# How to query a field type of string exactly in URI search? **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [November 5, 2017, 8:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-query-a-field-type-of-string-exactly-in-uri-search/106407 "2017-11-05T08:22:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![WuChuan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/57b2e6/32.png) [@WuChuan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/WuChuan)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2017, 8:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-query-a-field-type-of-string-exactly-in-uri-search/106407/1 "2017-11-05T08:22:09Z")
Hi, Here I need to query logs from an external ELK system which **only supports HTTP GET request** for security. So I guess I can only use the URI-api to do that. There are many logs but I need only two types in "`/var/ftds/trace/`" and "`/var/log/stat/`". I tried to query them by "`q=path:/var/ftds/trace/`" or "`q=path:/\/var\/ftds\/trace/*/`" but failed(no result or not the exact documents). any suggestions? Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2017, 8:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-query-a-field-type-of-string-exactly-in-uri-search/106407/2 "2017-11-05T08:36:04Z")
You can do GET with a body according to the RFC and elasticsearch ---
**Author:** ![WuChuan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/57b2e6/32.png) [@WuChuan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/WuChuan)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2017, 9:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-query-a-field-type-of-string-exactly-in-uri-search/106407/4 "2017-11-05T09:13:43Z")
OK, I'll try later, but I am a bit worried if this can effect because the target ELK system is not the original elasticsearch. if it does not support, any way else in URI-search? thanks. > [@dadoonet](#): > > You can do GET with a body according to the RFC and elasticsearch ---
**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2017, 9:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-query-a-field-type-of-string-exactly-in-uri-search/106407/5 "2017-11-05T09:28:52Z")
What is « the target ELK » means? BTW we say elastic stack and not ELK anymore. ---
**Author:** ![WuChuan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/57b2e6/32.png) [@WuChuan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/WuChuan)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2017, 10:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-query-a-field-type-of-string-exactly-in-uri-search/106407/6 "2017-11-05T10:25:27Z")
“the target elastic stack” is a further developed system based on the open source ES which I query from. ---
**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2017, 11:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-query-a-field-type-of-string-exactly-in-uri-search/106407/7 "2017-11-05T11:24:13Z")
> a further developed system Which is? I mean is that something internal you have in your company and a known product? ---
**Author:** ![WuChuan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/57b2e6/32.png) [@WuChuan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/WuChuan)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2017, 11:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-query-a-field-type-of-string-exactly-in-uri-search/106407/8 "2017-11-05T11:33:44Z")
> [@dadoonet](#): > > Which is? > > I mean is that something internal you have in your company and a known product? not our company's, we just call it ELK. ---
**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2017, 12:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-query-a-field-type-of-string-exactly-in-uri-search/106407/9 "2017-11-05T12:30:58Z")
I don’t understand sorry. What is the system you’re talking about? Is it Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana ? Or something else? ---
**Author:** ![WuChuan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/57b2e6/32.png) [@WuChuan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/WuChuan)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2017, 1:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-query-a-field-type-of-string-exactly-in-uri-search/106407/10 "2017-11-07T13:33:34Z")
> [@dadoonet](#): > > I don’t understand sorry. > > What is the system you’re talking about? > > Is it Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana ? Or something else? Yes, it is Elasticsearch, Logstash and Kibana. And `GET with a body` works. thank you! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2017, 1:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-query-a-field-type-of-string-exactly-in-uri-search/106407/11 "2017-12-05T13:33:55Z")
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