# Return aggs as array rather than object **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [April 15, 2015, 5:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/return-aggs-as-array-rather-than-object/23246 "2015-04-15T05:58:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bobby\_Richards](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/73ab20/32.png) [@Bobby\_Richards](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Bobby_Richards)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2015, 5:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/return-aggs-as-array-rather-than-object/23246/1 "2015-04-15T05:58:08Z")
Wanting to display term aggregations using d3js, hover the aggregations are dynamic. It appears that aggs are returned in an object rather than an array... for instance if I have to term aggs; agg1 and agg2 the result is {"aggregations":{"term1":data,"term2":data} that really kills me, as it seems, and would obviously be convenient for me to return the aggs in an array. I guess normally you can request the aggs by name but I will not be able to know that ahead of time as it will be dynamic. too tired but perhaps there is a way to convert the json to an array or have elasticsearch return the aggs as an array? Thanks, Bobby -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/f4900519-1891-4106-a669-38f43743a76c%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/f4900519-1891-4106-a669-38f43743a76c%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**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:** [April 15, 2015, 7:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/return-aggs-as-array-rather-than-object/23246/2 "2015-04-15T07:07:00Z")
Hi Bobby, There is no such functionality in elasticsearch so this would have to be done on client side. On Wed, Apr 15, 2015 at 7:58 AM, Bobby Richards [bobby.richards@gmail.com](mailto:bobby.richards@gmail.com) wrote: > Wanting to display term aggregations using d3js, hover the aggregations > are dynamic. > > It appears that aggs are returned in an object rather than an array... > for instance if I have to term aggs; agg1 and agg2 > > the result is {"aggregations":{"term1":data,"term2":data} > > that really kills me, as it seems, and would obviously be convenient for > me to return the aggs in an array. I guess normally you can request the > aggs by name but I will not be able to know that ahead of time as it will > be dynamic. > > too tired but perhaps there is a way to convert the json to an array or > have elasticsearch return the aggs as an array? > > Thanks, > Bobby > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "elasticsearch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > To view this discussion on the web visit > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/f4900519-1891-4106-a669-38f43743a76c%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/f4900519-1891-4106-a669-38f43743a76c%40googlegroups.com) > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/f4900519-1891-4106-a669-38f43743a76c%40googlegroups.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/f4900519-1891-4106-a669-38f43743a76c%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer) > . > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). -- Adrien -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAO5%3DkAhCtN\_8U25Ogwp6GT7Vv7QQ-hEzCsTOOSHRP781J1kVnw%40mail.gmail.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAO5%3DkAhCtN_8U25Ogwp6GT7Vv7QQ-hEzCsTOOSHRP781J1kVnw%40mail.gmail.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**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, 12:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/return-aggs-as-array-rather-than-object/23246/3 "2017-07-06T00:19:42Z")