# How to write Filter in JAVA Api?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-write-filter-in-java-api/41470>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [February 11, 2016, 10:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-write-filter-in-java-api/41470 "2016-02-11T10:36:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Rajnikant](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rajnikant/32/6490_2.png) [@Rajnikant](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Rajnikant)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2016, 10:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-write-filter-in-java-api/41470/1 "2016-02-11T10:36:41Z")

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Here My Code is  
POST vehicletracking/\_search  
{  
"filter": {  
"range": {  
"localtimestamp": {  
"gte": "2016-02-01",  
"lte": "2016-02-05"  
}  
}  
}  
}

How to write this code in Java Api?

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**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:** [February 11, 2016, 12:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-write-filter-in-java-api/41470/2 "2016-02-11T12:24:38Z")

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Read here: [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/client/java-api/2.2/java-term-level-queries.html#java-query-dsl-range-query](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/client/java-api/2.2/java-term-level-queries.html#java-query-dsl-range-query)

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**Author:** ![Rajnikant](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rajnikant/32/6490_2.png) [@Rajnikant](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Rajnikant)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2016, 1:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-write-filter-in-java-api/41470/3 "2016-02-11T13:13:52Z")

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When I use  
QueryBuilder qb2 = QueryBuilders.rangeQuery("localtimestamp")  
.gte("2016/02/02")  
.lte("2016/02/05");

then i get this type of error.  
"Failed to execute phase [query], all shards failed; shardFailures".

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**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:** [February 11, 2016, 3:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-write-filter-in-java-api/41470/4 "2016-02-11T15:23:13Z")

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Can't tell without details:

Full trace  
Actual Mapping

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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 5, 2017, 11:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-write-filter-in-java-api/41470/5 "2017-07-05T23:17:09Z")

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