# Java-API: search template: passing an array as parameter

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/java-api-search-template-passing-an-array-as-parameter/21031>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [December 2, 2014, 12:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/java-api-search-template-passing-an-array-as-parameter/21031 "2014-12-02T12:20:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![janne\_olesen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@janne\_olesen](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/janne_olesen)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2014, 12:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/java-api-search-template-passing-an-array-as-parameter/21031/1 "2014-12-02T12:20:52Z")

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Hi,

I'm trying to use the java-api to pass an array of parameters to a search  
template. Since the SearchRequestBuilder.setTemplateParams only allows am Map\<String,  
String\> as parameter I'm stuck. Any ideas are wellcomed. I'm using  
Elasticsearch 1.4.0

Search Template created via sense:  
GET /\_search/template/test  
{  
"template": {  
"query": {  
"terms": {  
"searchterm": [  
"{{#searchterm}}",  
"{{.}}",  
"{{/searchterm}}"  
]  
}  
}  
}  
}

Calling the search template via REST works fine:  
GET /myindex/\_search/template  
{  
"template": {  
"id" : "test"  
},  
"params" : {  
"searchterm" : [  
"term1",  
"term2"  
]  
}  
}

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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:** [December 2, 2014, 1:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/java-api-search-template-passing-an-array-as-parameter/21031/2 "2014-12-02T13:08:10Z")

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This has been fixed in elasticsearch 1.5 (branch 1.x): [Make template params take arrays by reuben-sutton · Pull Request #8255 · elastic/elasticsearch · GitHub](https://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/pull/8255) [https://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/pull/8255](https://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/pull/8255)

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> Le 2 déc. 2014 à 13:20, [janne.olesen@oberbaum-concept.com](mailto:janne.olesen@oberbaum-concept.com) a écrit :
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I'm trying to use the java-api to pass an array of parameters to a search template. Since the SearchRequestBuilder.setTemplateParams only allows am Map\<String, String\> as parameter I'm stuck. Any ideas are wellcomed. I'm using Elasticsearch 1.4.0
> 
> Search Template created via sense:  
> GET /\_search/template/test  
> {  
> "template": {  
> "query": {  
> "terms": {  
> "searchterm": [  
> "{{#searchterm}}",  
> "{{.}}",  
> "{{/searchterm}}"  
> ]  
> }  
> }  
> }  
> }
> 
> Calling the search template via REST works fine:  
> GET /myindex/\_search/template  
> {  
> "template": {  
> "id" : "test"  
> },  
> "params" : {  
> "searchterm" : [  
> "term1",  
> "term2"  
> ]  
> }  
> }
> 
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**Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 12:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/java-api-search-template-passing-an-array-as-parameter/21031/3 "2017-07-06T00:46:36Z")

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