# How can I use client side (browser) javascript to call elasticsearch?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-use-client-side-browser-javascript-to-call-elasticsearch/50277>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [May 18, 2016, 1:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-use-client-side-browser-javascript-to-call-elasticsearch/50277 "2016-05-18T01:43:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![zemus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ac91a4/32.png) [@zemus](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/zemus)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2016, 1:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-use-client-side-browser-javascript-to-call-elasticsearch/50277/1 "2016-05-18T01:43:59Z")

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Hello  
I am new to programming and ES.  
I want to learn by building something -that looks- like Google search page.

A simple search page using only the browser JavaScript.  
I want to use HTTP API calls to ES to return documents containing the search term in any field.  
Can someone help me with this?

Thanks,

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2016, 12:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-use-client-side-browser-javascript-to-call-elasticsearch/50277/2 "2016-05-19T12:57:12Z")

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You can leverage the JS client for this - [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/client/javascript-api/current/index.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/client/javascript-api/current/index.html)

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**Author:** ![zemus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ac91a4/32.png) [@zemus](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/zemus)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2016, 4:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-use-client-side-browser-javascript-to-call-elasticsearch/50277/3 "2016-05-19T16:53:37Z")

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thank you very much Mark.

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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, 10:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-use-client-side-browser-javascript-to-call-elasticsearch/50277/4 "2017-07-05T22:50:21Z")

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