# Search by image using elastic search
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/search-by-image-using-elastic-search/179347
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [May 2, 2019, 11:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/search-by-image-using-elastic-search/179347 "2019-05-02T11:11:47Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@srikanthkadem](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/srikanthkadem)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2019, 11:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/search-by-image-using-elastic-search/179347/1 "2019-05-02T11:11:47Z")
hi ,
is it possible to implement search by image using elastic search.
Regards
Srikanth
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### Author:  [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2019, 11:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/search-by-image-using-elastic-search/179347/2 "2019-05-02T11:41:56Z")
Not directly. You would need a plugin or some transformation at index and search time.
There used to be this one but I don't know its status:
> **[kzwang/elasticsearch-image](https://github.com/kzwang/elasticsearch-image)**
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> Content Based Image Retrieval Plugin for Elasticsearch. It allows users to index images and search for similar images. - kzwang/elasticsearch-image
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 30, 2019, 11:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/search-by-image-using-elastic-search/179347/3 "2019-05-30T11:49:28Z")
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