# Search an array of nested objects

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/search-an-array-of-nested-objects/7111>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [March 23, 2012, 8:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/search-an-array-of-nested-objects/7111 "2012-03-23T20:34:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![James\_Hines](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b2d939/32.png) [@James\_Hines](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/James_Hines)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2012, 8:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/search-an-array-of-nested-objects/7111/1 "2012-03-23T20:34:17Z")

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I'm trying to create a query that will search an array of nested objects.

Let's assume my JSON document represents a user. My document structure  
looks like this:

"first\_name": "James",  
"last\_name": "Hines",  
"generalText":[  
{  
"textTitle":"Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet",  
"description":"The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy  
dog."  
},  
{  
"textTitle":"Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet",  
"description":"The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy  
dog."  
}  
]

I would like to be able query the textTitle and/or the description.

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**Author:** ![vineeth\_mohan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc79bd/32.png) [@vineeth\_mohan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vineeth_mohan)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2012, 4:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/search-an-array-of-nested-objects/7111/2 "2012-03-24T04:42:17Z")

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Simply use nested query -

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Thanks  
Vineeth

On Sat, Mar 24, 2012 at 2:04 AM, James Hines [jhines@pykl.com](mailto:jhines@pykl.com) wrote:

> I'm trying to create a query that will search an array of nested objects.
> 
> Let's assume my JSON document represents a user. My document structure  
> looks like this:
> 
> "first\_name": "James",  
> "last\_name": "Hines",  
> "generalText":[  
> {  
> "textTitle":"Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet",  
> "description":"The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy  
> dog."  
> },  
> {  
> "textTitle":"Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet",  
> "description":"The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy  
> dog."  
> }  
> ]
> 
> I would like to be able query the textTitle and/or the description.

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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, 3:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/search-an-array-of-nested-objects/7111/3 "2017-07-06T03:35:02Z")

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