# How to handle the source field inside of a URI search **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [February 3, 2017, 8:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-handle-the-source-field-inside-of-a-uri-search/73906 "2017-02-03T20:25:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jclose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df705f/32.png) [@jclose](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jclose)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2017, 8:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-handle-the-source-field-inside-of-a-uri-search/73906/1 "2017-02-03T20:25:51Z")
For the life of me, I cannot figure out the proper syntax to pull out only the necessary fields when using a URI search. For example, if I want to pull out the @timestamp and sensor\_temp values out of a URI search, I want to do something like: `curl -XGET localhost:9200/my_index/_search?_source_include=@timestamp%2Csensor_temp%2Bsite1:USA%20%2Bcity:NYC` But this does not seem to be working correctly. The documentation for this option is not very thoroughly explained (at least not with examples), so any help would be appreciated. ---
**Author:** ![polyfractal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/polyfractal/32/48162_2.png) [@polyfractal](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/polyfractal)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2017, 8:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-handle-the-source-field-inside-of-a-uri-search/73906/2 "2017-02-03T20:35:42Z")
I think it's a URL encoding issue actually. Try using `%40` instead of `@` ? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2017, 8:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-handle-the-source-field-inside-of-a-uri-search/73906/3 "2017-03-03T20:36:15Z")
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