# Search For Url returning no results **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [March 8, 2012, 2:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/search-for-url-returning-no-results/6939 "2012-03-08T02:12:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ian\_Carvell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/db5fbb/32.png) [@Ian\_Carvell](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ian_Carvell)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2012, 2:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/search-for-url-returning-no-results/6939/1 "2012-03-08T02:12:22Z")
Hello, We are trying to search for urls within text in a field. For example we have a field called content that has the value "use [http://elasticsearch.org](http://elasticsearch.org) for search and email [kimchy@elasticsearch.org](mailto:kimchy@elasticsearch.org) for questions." We are using the following configuration for our elasticsearch.yml: index: analysis: analyzer: default\_index: filter: [standard, lowercase] tokenizer: uax\_url\_email default\_search: tokenizer: uax\_url\_email filter: [standard, lowercase] With these settings we are able to search for [kimchy@elasticsearch.org](mailto:kimchy@elasticsearch.org) and get a result but when we search for [http://elasticsearch.org](http://elasticsearch.org) we get no results. We have used curl to verify the results of analyze and see that [http://elasticsearch.org](http://elasticsearch.org) and [kimchy@elasticsearch.org](mailto:kimchy@elasticsearch.org) each geneate a single token: curl [http://localhost:9200/elastic\_searchable/\_analyze?text=http://elasticsearch.org](http://localhost:9200/elastic_searchable/_analyze?text=http://elasticsearch.org) {"tokens":[{"token":"[http://elasticsearch.org](http://elasticsearch.org)","start\_offset": 0,"end\_offset":24,"type":"","position":1}]} curl [http://localhost:9200/elastic\_searchable/\_analyze?text=kimchy@elasticsearch.org](http://localhost:9200/elastic_searchable/_analyze?text=kimchy@elasticsearch.org) {"tokens":[{"token":"kimchy@elasticsearch.org","start\_offset": 0,"end\_offset":24,"type":"","position":1}]} We aren't sure why the url search doesn't work. Any ideas? Thanks ---
**Author:** ![Clinton\_Gormley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@Clinton\_Gormley](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Clinton_Gormley)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2012, 7:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/search-for-url-returning-no-results/6939/2 "2012-03-08T07:51:30Z")
On Thu 08 Mar 2012 03:12:22 CET, Ian Carvell wrote: > Hello, > > We are trying to search for urls within text in a field. For example > we have a field called content that has the value "use [http://elasticsearch.org](http://elasticsearch.org) > for search and email [kimchy@elasticsearch.org](mailto:kimchy@elasticsearch.org) for questions." > > We are using the following configuration for our elasticsearch.yml: > > index: > analysis: > analyzer: > default\_index: > filter: [standard, lowercase] > tokenizer: uax\_url\_email > default\_search: > tokenizer: uax\_url\_email > filter: [standard, lowercase] > > With these settings we are able to search for [kimchy@elasticsearch.org](mailto:kimchy@elasticsearch.org) > and get a result but when we search for [http://elasticsearch.org](http://elasticsearch.org) we > get no results. > > We have used curl to verify the results of analyze and see that > [http://elasticsearch.org](http://elasticsearch.org) and [kimchy@elasticsearch.org](mailto:kimchy@elasticsearch.org) each geneate a > single token: > > curl [http://localhost:9200/elastic\_searchable/\_analyze?text=http://elasticsearch.org](http://localhost:9200/elastic_searchable/_analyze?text=http://elasticsearch.org) > {"tokens":[{"token":"[http://elasticsearch.org](http://elasticsearch.org)","start\_offset": > 0,"end\_offset":24,"type":"","position":1}]} > > curl [http://localhost:9200/elastic\_searchable/\_analyze?text=kimchy@elasticsearch.org](http://localhost:9200/elastic_searchable/_analyze?text=kimchy@elasticsearch.org) > {"tokens":[{"[token":"kimchy@elasticsearch.org](mailto:token%22:%22kimchy@elasticsearch.org)","start\_offset": > 0,"end\_offset":24,"type":"","position":1}]} > > We aren't sure why the url search doesn't work. Any ideas? > > Thanks Probably something to do with how you are searching. I suggest gisting a small recreation of the issue: [Elasticsearch Platform — Find real-time answers at scale | Elastic](http://www.elasticsearch.org/help) ---
