# Querying Elasticsearch from Kibana
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/querying-elasticsearch-from-kibana/49393
**Category:** Kibana
**Created:** [May 6, 2016, 10:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/querying-elasticsearch-from-kibana/49393 "2016-05-06T10:09:10Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@Veer\_Shubhranshu\_Shr](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Veer_Shubhranshu_Shr)
#### Post date: [May 6, 2016, 10:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/querying-elasticsearch-from-kibana/49393/1 "2016-05-06T10:09:10Z")
Hi,
I am trying to build a new custom plugin for Kibana and query elasticsearch from Kibana plugin.
I understand that it can be possible using simple AJAX. But is there any other approach to do the same from Kibana built in API?
I was not able to find any useful docs regarding the same. If someone could share the useful link to docs then that would help a lot.
Thanks.
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### Author:  [@shaunak](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/shaunak)
#### Post date: [May 6, 2016, 12:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/querying-elasticsearch-from-kibana/49393/2 "2016-05-06T12:01:50Z")
Hi, this page lists useful resources on getting started with Kibana plugin development: [https://github.com/elastic/kibana/wiki/Plugin-Resources](https://github.com/elastic/kibana/wiki/Plugin-Resources).
How you connect to Elasticsearch from within your plugin will depend on the type of plugin you are building:
- If you are building a visualization plugin that plans to use Elasticsearch's aggregations and visualize the results, Kibana will handle the connection for you and abstract away the details.
- If you want a more direct connection to Elasticsearch, that is also possible via the `callWithRequest` method provided by the Elasticsearch plugin in Kibana.
I recommend reading through the list of resources on the wiki page I linked to above, particularly Tim Roes' blog post, _Writing Kibana 4 Plugins_ — he covers both types of connections to Elasticsearch that I've mentioned here. But please also see the other resources on the wiki page to get a more complete understanding and don't hesitate to chat with Kibana core developers in the #kibana IRC channel on Freenode.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2017, 1:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/querying-elasticsearch-from-kibana/49393/3 "2017-07-06T13:54:03Z")