Issue with getting data back when using Docker

Elastic Stack Elasticsearch
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Hello,

I have come across a problem where I am not getting any data back when I try to _search an index. I previously followed along with this tutorial. Everything went fine when following along and using the online "Docker Playground" that is mentioned. However, I am currently trying to do something similar on my own machine which is giving me some trouble.

I am using the docker-compose file found on the Install Elasticsearch with Docker page to create my cluster. I get success responses when creating indexes and when putting documents into those indexes. Whenever I try to query the index I get an empty result set back.

PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Invoke-RestMethod -Method Put `
>> -Uri "http://localhost:9200/customer/_doc/3?pretty" `
>> -ContentType "application/json" -Body @"
>>   { "name" : "John Doe" }
>> "@


_index        : customer
_type         : _doc
_id           : 3
_version      : 1
result        : created
_shards       : @{total=2; successful=2; failed=0}
_seq_no       : 1
_primary_term : 3

However, when I try to retrieve the documents in the index I get:

PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Invoke-RestMethod http://localhost:9200/customer/_search?pretty

took timed_out _shards                                       hits
---- --------- -------                                       ----
  45     False @{total=1; successful=1; skipped=0; failed=0} @{total=; max_score=1.0; hits=System.Object[]}

I'm at a bit of a loss because I am getting successful responses from the creation of the documents, but they are not being returned when I try to query them.

Thank you for any help in advance!

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UPDATE

I have solved the issue and I believe that the problem was my inexperience using PowerShell. However, once I went back and used the docker-compose file with the Kibana and head plug in from the first tutorial I linked I was able to see that the "total" property of the "hits" was showing the correct number. I'm not sure if this was just another thing I was messing up with PS or if it has something to do with the docker file that was being used, but the issue is solved now none the less.