java:88) at org.jboss.netty.channel.socket.nio.AbstractNioWorker.process(AbstractNioWorker.java:108) at org.jboss.netty.channel.socket.nio.AbstractNioSelector.run(AbstractNioSelector.java:337) at org.jboss.netty.channel.socket.nio.AbstractNioWorker.run(AbstractNioWorker.java:89) at org.jboss.netty.channel.socket.nio.NioWorker.run(NioWorker.java:178) at org.jboss.netty.util.ThreadRenamingRunnable.run(ThreadRenamingRunnable.java:108) at org.jboss.netty.util.internal.DeadLockProofWorker$1.run(DeadLockProofWorker.java:42) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745) ``` ---
**Author:** ![ori.rubinfeld](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7c8e57/32.png) [@ori.rubinfeld](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ori.rubinfeld)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2017, 12:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-null-pointer-exception-with-uri-search/71993/4 "2017-01-18T12:23:00Z")
Had to cut it in the middle..... ---
**Author:** ![jprante](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jprante/32/44941_2.png) [@jprante](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jprante)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2017, 12:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-null-pointer-exception-with-uri-search/71993/5 "2017-01-18T12:55:04Z")
You need jackson-dataformat-smile on your classpath. Does it exist? ---
**Author:** ![ori.rubinfeld](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7c8e57/32.png) [@ori.rubinfeld](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ori.rubinfeld)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2017, 12:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-null-pointer-exception-with-uri-search/71993/6 "2017-01-18T12:55:55Z")
What is it ? ---
**Author:** ![jprante](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jprante/32/44941_2.png) [@jprante](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jprante)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2017, 1:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-null-pointer-exception-with-uri-search/71993/7 "2017-01-18T13:07:47Z")
[http://search.maven.org/#search|ga|1|a%3A"jackson-dataformat-smile"](http://search.maven.org/#search%7Cga%7C1%7Ca%3A%22jackson-dataformat-smile%22) ---
**Author:** ![ori.rubinfeld](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7c8e57/32.png) [@ori.rubinfeld](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ori.rubinfeld)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2017, 1:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-null-pointer-exception-with-uri-search/71993/8 "2017-01-18T13:14:52Z")
Which version should I need for Elastic 2.4.1 ? How Do I install it ? Ori ---
**Author:** ![mainec](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mainec/32/5557_2.png) [@mainec](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mainec)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2017, 1:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-null-pointer-exception-with-uri-search/71993/9 "2017-01-18T13:19:21Z")
> [@ori.rubinfeld](#): > > Elasticsearch release 2.4.1 How did you install that? ---
**Author:** ![jprante](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jprante/32/44941_2.png) [@jprante](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jprante)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2017, 1:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-null-pointer-exception-with-uri-search/71993/10 "2017-01-18T13:23:38Z")
My question was, is it on the class path? It's distributed by default in ES 2.4.1 tar.gz but maybe somebody removed it? ---
**Author:** ![ori.rubinfeld](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7c8e57/32.png) [@ori.rubinfeld](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ori.rubinfeld)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2017, 1:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-null-pointer-exception-with-uri-search/71993/11 "2017-01-18T13:27:05Z")
Found it under the LIB subfolder. How can I check the classpath ? Where am I suppose to add it ? Ori ---
**Author:** ![ori.rubinfeld](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7c8e57/32.png) [@ori.rubinfeld](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ori.rubinfeld)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2017, 2:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-null-pointer-exception-with-uri-search/71993/12 "2017-01-18T14:08:59Z")
Can it be related to: http.cors.allow-origin ? Ori ---
**Author:** ![jprante](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jprante/32/44941_2.png) [@jprante](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jprante)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2017, 2:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-null-pointer-exception-with-uri-search/71993/13 "2017-01-18T14:12:05Z")
If it's in the lib subfolder, it's on the class path. Then it's another issue. ---
**Author:** ![jprante](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jprante/32/44941_2.png) [@jprante](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jprante)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2017, 2:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-null-pointer-exception-with-uri-search/71993/14 "2017-01-18T14:15:00Z")
It's probably because `_source` is disabled, there is a `NullPointerException` issue related to this [https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/17666](https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/17666) ---
**Author:** ![ori.rubinfeld](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7c8e57/32.png) [@ori.rubinfeld](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ori.rubinfeld)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2017, 2:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-null-pointer-exception-with-uri-search/71993/15 "2017-01-18T14:34:21Z")
the \_source is not disabled. the \_all is disabled. I did not included fields in the \_all How can I know what is the classpath being used ? Ori ---
**Author:** ![jprante](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jprante/32/44941_2.png) [@jprante](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jprante)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2017, 2:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-null-pointer-exception-with-uri-search/71993/16 "2017-01-18T14:39:26Z")
Forget about the classpath, every jar in lib is included. The strange thing is, that Elasticsearch throws the NPE you reported when it tries to open a field in the `_source`. Because it is null, it must be disabled or otherwise be corrupted. ---
**Author:** ![ori.rubinfeld](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7c8e57/32.png) [@ori.rubinfeld](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ori.rubinfeld)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2017, 3:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-null-pointer-exception-with-uri-search/71993/17 "2017-01-18T15:01:37Z")
I tested it with other indexes and the results are the same. NULL\_POINTER\_EXCEPTION, no matter which index I access. I tried both analyzed and non analyzed fields. Ori ---
**Author:** ![jprante](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jprante/32/44941_2.png) [@jprante](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jprante)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2017, 3:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-null-pointer-exception-with-uri-search/71993/18 "2017-01-18T15:17:32Z")
The query and index access works flawlessly. It's the document source that is accessed by your plugin `com.graphaware.es.gas.GraphAidedSearchFilter` that fails to work. ---
**Author:** ![ori.rubinfeld](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7c8e57/32.png) [@ori.rubinfeld](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ori.rubinfeld)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2017, 3:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-null-pointer-exception-with-uri-search/71993/19 "2017-01-18T15:34:13Z")
I checked with an environment on which the plugin is not installed. The Versions of ES are the same. The Search working fine. We will have to consider if to remove it. Thanks!!!! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2017, 3:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-null-pointer-exception-with-uri-search/71993/20 "2017-02-15T15:34:19Z")
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