# How to control what fields returned in response
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-control-what-fields-returned-in-response/57426
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [August 7, 2016, 3:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-control-what-fields-returned-in-response/57426 "2016-08-07T15:38:52Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@cassiopeia](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/cassiopeia)
#### Post date: [August 7, 2016, 3:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-control-what-fields-returned-in-response/57426/1 "2016-08-07T15:38:52Z")
Hi,
my response from a search API looks like this
```
{
"took":88,
"timed_out":false,
"_shards":{
"total":3,
"successful":3,
"failed":0
},
"hits":{
"total":2,
"max_score":1.0,
"hits":[
{
"_index":"myindex",
"_type":"mytype",
"_id":"first",
"_score":1.0,
"fields":{
"name":["John Smith"]
}
},
{
"_index":"myindex",
"_type":"mytype",
"_id":"second",
"_score":1.0,
"fields":{
"name":["John Doe"]
}
}
]
}
}
```
I want the response not to include \_index, \_type, \_score in each hits element.
how do I do this?
Thanks
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### Author:  [@taras](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/taras)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2016, 2:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-control-what-fields-returned-in-response/57426/2 "2016-08-08T14:34:04Z")
There are a few basic fields which are always returned with a search hit. That includes \_\_index, \_type, _id_. If you wish to turn off score, you can specify query argument: [track\_scores=false](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/search-uri-request.html#_parameters_4)
If you're looking for a very _lean_ interface to use externally, you'd want to write a simple proxy client. In fact it would be advisable to write a proxy client for any external communication period in order to control serialization, business logic, and security.
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### Author:  [@cassiopeia](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/cassiopeia)
#### Post date: [August 9, 2016, 2:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-control-what-fields-returned-in-response/57426/3 "2016-08-09T14:52:28Z")
so, there's just no way to get rid of \_index and \_type?
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### Author:  [@val](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/val)
#### Post date: [August 9, 2016, 2:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-control-what-fields-returned-in-response/57426/4 "2016-08-09T14:56:55Z")
You can use [response filtering](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/common-options.html#_response_filtering) and specify the `filter_path` parameter in your query:
Using
```
GET _search?filter_path=hits.hits.fields
```
You'll only get this in your response
```
{
"hits":{
"hits":[
{
"fields":{
"name":["John Smith"]
}
},
{
"fields":{
"name":["John Doe"]
}
}
]
}
}
```
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### Author:  [@cassiopeia](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/cassiopeia)
#### Post date: [August 10, 2016, 9:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-control-what-fields-returned-in-response/57426/5 "2016-08-10T09:08:21Z")
Hi Val,
the code doesnt work. it'll still return \_index and \_type and \_score in every hits
I;ve uploaded in [https://github.com/aws-es-user/aws-es](https://github.com/aws-es-user/aws-es)
Main method is in ElasticSearchService. You'll need an AWS account to test
Thanks
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### Author:  [@val](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/val)
#### Post date: [August 10, 2016, 9:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-control-what-fields-returned-in-response/57426/6 "2016-08-10T09:10:22Z")
You're using `filterPath` instead of `filter_path`.
See here: [https://github.com/aws-es-user/aws-es/blob/master/src/main/java/com/awses/main/ElasticSearchService.java#L22](https://github.com/aws-es-user/aws-es/blob/master/src/main/java/com/awses/main/ElasticSearchService.java#L22)
Please fix and try again.
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### Author:  [@cassiopeia](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/cassiopeia)
#### Post date: [August 10, 2016, 9:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-control-what-fields-returned-in-response/57426/7 "2016-08-10T09:12:39Z")
dear God, that's so embarassing. Thank you so much for the help.
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### Author:  [@val](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/val)
#### Post date: [August 10, 2016, 9:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-control-what-fields-returned-in-response/57426/8 "2016-08-10T09:13:33Z")
No problem, my pleasure!
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2017, 10:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-control-what-fields-returned-in-response/57426/9 "2017-07-05T22:28:50Z")