# Search api or metadata that illustrates the size of the query result (eg in in KB)

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/search-api-or-metadata-that-illustrates-the-size-of-the-query-result-eg-in-in-kb/144038>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [August 12, 2018, 2:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/search-api-or-metadata-that-illustrates-the-size-of-the-query-result-eg-in-in-kb/144038 "2018-08-12T14:28:13Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 12, 2018, 2:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/search-api-or-metadata-that-illustrates-the-size-of-the-query-result-eg-in-in-kb/144038/1 "2018-08-12T14:28:14Z")

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Hi all,  
I have a quick question ,  
is there any search API or a metadata that illustrates the size in kilobytes of the query's response? , this feature is needed to tune our parser that consume more storage space

Thanks in advance

Omar

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**Post date:** [September 9, 2018, 2:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/search-api-or-metadata-that-illustrates-the-size-of-the-query-result-eg-in-in-kb/144038/2 "2018-09-09T14:28:15Z")

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