# Retrieve specific fields
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/retrieve-specific-fields/16934
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [April 10, 2014, 7:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/retrieve-specific-fields/16934 "2014-04-10T19:27:36Z")
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### Author:  [@Mohit\_Anchlia](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Mohit_Anchlia)
#### Post date: [April 10, 2014, 7:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/retrieve-specific-fields/16934/1 "2014-04-10T19:27:36Z")
Is there a way to search and retrieve only specific fields using simple
query string?
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### Author:  [@luizgpsantos](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/luizgpsantos)
#### Post date: [April 10, 2014, 10:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/retrieve-specific-fields/16934/2 "2014-04-10T22:04:33Z")
Hi Mohit,
It is possible, as shown here:
> **[Elasticsearch Platform — Find real-time answers at scale](https://www.elastic.co)**
>
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On Thu, Apr 10, 2014 at 4:27 PM, Mohit Anchlia [mohitanchlia@gmail.com](mailto:mohitanchlia@gmail.com)wrote:
> Is there a way to search and retrieve only specific fields using simple
> query string?
>
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### Author:  [@Mohit\_Anchlia](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Mohit_Anchlia)
#### Post date: [April 10, 2014, 10:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/retrieve-specific-fields/16934/3 "2014-04-10T22:46:00Z")
I should be more explicit, is it possible when using "q=" type of query
string? For eg: [http://host/\_search?q="field:hello"](http://host/_search?q=%22field:hello%22)
Is it possible to add a query string parameter to achieve that?
On Thu, Apr 10, 2014 at 3:04 PM, Luiz Guilherme Pais dos Santos \<
[luizgpsantos@gmail.com](mailto:luizgpsantos@gmail.com)\> wrote:
> Hi Mohit,
>
> It is possible, as shown here:
>
> [Elasticsearch Platform — Find real-time answers at scale | Elastic](http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/search-request-fields.html#search-request-fields)
>
> On Thu, Apr 10, 2014 at 4:27 PM, Mohit Anchlia [mohitanchlia@gmail.com](mailto:mohitanchlia@gmail.com)wrote:
>
> > Is there a way to search and retrieve only specific fields using simple
> > query string?
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### Author:  [@luizgpsantos](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/luizgpsantos)
#### Post date: [April 11, 2014, 2:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/retrieve-specific-fields/16934/4 "2014-04-11T02:05:51Z")
curl -XGET "[http://localhost:9200/\_search?fields=field1](http://localhost:9200/_search?fields=field1)"
curl -XGET "[http://localhost:9200/\_search?fields=field1,field2](http://localhost:9200/_search?fields=field1,field2)"
On Thu, Apr 10, 2014 at 7:46 PM, Mohit Anchlia [mohitanchlia@gmail.com](mailto:mohitanchlia@gmail.com)wrote:
> I should be more explicit, is it possible when using "q=" type of query
> string? For eg: [http://host/\_search?q="field:hello"](http://host/_search?q=%22field:hello%22)
>
> Is it possible to add a query string parameter to achieve that?
>
> On Thu, Apr 10, 2014 at 3:04 PM, Luiz Guilherme Pais dos Santos \<
> [luizgpsantos@gmail.com](mailto:luizgpsantos@gmail.com)\> wrote:
>
> > Hi Mohit,
> >
> > It is possible, as shown here:
> >
> > [Elasticsearch Platform — Find real-time answers at scale | Elastic](http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/search-request-fields.html#search-request-fields)
> >
> > On Thu, Apr 10, 2014 at 4:27 PM, Mohit Anchlia [mohitanchlia@gmail.com](mailto:mohitanchlia@gmail.com)wrote:
> >
> > > Is there a way to search and retrieve only specific fields using simple
> > > query string?
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#### Post date: [July 6, 2017, 1:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/retrieve-specific-fields/16934/5 "2017-07-06T01:36:38Z")