# Remove terms API **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [June 25, 2010, 7:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/remove-terms-api/3042 "2010-06-25T19:44:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kimchy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kimchy/32/44952_2.png) [@kimchy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kimchy)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2010, 7:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/remove-terms-api/3042/1 "2010-06-25T19:44:38Z")
Hi, I am considering removing the terms API from elasticsearch. This is for the simple reason that with the new facets provided, the terms API is actually a subset of a search request (with a query to match all documents and a size of 0), with facets providing much more functionality. Any additional functionality can be provided in the facets area, and I prefer not to maintain an API that in any case the search API is probably a better fit for. What do you think? Also, there is an issue to provide facets for count API as well. This is another case of a subset of the search API with size set to 0, with the search API providing much more options. If there are no objections, I will remove it in a week or so before releasing version 0.9. -shay.banon ---
**Author:** ![tfreitas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@tfreitas](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tfreitas)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2010, 1:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/remove-terms-api/3042/2 "2010-06-26T01:09:30Z")
+1 good for me On Jun 25, 3:44 pm, Shay Banon [shay.ba...@elasticsearch.com](mailto:shay.ba...@elasticsearch.com) wrote: > Hi, > > I am considering removing the terms API from elasticsearch. This is for > the simple reason that with the new facets provided, the terms API is > actually a subset of a search request (with a query to match all documents > and a size of 0), with facets providing much more functionality. Any > additional functionality can be provided in the facets area, and I prefer > not to maintain an API that in any case the search API is probably a better > fit for. What do you think? > > Also, there is an issue to provide facets for count API as well. This is > another case of a subset of the search API with size set to 0, with the > search API providing much more options. > > If there are no objections, I will remove it in a week or so before > releasing version 0.9. > > -shay.banon ---
**Author:** ![Lukas\_Vlcek1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/lukas_vlcek1/32/819_2.png) [@Lukas\_Vlcek1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Lukas_Vlcek1)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2010, 5:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/remove-terms-api/3042/3 "2010-06-26T05:35:54Z")
+1 Lukas On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 9:44 PM, Shay Banon [shay.banon@elasticsearch.com](mailto:shay.banon@elasticsearch.com)wrote: > Hi, > > I am considering removing the terms API from elasticsearch. This is for > the simple reason that with the new facets provided, the terms API is > actually a subset of a search request (with a query to match all documents > and a size of 0), with facets providing much more functionality. Any > additional functionality can be provided in the facets area, and I prefer > not to maintain an API that in any case the search API is probably a better > fit for. What do you think? > > Also, there is an issue to provide facets for count API as well. This is > another case of a subset of the search API with size set to 0, with the > search API providing much more options. > > If there are no objections, I will remove it in a week or so before > releasing version 0.9. > > -shay.banon ---
**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, 4:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/remove-terms-api/3042/4 "2017-07-06T04:22:59Z")
Closed on July 6, 2017, 4:22am UTC