# Highlight field is empty **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [February 12, 2021, 8:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/highlight-field-is-empty/264177 "2021-02-12T20:01:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jrartiga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@jrartiga](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jrartiga)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2021, 8:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/highlight-field-is-empty/264177/1 "2021-02-12T20:01:00Z")
Hi all, I'm using the [https://search-api.swiftype.com/api/v1/engines](https://search-api.swiftype.com/api/v1/engines) API and I'm concern about why for some results the highlight field comes empty, that field always should return values right? I was reading the documentation : [Highlight Fields | Swiftype Documentation](https://swiftype.com/documentation/site-search/searching/highlight-fields) Any thoughts about it? ---
**Author:** ![Mark\_Harwood](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mark_harwood/32/10538_2.png) [@Mark\_Harwood](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Mark_Harwood)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2021, 11:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/highlight-field-is-empty/264177/2 "2021-02-15T11:42:03Z")
Probably best to ask in the [App search forum](https://discuss.elastic.co/c/enterprise-search/app-search/72) I expect it's down to a doc result based on a fuzzy match and not handling highlighting well. ---
**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, 2021, 11:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/highlight-field-is-empty/264177/3 "2021-03-15T11:42:36Z")
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