# Is there any way to implement document level security in app search?
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-any-way-to-implement-document-level-security-in-app-search/201154
**Category:** Elastic Search
**Tags:** elastic-app-search
**Created:** [September 26, 2019, 6:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-any-way-to-implement-document-level-security-in-app-search/201154 "2019-09-26T06:37:26Z")
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### Author:  [@ranjeet.tiwari](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ranjeet.tiwari)
#### Post date: [September 26, 2019, 6:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-any-way-to-implement-document-level-security-in-app-search/201154/1 "2019-09-26T06:37:27Z")
Hi Team,
We need to implement security trimming on search result. Presently we are using App search and Search UI to show result.
Can we implement document level security in app search ?
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### Author:  [@orhantoy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/orhantoy)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2019, 12:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-any-way-to-implement-document-level-security-in-app-search/201154/2 "2019-09-27T12:33:17Z")
Hey @ranjeet.tiwari. I'm not entirely sure about your use case but I think you can achieve this with a filterable field 'wrapped' in a [Signed Search key](https://swiftype.com/documentation/app-search/authentication#signed).
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### Author:  [@ranjeet.tiwari](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ranjeet.tiwari)
#### Post date: [September 29, 2019, 5:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-any-way-to-implement-document-level-security-in-app-search/201154/3 "2019-09-29T05:27:09Z")
Hi @orhantoy,
Thanks for quick reply.
Document level security restricts the documents that users have read access
In elasticsearch, it is feasible.
[https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elastic-stack-overview/current/document-level-security.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elastic-stack-overview/current/document-level-security.html)
Can we achieve same in app search?
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### Author:  [@JasonStoltz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/JasonStoltz)
#### Post date: [September 30, 2019, 11:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-any-way-to-implement-document-level-security-in-app-search/201154/4 "2019-09-30T11:59:01Z")
@ranjeet.tiwari
Document level security in App Search can be implemented with Signed Search Keys, as Orhan mentioned.
After authenticating a user, you would generate a Signed Search Key for them, encoded with a filter on whatever field you wish to restrict documents by.
It's a different approach than Elasticsearch.
Does that makes sense?
Jason
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 28, 2019, 11:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-any-way-to-implement-document-level-security-in-app-search/201154/5 "2019-10-28T11:59:40Z")
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