# Is there any way i can see the requests made to elasticsearch?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-any-way-i-can-see-the-requests-made-to-elasticsearch/114712>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [January 9, 2018, 2:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-any-way-i-can-see-the-requests-made-to-elasticsearch/114712 "2018-01-09T14:13:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![arisbanach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f07891/32.png) [@arisbanach](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/arisbanach)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2018, 2:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-any-way-i-can-see-the-requests-made-to-elasticsearch/114712/1 "2018-01-09T14:13:40Z")

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By default are there any records Elasticsearch keeps of what http requests were made and when?

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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:** [January 9, 2018, 2:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-any-way-i-can-see-the-requests-made-to-elasticsearch/114712/2 "2018-01-09T14:46:06Z")

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No. You can activate slowlog if you wish but that's all.  
You might also use packetbeat to do that.

HTH

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**Author:** ![val](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/val/32/138203_2.png) [@val](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/val)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2018, 2:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-any-way-i-can-see-the-requests-made-to-elasticsearch/114712/3 "2018-01-09T14:54:02Z")

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Also note that there's an [open issue being discussed](https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/9172) about this.

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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:** [February 6, 2018, 2:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-any-way-i-can-see-the-requests-made-to-elasticsearch/114712/4 "2018-02-06T14:54:13Z")

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