# Search JSON documents by example

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/search-json-documents-by-example/59003>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [August 26, 2016, 5:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/search-json-documents-by-example/59003 "2016-08-26T05:57:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![enp](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/enp/32/3825_2.png) [@enp](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/enp)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2016, 5:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/search-json-documents-by-example/59003/1 "2016-08-26T05:57:10Z")

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Hi,

Suppose I have a big collection of JSON documents in ES database. Is it possible to select one document and ask to search similar documents in some magic way instead of searching by terms?

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2016, 8:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/search-json-documents-by-example/59003/2 "2016-08-26T08:47:41Z")

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[https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/2.3/query-dsl-mlt-query.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/2.3/query-dsl-mlt-query.html) perhaps.

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**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, 10:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/search-json-documents-by-example/59003/3 "2017-07-05T22:25:01Z")

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Closed on July 5, 2017, 10:25pm UTC