# Search JAVA search API not working **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [March 21, 2014, 9:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/search-java-search-api-not-working/16534 "2014-03-21T21:13:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mohit\_Anchlia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/848f3c/32.png) [@Mohit\_Anchlia](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Mohit_Anchlia)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2014, 9:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/search-java-search-api-not-working/16534/1 "2014-03-21T21:13:01Z")
The below code doesn't seem to match the document for some reason. Same query when run directly using REST API works. Am I doing something wrong in the code? queryString="fields.field1:value1"; searchResponse = client.prepareSearch() .setQuery(QueryBuilders.queryString(queryString)).execute() .actionGet(); Doc that I expect to match '{ "namespace": "ns1", "id": "3", "fastId": "f1", "version": 1393443298027, "lang": "en", "opType": "create", "fields": { "field2": "value2", "field1": "value1" }, "arrayFields": {} }' -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAOT3TWoSGTpNQpHBUUNpa0qQr0X8rm7pZXoqxYqcb-349xkrmA%40mail.gmail.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAOT3TWoSGTpNQpHBUUNpa0qQr0X8rm7pZXoqxYqcb-349xkrmA%40mail.gmail.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2014, 9:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/search-java-search-api-not-working/16534/2 "2014-03-21T21:18:33Z")
Are you just searching in your code or indexing as well? Could it be caused because you did not refresh before searching? -- David 😉 Twitter : @dadoonet / @elasticsearchfr / @scrutmydocs Le 21 mars 2014 à 22:13, Mohit Anchlia [mohitanchlia@gmail.com](mailto:mohitanchlia@gmail.com) a écrit : The below code doesn't seem to match the document for some reason. Same query when run directly using REST API works. Am I doing something wrong in the code? queryString="fields.field1:value1"; ``` searchResponse = client.prepareSearch() .setQuery(QueryBuilders.queryString(queryString)).execute() .actionGet(); ``` Doc that I expect to match '{ "namespace": "ns1", "id": "3", "fastId": "f1", "version": 1393443298027, "lang": "en", "opType": "create", "fields": { "field2": "value2", "field1": "value1" }, "arrayFields": {} }' -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAOT3TWoSGTpNQpHBUUNpa0qQr0X8rm7pZXoqxYqcb-349xkrmA%40mail.gmail.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAOT3TWoSGTpNQpHBUUNpa0qQr0X8rm7pZXoqxYqcb-349xkrmA%40mail.gmail.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/0772CCDA-1515-4B40-8808-FA701E358327%40pilato.fr](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/0772CCDA-1515-4B40-8808-FA701E358327%40pilato.fr). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![Mohit\_Anchlia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/848f3c/32.png) [@Mohit\_Anchlia](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Mohit_Anchlia)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2014, 9:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/search-java-search-api-not-working/16534/3 "2014-03-21T21:24:37Z")
oh, I forgot refresh. Let me try that. By default it's 1 sec right? On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 2:18 PM, David Pilato [david@pilato.fr](mailto:david@pilato.fr) wrote: > Are you just searching in your code or indexing as well? > Could it be caused because you did not refresh before searching? > > -- > David 😉 > Twitter : @dadoonet / @elasticsearchfr / @scrutmydocs > > Le 21 mars 2014 à 22:13, Mohit Anchlia [mohitanchlia@gmail.com](mailto:mohitanchlia@gmail.com) a écrit : > > The below code doesn't seem to match the document for some reason. Same > query when run directly using REST API works. Am I doing something wrong in > the code? > > queryString="fields.field1:value1"; > > searchResponse = client.prepareSearch() > .setQuery(QueryBuilders.queryString(queryString)).execute() > .actionGet(); > > Doc that I expect to match > '{ > "namespace": "ns1", > "id": "3", > "fastId": "f1", > "version": 1393443298027, > "lang": "en", > "opType": "create", > "fields": { > "field2": "value2", > "field1": "value1" > }, > "arrayFields": {} > }' > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "elasticsearch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > To view this discussion on the web visit > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAOT3TWoSGTpNQpHBUUNpa0qQr0X8rm7pZXoqxYqcb-349xkrmA%40mail.gmail.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAOT3TWoSGTpNQpHBUUNpa0qQr0X8rm7pZXoqxYqcb-349xkrmA%40mail.gmail.com)[https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAOT3TWoSGTpNQpHBUUNpa0qQr0X8rm7pZXoqxYqcb-349xkrmA%40mail.gmail.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAOT3TWoSGTpNQpHBUUNpa0qQr0X8rm7pZXoqxYqcb-349xkrmA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer) > . > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "elasticsearch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > To view this discussion on the web visit > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/0772CCDA-1515-4B40-8808-FA701E358327%40pilato.fr](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/0772CCDA-1515-4B40-8808-FA701E358327%40pilato.fr)[https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/0772CCDA-1515-4B40-8808-FA701E358327%40pilato.fr?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/0772CCDA-1515-4B40-8808-FA701E358327%40pilato.fr?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer) > . > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAOT3TWoEuUrsy1j-i\_yTcQxoRyCR-nsYyDTQwvw\_QT-6dsYTnQ%40mail.gmail.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAOT3TWoEuUrsy1j-i_yTcQxoRyCR-nsYyDTQwvw_QT-6dsYTnQ%40mail.gmail.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![Mohit\_Anchlia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/848f3c/32.png) [@Mohit\_Anchlia](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Mohit_Anchlia)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2014, 9:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/search-java-search-api-not-working/16534/4 "2014-03-21T21:34:57Z")
