# Return updated document when using PUT

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/return-updated-document-when-using-put/25230>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [July 9, 2015, 12:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/return-updated-document-when-using-put/25230 "2015-07-09T12:13:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![jrgns](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jrgns/32/640_2.png) [@jrgns](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jrgns)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2015, 12:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/return-updated-document-when-using-put/25230/1 "2015-07-09T12:13:41Z")

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I know that if you make a POST request to Elasticsearch to update a document, you can append `fields=_source` to get back the updated document.

The same option, it seems, doesn't exist for PUT requests?

J

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**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, 12:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/return-updated-document-when-using-put/25230/2 "2017-07-06T00:02:35Z")

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