# How to send Ajax query with JQuery (Search API - Request Body) to Elasticsearch server

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-send-ajax-query-with-jquery-search-api-request-body-to-elasticsearch-server/4248>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [April 18, 2011, 4:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-send-ajax-query-with-jquery-search-api-request-body-to-elasticsearch-server/4248 "2011-04-18T16:24:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![miha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac8455/32.png) [@miha](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/miha)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2011, 4:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-send-ajax-query-with-jquery-search-api-request-body-to-elasticsearch-server/4248/1 "2011-04-18T16:24:58Z")

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Hello,

I want to perform an Ajax request to elasticsearch server in both forms: through  
search api - URI request and Request Body.

For the first case the request looks like this:

... 

The above request works, but i would like to know how can I send request by  
using the search API - request body. Can anyone give me a complete sample, for  
dummies?

I have tried something like this, but it doesn't work:

Thank you in advance!

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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 6, 2017, 4:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-send-ajax-query-with-jquery-search-api-request-body-to-elasticsearch-server/4248/2 "2017-07-06T04:08:11Z")

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