# Multi Get API reference and results order

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multi-get-api-reference-and-results-order/116689>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [January 23, 2018, 2:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multi-get-api-reference-and-results-order/116689 "2018-01-23T14:28:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![golubev](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/golubev/32/4496_2.png) [@golubev](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/golubev)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2018, 2:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multi-get-api-reference-and-results-order/116689/1 "2018-01-23T14:28:52Z")

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Hi! I'm a little bit confused with the Multi Get API. While trying the API I see that it always returns results in the same order as in the `ids` field of the request body. But in [the reference for the API](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/6.1/docs-multi-get.html) I didn't find anything about the results order.

So I have a guess that the API was really designed to return results in the same order as in the `ids` field. If this is true I'd be happy if maintainers explicitly add this detail to the reference. That would give me the right to rely on this detail in my application.

Please, correct me if that is not true. Thanks in advance! 🙂

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**Author:** ![jpountz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jpountz/32/45836_2.png) [@jpountz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jpountz)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2018, 6:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multi-get-api-reference-and-results-order/116689/2 "2018-01-23T18:00:03Z")

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Good question, I opened [https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/28343](https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/28343). You might want to follow it.

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**Author:** ![golubev](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/golubev/32/4496_2.png) [@golubev](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/golubev)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2018, 7:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multi-get-api-reference-and-results-order/116689/3 "2018-01-23T19:25:49Z")

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Thanks, @jpountz! I followed the issue )

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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:** [February 20, 2018, 7:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multi-get-api-reference-and-results-order/116689/4 "2018-02-20T19:25:51Z")

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Closed on February 20, 2018, 7:25pm UTC

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