# Mapper Attachment Plugin - searching large attachments

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/mapper-attachment-plugin-searching-large-attachments/69826>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [December 22, 2016, 5:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/mapper-attachment-plugin-searching-large-attachments/69826 "2016-12-22T17:12:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![bdevaca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9bd4f/32.png) [@bdevaca](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bdevaca)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2016, 5:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/mapper-attachment-plugin-searching-large-attachments/69826/1 "2016-12-22T17:12:53Z")

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Is it possible to query attachment content using the Mapper Attachments Plugin and just get back a list of IDs? I don't need to get the content back and I would like to not have to worry about memory issue for large attachments.

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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 22, 2016, 5:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/mapper-attachment-plugin-searching-large-attachments/69826/2 "2016-12-22T17:25:10Z")

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Just ask for an empty list for fields.

```auto
GET /_search
{
    "stored_fields" : []
}

```

This should work.

Before 5.0:

```auto
GET /_search
{
    "fields" : []
}

```

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**Author:** ![bdevaca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9bd4f/32.png) [@bdevaca](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bdevaca)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2016, 5:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/mapper-attachment-plugin-searching-large-attachments/69826/3 "2016-12-22T17:32:46Z")

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> [@dadoonet](#):
>
> GET /\_search  
> {  
> "fields" :   
> }

Awesome! Thanks!

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2017, 5:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/mapper-attachment-plugin-searching-large-attachments/69826/4 "2017-01-19T17:33:20Z")

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