# Json\_parse\_exception multisearch **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [July 7, 2021, 9:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/json-parse-exception-multisearch/278116 "2021-07-07T21:43:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![draft10](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/draft10/32/91309_2.png) [@draft10](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/draft10)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2021, 9:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/json-parse-exception-multisearch/278116/1 "2021-07-07T21:43:54Z")
curl -X GET --user user:pass "localhost:port/element1-2021.07.06/\_msearch?pretty" -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d' { } {"query": {"match" : {"application":"Scanner"}}} {"index": "element1-2021.07.06"} {"query" : {"match":{"processed.Severity":"ERROR"}}} ' When I run the query above I'm getting: { "type" : "json\_parse\_exception", "reason" : "Unexpected character ('\' (code 92)): expected a valid value (JSON String, Number, Array, Object or token 'null', 'true' or 'false')\n at [Source: (org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.ByteBufferStreamInput); line: 1, column: 2]" } Could anyone give me a hand please? ---
**Author:** ![spinscale](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/spinscale/32/25011_2.png) [@spinscale](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/spinscale)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2021, 11:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/json-parse-exception-multisearch/278116/2 "2021-07-08T11:08:37Z")
wild guess: You should not start with an empty line, as the first line should contain the metadata of your first document. ---
**Author:** ![draft10](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/draft10/32/91309_2.png) [@draft10](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/draft10)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2021, 4:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/json-parse-exception-multisearch/278116/3 "2021-07-08T16:51:10Z")
I have done it as well I get the same result, Alexander please give a hand mate there is no much information on \_msearch thanks a lot. $ curl -X GET --user user:pass "localhost:port/element1-2021.07.06/\_msearch?pretty" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d' {"query": {"match" : {"application":"Scanner"}}} {"index": "element1-2021.07.06"} {"query" : {"match":{"processed.Severity":"ERROR"}}} ' % Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed 100 816 100 656 100 160 1898 463 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 2365{ "error" : { "root\_cause" : [ { "type" : "json\_parse\_exception", "reason" : "Unexpected character ('\' (code 92)): expected a valid value (JSON String, Number, Array, Object or token 'null', 'true' or 'false')\n at [Source: (org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.ByteBufferStreamInput); line: 1, column: 2]" } ], "type" : "json\_parse\_exception", "reason" : "Unexpected character ('\' (code 92)): expected a valid value (JSON String, Number, Array, Object or token 'null', 'true' or 'false')\n at [Source: (org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.ByteBufferStreamInput); line: 1, column: 2]" }, "status" : 400 } ---
**Author:** ![spinscale](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/spinscale/32/25011_2.png) [@spinscale](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/spinscale)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2021, 8:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/json-parse-exception-multisearch/278116/4 "2021-07-09T08:07:31Z")
the way your example is formatted, your first line is an empty line and does not have any content. If that is not the case please provide a more exact reproduction. You can use the `--trace-ascii` parameter in curl to write a log how your data is sent. This will allow you to verify what data your are sending. ---
**Author:** ![draft10](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/draft10/32/91309_2.png) [@draft10](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/draft10)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2021, 1:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/json-parse-exception-multisearch/278116/5 "2021-07-09T13:16:39Z")
It is set in the same exact way your documentation mentions it: 🙂 [Multi search API | Elasticsearch Guide [7.13] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/search-multi-search.html) curl -X GET "localhost:9200/my-index-000001/\_msearch?pretty" -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d' { } {"query" : {"match" : { "message": "this is a test"}}} {"index": "my-index-000002"} {"query" : {"match\_all" : {}}} ' ---
**Author:** ![spinscale](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/spinscale/32/25011_2.png) [@spinscale](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/spinscale)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2021, 8:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/json-parse-exception-multisearch/278116/6 "2021-07-12T08:08:06Z")
Just to be sure, we get this properly reproduced: - You went to the first example, clicked on `copy as curl` - Pasted this in your terminal - Received the above error? I just did the same and it worked for me, so I suppose there must be a slight difference in what we did. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2021, 8:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/json-parse-exception-multisearch/278116/7 "2021-08-09T08:08:33Z")
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