**Author:** ![Ian\_Carvell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/db5fbb/32.png) [@Ian\_Carvell](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ian_Carvell)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2012, 7:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/search-for-url-returning-no-results/6939/3 "2012-03-08T19:46:55Z")
Here is a gist showing what we are doing: [Elasticsearch url search · GitHub](https://gist.github.com/2002929) On Mar 7, 11:51 pm, Clinton Gormley [cl...@traveljury.com](mailto:cl...@traveljury.com) wrote: > On Thu 08 Mar 2012 03:12:22 CET, Ian Carvell wrote: > > > Hello, > > > We are trying to search for urls within text in a field. For example > > we have a field called content that has the value "usehttp://elasticsearch.org > > for search and email [kim...@elasticsearch.org](mailto:kim...@elasticsearch.org) for questions." > > > We are using the following configuration for our elasticsearch.yml: > > > index: > > analysis: > > analyzer: > > default\_index: > > filter: [standard, lowercase] > > tokenizer: uax\_url\_email > > default\_search: > > tokenizer: uax\_url\_email > > filter: [standard, lowercase] > > > With these settings we are able to search for [kim...@elasticsearch.org](mailto:kim...@elasticsearch.org) > > and get a result but when we search forhttp://elasticsearch.orgwe > > get no results. > > > We have used curl to verify the results of analyze and see that > > [http://elasticsearch.organd](http://elasticsearch.organd) [kim...@elasticsearch.org](mailto:kim...@elasticsearch.org) each geneate a > > single token: > > > curlhttp://localhost:9200/elastic\_searchable/\_analyze?text=[http://elastic](http://elastic)... > > {"tokens":[{"token":"[http://elasticsearch.org](http://elasticsearch.org)","start\_offset": > > 0,"end\_offset":24,"type":"","position":1}]} > > > curl [http://localhost:9200/elastic\_searchable/\_analyze?text=kim](http://localhost:9200/elastic_searchable/_analyze?text=kim)[...@elasticsearch.org](mailto:...@elasticsearch.org) > > {"tokens":[{"[token":"kim...@elasticsearch.org](mailto:token%22:%22kim...@elasticsearch.org)","start\_offset": > > 0,"end\_offset":24,"type":"","position":1}]} > > > We aren't sure why the url search doesn't work. Any ideas? > > > Thanks > > Probably something to do with how you are searching. I suggest gisting > a small recreation of the issue:[Elasticsearch Platform — Find real-time answers at scale | Elastic](http://www.elasticsearch.org/help) ---
**Author:** ![Clinton\_Gormley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@Clinton\_Gormley](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Clinton_Gormley)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2012, 10:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/search-for-url-returning-no-results/6939/4 "2012-03-09T10:57:28Z")
On Thu, 2012-03-08 at 11:46 -0800, Ian Carvell wrote: > Here is a gist showing what we are doing: [Elasticsearch url search · GitHub](https://gist.github.com/2002929) The problem is that you are using the Lucene query parser on the search string. And it interprets 'http:' as: search in field 'http' This query works: curl [http://localhost:9200/pages/\_search?q=http\\://elasticsearch.org](http://localhost:9200/pages/_search?q=http%5C%5C://elasticsearch.org) Alternatively, just use a 'text' query: curl -XGET '[http://127.0.0.1:9200/pages/\_search?pretty=1](http://127.0.0.1:9200/pages/_search?pretty=1)' -d ' { "query" : { "text" : { "\_all" : "[http://elasticsearch.org](http://elasticsearch.org)" } } } ' clint ---
**Author:** ![Ian\_Carvell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/db5fbb/32.png) [@Ian\_Carvell](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ian_Carvell)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 4:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/search-for-url-returning-no-results/6939/5 "2012-03-14T04:58:25Z")
That was our problem, thanks very much for your help with this. On Friday, March 9, 2012 2:57:28 AM UTC-8, Clinton Gormley wrote: > On Thu, 2012-03-08 at 11:46 -0800, Ian Carvell wrote: > > > Here is a gist showing what we are doing: > > [Elasticsearch url search · GitHub](https://gist.github.com/2002929) > > The problem is that you are using the Lucene query parser on the search > string. And it interprets 'http:' as: search in field 'http' > > This query works: > > curl [http://localhost:9200/pages/\_search?q=http\\://elasticsearch.org](http://localhost:9200/pages/_search?q=http%5C%5C://elasticsearch.org) > > Alternatively, just use a 'text' query: > > curl -XGET '[http://127.0.0.1:9200/pages/\_search?pretty=1](http://127.0.0.1:9200/pages/_search?pretty=1)' -d ' > { > "query" : { > "text" : { > "\_all" : "[http://elasticsearch.org](http://elasticsearch.org)" > } > } > } > ' > > clint ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 10:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/search-for-url-returning-no-results/6939/7 "2017-07-05T22:23:51Z")