# Just Pushed: Search API: Allow for script fields to extract parts of the stored \`\_source\` **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [September 2, 2010, 6:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/just-pushed-search-api-allow-for-script-fields-to-extract-parts-of-the-stored--source/3296 "2010-09-02T18:31:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kimchy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kimchy/32/44952_2.png) [@kimchy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kimchy)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2010, 6:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/just-pushed-search-api-allow-for-script-fields-to-extract-parts-of-the-stored--source/3296/1 "2010-09-02T18:31:24Z")
You can now fetch parts of the source and return it when searching. More info here: [http://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/issues/issue/349](http://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/issues/issue/349). -shay.banon ---
**Author:** ![Lukas\_Vlcek1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/lukas_vlcek1/32/819_2.png) [@Lukas\_Vlcek1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Lukas_Vlcek1)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2010, 6:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/just-pushed-search-api-allow-for-script-fields-to-extract-parts-of-the-stored--source/3296/2 "2010-09-03T06:30:26Z")
Hi, Can highlighting be applied on this data? Rgds, Lukas On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 8:31 PM, Shay Banon [shay.banon@elasticsearch.com](mailto:shay.banon@elasticsearch.com)wrote: > You can now fetch parts of the source and return it when searching. More > info here: [Search API: Allow for script fields to extract parts of the stored \_`source` · Issue #349 · elastic/elasticsearch · GitHub](http://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/issues/issue/349). > > -shay.banon ---
**Author:** ![kimchy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kimchy/32/44952_2.png) [@kimchy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kimchy)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2010, 8:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/just-pushed-search-api-allow-for-script-fields-to-extract-parts-of-the-stored--source/3296/3 "2010-09-03T08:26:38Z")
No, not yet. This only relates to the data returned for a "search hit". On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 9:30 AM, Lukáš Vlček [lukas.vlcek@gmail.com](mailto:lukas.vlcek@gmail.com) wrote: > Hi, > > Can highlighting be applied on this data? > > Rgds, > Lukas > > On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 8:31 PM, Shay Banon [shay.banon@elasticsearch.com](mailto:shay.banon@elasticsearch.com)wrote: > > > You can now fetch parts of the source and return it when searching. More > > info here: [Search API: Allow for script fields to extract parts of the stored \_`source` · Issue #349 · elastic/elasticsearch · GitHub](http://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/issues/issue/349) > > . > > > > -shay.banon ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 4:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/just-pushed-search-api-allow-for-script-fields-to-extract-parts-of-the-stored--source/3296/4 "2017-07-06T04:19:46Z")