# \_search API - why doesn't it return version by default?
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/search-api-why-doesnt-it-return-version-by-default/119842
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [February 14, 2018, 4:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/search-api-why-doesnt-it-return-version-by-default/119842 "2018-02-14T16:21:53Z")
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### Author:  [@Jay\_Hilden](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jay_Hilden)
#### Post date: [February 14, 2018, 4:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/search-api-why-doesnt-it-return-version-by-default/119842/1 "2018-02-14T16:21:53Z")
When using the `_search` API if you want the version number of every record to be returned you need to specify that directly. [source](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/search-request-version.html)
```auto
GET /_search
{
"version": true,
"query" : {
"term" : { "user" : "kimchy" }
}
}
```
Why is this? Is there a performance hit for returning the version with every record?
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2018, 4:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/search-api-why-doesnt-it-return-version-by-default/119842/2 "2018-03-14T16:21:55Z")
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