# Include AND OR operators in search text **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [December 21, 2015, 5:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/include-and-or-operators-in-search-text/37708 "2015-12-21T17:27:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![davteje](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/davteje/32/25495_2.png) [@davteje](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/davteje)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2015, 5:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/include-and-or-operators-in-search-text/37708/1 "2015-12-21T17:27:18Z")
I wonder if it is possible to **include operators in the search text** , so client can make a boolean query manually. An example would be: **"(first OR second) AND (third OR fourth)"** The following example works with query\_string: **"this OR another"** , retrieving the documents which contain one of the two words. But I don't find the way to run the first example, being able to group the words. Is there a way to run a query with this text? ---
**Author:** ![softwaredoug](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/softwaredoug/32/22681_2.png) [@softwaredoug](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/softwaredoug)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2015, 6:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/include-and-or-operators-in-search-text/37708/2 "2015-12-21T18:28:36Z")
Have you looked at the [query\_string](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/query-dsl-query-string-query.html) query? It does exactly that. ---
**Author:** ![davteje](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/davteje/32/25495_2.png) [@davteje](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/davteje)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2015, 7:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/include-and-or-operators-in-search-text/37708/3 "2015-12-21T19:31:35Z")
Ah!! I tried and it didn't work but now I realise it was because we where parsing some special characters because of a problem searching with wildcard ( [Search problem with query\_string and special characters](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/search-problem-with-query-string-and-special-characters/36366) ) I should have tested better.. Thank you so much!! ---
**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, 11:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/include-and-or-operators-in-search-text/37708/4 "2017-07-05T23:29:28Z")