# How to get the inner hits of a nested query ? (JAVA API version 5.5)
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-get-the-inner-hits-of-a-nested-query-java-api-version-5-5/100146
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [September 12, 2017, 1:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-get-the-inner-hits-of-a-nested-query-java-api-version-5-5/100146 "2017-09-12T01:32:41Z")
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### Author:  [@Pritom\_Ahmed](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Pritom_Ahmed)
#### Post date: [September 12, 2017, 1:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-get-the-inner-hits-of-a-nested-query-java-api-version-5-5/100146/1 "2017-09-12T01:32:41Z")
Hi,
I was wondering How to get the inner hits of a nested query?
```
SearchResponse response = client.prepareSearch("trace-index2")
.setTypes("trace-log2")
.setSearchType(SearchType.DFS_QUERY_THEN_FETCH)
.setQuery(QueryBuilders.nestedQuery("spans",
QueryBuilders.boolQuery().must(QueryBuilders.termQuery("Name", "FindIDs")), ScoreMode.None))
.setFrom(0).setSize(10).setExplain(true)
.get();
```
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### Author:  [@spinscale](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/spinscale)
#### Post date: [September 12, 2017, 7:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-get-the-inner-hits-of-a-nested-query-java-api-version-5-5/100146/2 "2017-09-12T07:09:56Z")
check the `NestedQueryBuilder` returned by `QueryBuilders.nestedQuery` in order to configure inner hits.
--Alex
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### Author:  [@Pritom\_Ahmed](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Pritom_Ahmed)
#### Post date: [September 12, 2017, 6:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-get-the-inner-hits-of-a-nested-query-java-api-version-5-5/100146/3 "2017-09-12T18:38:38Z")
thanks @spinscale for the reply. I implemented as you suggested. the code is as follows.
```
.setQuery(QueryBuilders.nestedQuery("spans",
QueryBuilders.boolQuery().must(QueryBuilders.termQuery("spans.operationName", "FindDriverIDs")), ScoreMode.None)
.innerHit(new InnerHitBuilder("spansInnerHit")
.addDocValueField("spans.duration")
.setSize(10)))
.addDocValueField("duration")
.setFrom(0).setSize(10).setExplain(true)
.get();
for (SearchHit hit : response.getHits().getHits()) {
if (hit.getInnerHits() != null) {
for (String innerHitKey : hit.getInnerHits().keySet()) {
System.out.println(innerHitKey);
for (SearchHit innerHit : hit.getInnerHits().get(innerHitKey).getHits()) {
for (String key : innerHit.getFields().keySet()) {
SearchHitField innerObj = innerHit.getFields().get(key);
System.out.println(innerObj.getName() + " " + innerObj.getValue());
}
}
}
}
}
}
```
But I do not get results. i know for a fact that there is a match with the query. I tested with the GET API.
```
curl -XGET 'localhost:9200/index/_search?pretty' -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d'
{
"query": {
"nested": {
"path": "spans",
"query": {
"bool": {
"must": [
{ "match": { "spans.operationName": "FindDriverIDs" }}
]
}
},
"inner_hits": {
"highlight": {
"fields": {
"spans.operationName": {}
}
}
}
}
}
}
'
```
Am I missing anything obvious ?
Thanks
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 10, 2017, 6:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-get-the-inner-hits-of-a-nested-query-java-api-version-5-5/100146/4 "2017-10-10T18:38:49Z")
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