# Maximum size limit of payload to be sent to elasticSearch for a search query

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/maximum-size-limit-of-payload-to-be-sent-to-elasticsearch-for-a-search-query/99802>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [September 8, 2017, 6:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/maximum-size-limit-of-payload-to-be-sent-to-elasticsearch-for-a-search-query/99802 "2017-09-08T06:23:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![NavalKK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NavalKK](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/NavalKK)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2017, 6:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/maximum-size-limit-of-payload-to-be-sent-to-elasticsearch-for-a-search-query/99802/1 "2017-09-08T06:23:37Z")

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I want to know if there is any limit to size of the request payload in search query to be sent to elasticsearch.

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2017, 6:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/maximum-size-limit-of-payload-to-be-sent-to-elasticsearch-for-a-search-query/99802/2 "2017-09-08T06:28:10Z")

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There is `http.max_content_length` - [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/5.5/modules-http.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/5.5/modules-http.html)

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**Author:** ![NavalKK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NavalKK](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/NavalKK)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2017, 6:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/maximum-size-limit-of-payload-to-be-sent-to-elasticsearch-for-a-search-query/99802/3 "2017-09-08T06:54:33Z")

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Thank @warklom for such a quick response. From next time i will go through official documentation before creating any topic here.

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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:** [October 6, 2017, 6:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/maximum-size-limit-of-payload-to-be-sent-to-elasticsearch-for-a-search-query/99802/4 "2017-10-06T06:55:05Z")

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