# 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")\
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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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