Thanks! refresh was the issue. Is there a easy way to find how many documents are in index using Java API? On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 2:24 PM, Mohit Anchlia [mohitanchlia@gmail.com](mailto:mohitanchlia@gmail.com)wrote: > oh, I forgot refresh. Let me try that. By default it's 1 sec right? > > On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 2:18 PM, David Pilato [david@pilato.fr](mailto:david@pilato.fr) wrote: > > > Are you just searching in your code or indexing as well? > > Could it be caused because you did not refresh before searching? > > > > -- > > David 😉 > > Twitter : @dadoonet / @elasticsearchfr / @scrutmydocs > > > > Le 21 mars 2014 à 22:13, Mohit Anchlia [mohitanchlia@gmail.com](mailto:mohitanchlia@gmail.com) a écrit : > > > > The below code doesn't seem to match the document for some reason. Same > > query when run directly using REST API works. Am I doing something wrong in > > the code? > > > > queryString="fields.field1:value1"; > > > > searchResponse = client.prepareSearch() > > .setQuery(QueryBuilders.queryString(queryString)).execute() > > .actionGet(); > > > > Doc that I expect to match > > '{ > > "namespace": "ns1", > > "id": "3", > > "fastId": "f1", > > "version": 1393443298027, > > "lang": "en", > > "opType": "create", > > "fields": { > > "field2": "value2", > > "field1": "value1" > > }, > > "arrayFields": {} > > }' > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "elasticsearch" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAOT3TWoSGTpNQpHBUUNpa0qQr0X8rm7pZXoqxYqcb-349xkrmA%40mail.gmail.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAOT3TWoSGTpNQpHBUUNpa0qQr0X8rm7pZXoqxYqcb-349xkrmA%40mail.gmail.com)[https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAOT3TWoSGTpNQpHBUUNpa0qQr0X8rm7pZXoqxYqcb-349xkrmA%40mail.gmail.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAOT3TWoSGTpNQpHBUUNpa0qQr0X8rm7pZXoqxYqcb-349xkrmA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer) > > . > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "elasticsearch" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/0772CCDA-1515-4B40-8808-FA701E358327%40pilato.fr](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/0772CCDA-1515-4B40-8808-FA701E358327%40pilato.fr)[https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/0772CCDA-1515-4B40-8808-FA701E358327%40pilato.fr?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/0772CCDA-1515-4B40-8808-FA701E358327%40pilato.fr?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer) > > . > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAOT3TWoev84CMWigQJMkBEaW\_KsGpYc%2BWCA9qaHPQxXUt2sr8A%40mail.gmail.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAOT3TWoev84CMWigQJMkBEaW_KsGpYc%2BWCA9qaHPQxXUt2sr8A%40mail.gmail.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2014, 3:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/search-java-search-api-not-working/16534/5 "2014-03-22T03:53:02Z")
client.prepareCount() -- David 😉 Twitter : @dadoonet / @elasticsearchfr / @scrutmydocs Le 21 mars 2014 à 22:34, Mohit Anchlia [mohitanchlia@gmail.com](mailto:mohitanchlia@gmail.com) a écrit : Thanks! refresh was the issue. Is there a easy way to find how many documents are in index using Java API? > On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 2:24 PM, Mohit Anchlia [mohitanchlia@gmail.com](mailto:mohitanchlia@gmail.com) wrote: > oh, I forgot refresh. Let me try that. By default it's 1 sec right? > > > On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 2:18 PM, David Pilato [david@pilato.fr](mailto:david@pilato.fr) wrote: > > Are you just searching in your code or indexing as well? > > Could it be caused because you did not refresh before searching? > > > > -- > > David 😉 > > Twitter : @dadoonet / @elasticsearchfr / @scrutmydocs > > > > Le 21 mars 2014 à 22:13, Mohit Anchlia [mohitanchlia@gmail.com](mailto:mohitanchlia@gmail.com) a écrit : > > > > The below code doesn't seem to match the document for some reason. Same query when run directly using REST API works. Am I doing something wrong in the code? > > > > queryString="fields.field1:value1"; > > > > ``` > > searchResponse = client.prepareSearch() > > .setQuery(QueryBuilders.queryString(queryString)).execute() > > .actionGet(); > > > > ``` > > > > Doc that I expect to match > > '{ > > "namespace": "ns1", > > "id": "3", > > "fastId": "f1", > > "version": 1393443298027, > > "lang": "en", > > "opType": "create", > > "fields": { > > "field2": "value2", > > "field1": "value1" > > }, > > "arrayFields": {} > > }' > > > > ## -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAOT3TWoSGTpNQpHBUUNpa0qQr0X8rm7pZXoqxYqcb-349xkrmA%40mail.gmail.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAOT3TWoSGTpNQpHBUUNpa0qQr0X8rm7pZXoqxYqcb-349xkrmA%40mail.gmail.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > > To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/0772CCDA-1515-4B40-8808-FA701E358327%40pilato.fr](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/0772CCDA-1515-4B40-8808-FA701E358327%40pilato.fr). > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAOT3TWoev84CMWigQJMkBEaW\_KsGpYc%2BWCA9qaHPQxXUt2sr8A%40mail.gmail.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAOT3TWoev84CMWigQJMkBEaW_KsGpYc%2BWCA9qaHPQxXUt2sr8A%40mail.gmail.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/BC821437-7504-46BB-9F24-1B0DC42F086D%40pilato.fr](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/BC821437-7504-46BB-9F24-1B0DC42F086D%40pilato.fr). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
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