# Newbie Q **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [January 12, 2011, 4:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/newbie-q/3768 "2011-01-12T16:11:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Svet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Svet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Svet)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2011, 4:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/newbie-q/3768/1 "2011-01-12T16:11:25Z")
Hi, Please could someone explain me what is wrong with this: curl -XGET [http://server:9200/medios/news/\_search](http://server:9200/medios/news/_search) -d '{ "query" : { "term" : { "fuente" : "Avui" } } }' while in the same time, this works great: curl -XGET [http://server:9200/medios/news/\_search?q=fuente:Avui](http://server:9200/medios/news/_search?q=fuente:Avui) I am quite sure that is should be something obvious but ... can't figure it out ☹ Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![Rich\_Kroll](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rich_kroll/32/3229_2.png) [@Rich\_Kroll](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Rich_Kroll)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2011, 4:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/newbie-q/3768/2 "2011-01-12T16:17:53Z")
In your get query example you used the "q=" syntax which causes a query string search. In your json example you used a term query. Check the search docs for query\_string search to see the proper syntax On Jan 12, 2011 11:11 AM, "Svet" [svetef@gmail.com](mailto:svetef@gmail.com) wrote: ---
**Author:** ![Adriano\_Ferreira](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/adriano_ferreira/32/3228_2.png) [@Adriano\_Ferreira](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Adriano_Ferreira)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2011, 4:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/newbie-q/3768/3 "2011-01-12T16:39:58Z")
On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 2:11 PM, Svet [svetef@gmail.com](mailto:svetef@gmail.com) wrote: > Hi, > > Please could someone explain me what is wrong with this: > > curl -XGET [http://server:9200/medios/news/\_search](http://server:9200/medios/news/_search) -d '{ "query" : > { "term" : { "fuente" : "Avui" } } }' > > while in the same time, this works great: > > curl -XGET [http://server:9200/medios/news/\_search?q=fuente:Avui](http://server:9200/medios/news/_search?q=fuente:Avui) > > I am quite sure that is should be something obvious but ... can't > figure it out ☹ I think the parameter q=fuente:Avui is equivalent to { "query": { "query\_string": { "query": "fuente:Avui" } } } The "query\_string" is parsed (and analyzed) into something very close to your attempt: { "query": { "term" : { "fuente": "avui" } } } My conjecture is that when "fuente:Avui" is parsed, the term "Avui" is normalized to lowercase as "avui" – this should be the same which happens when you index your documents (because the default query analyzer matches the default index analyzer). So the "query\_string" works ok, but not your "term" query because that one does not analyze "Avui" and then you have no match for this term with an uppercase letter "A". So I suggest you try "avui" in lowercase at the "term" query. And probably someone else in the list may confirm if I got that right. ---
**Author:** ![Clinton\_Gormley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@Clinton\_Gormley](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Clinton_Gormley)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2011, 4:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/newbie-q/3768/4 "2011-01-12T16:47:38Z")
> My conjecture is that when "fuente:Avui" is parsed, the term "Avui" is > normalized to lowercase as "avui" – this should be the same which > happens when you index your documents (because the default query > analyzer matches the default index analyzer). So the "query\_string" > works ok, but not your "term" query because that one does not analyze > "Avui" and then you have no match for this term with an uppercase > letter "A". > > So I suggest you try "avui" in lowercase at the "term" query. And > probably someone else in the list may confirm if I got that right. exactly right clint ---
**Author:** ![Svet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Svet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Svet)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2011, 5:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/newbie-q/3768/5 "2011-01-12T17:40:06Z")
Indeed, this was the problem. Thank you @Rich, @Adriano, @Clinton! On 12 ene, 17:39, Adriano Ferreira [a.r.ferre...@gmail.com](mailto:a.r.ferre...@gmail.com) wrote: > On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 2:11 PM, Svet [sve...@gmail.com](mailto:sve...@gmail.com) wrote: > > > Hi, > > > Please could someone explain me what is wrong with this: > > > curl -XGEThttp://server:9200/medios/news/\_search-d '{ "query" : > > { "term" : { "fuente" : "Avui" } } }' > > > while in the same time, this works great: > > > curl -XGEThttp://server:9200/medios/news/\_search?q=fuente:Avui > > > I am quite sure that is should be something obvious but ... can't > > figure it out ☹ > > I think the parameter q=fuente:Avui is equivalent to > > { "query": > { "query\_string": > { "query": "fuente:Avui" > } > } > > } > > The "query\_string" is parsed (and analyzed) into something very close to > your attempt: > > { "query": { "term" : { "fuente": "avui" } } } > > My conjecture is that when "fuente:Avui" is parsed, the term "Avui" is > normalized to lowercase as "avui" – this should be the same which happens > when you index your documents (because the default query analyzer matches > the default index analyzer). So the "query\_string" works ok, but not your > "term" query because that one does not analyze "Avui" and then you have no > match for this term with an uppercase letter "A". > > So I suggest you try "avui" in lowercase at the "term" query. And probably > someone else in the list may confirm if I got that right. ---
**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, 4:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/newbie-q/3768/6 "2017-07-06T04:13:59Z")