# Search query with java rest client

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/search-query-with-java-rest-client/113411>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [December 28, 2017, 7:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/search-query-with-java-rest-client/113411 "2017-12-28T07:36:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![ankur\_singla](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ankur_singla/32/45612_2.png) [@ankur\_singla](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ankur_singla)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2017, 7:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/search-query-with-java-rest-client/113411/1 "2017-12-28T07:36:03Z")

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I am using rest client api for search query but in response i am getting exception of invalid character exception. I am looking for examples to check my format but did not find any.  
**My code is -**

```
    String body = "{" +
    					 "\"query\":"+"\"{"+"\"prefix"+  
    					 "\":\"{"+"\"search\":"+ 
    					 "\"{"+"\"value\"ank"+"\"}"+        		        
    	       		     "\"}"+"\"}"+"\"}";
    		
    		queryBody.append(body);
    		
    		HttpEntity entity = new NStringEntity(queryBody.toString(), ContentType.APPLICATION_JSON);

    		Response restResponse = client.performRequest("GET", "/searchable/_search?pretty-d"+body, Collections.emptyMap());

```

**Exception**  
`illegal character in query at index 28: /searchable/_search?pretty-d{"query":"{"prefix":"{"search":"{"value"ank"}"}"}"}`

Help me out I have an emergency!!!!!!

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**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:** [December 28, 2017, 8:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/search-query-with-java-rest-client/113411/2 "2017-12-28T08:20:31Z")

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Remove ?pretty-d

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**Author:** ![val](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/val/32/138203_2.png) [@val](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/val)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2017, 8:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/search-query-with-java-rest-client/113411/3 "2017-12-28T08:25:51Z")

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With GET he still needs to pass the JSON query with the `source` query string parameter

and he has one too many double quote in `"value"ank"`

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**Author:** ![ankur\_singla](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ankur_singla/32/45612_2.png) [@ankur\_singla](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ankur_singla)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2017, 10:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/search-query-with-java-rest-client/113411/4 "2017-12-28T10:00:48Z")

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still i am getting same exception

java.net.URISyntaxException: Illegal character in path at index 19: /searchable/\_search{"query":"{"prefix":"{"search":"{"value"ank"}"}"}"}

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**Author:** ![ankur\_singla](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ankur_singla/32/45612_2.png) [@ankur\_singla](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ankur_singla)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2017, 10:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/search-query-with-java-rest-client/113411/5 "2017-12-28T10:06:46Z")

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I think i missed the colon ":"

I added but still same exception do i need to remove double quotes too?

Illegal character in query at index 28: /searchable/\_search?pretty-d{"query":"{"prefix":"{"search":"{"value":"ank"}"}"}"}

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**Author:** ![ankur\_singla](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ankur_singla/32/45612_2.png) [@ankur\_singla](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ankur_singla)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2017, 11:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/search-query-with-java-rest-client/113411/6 "2017-12-28T11:22:45Z")

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Changed my format as

`{"query":{"prefix":{"search":{"value":"ank"}}}}`

but still same error do i need to change anything else

`Caused by: java.net.URISyntaxException: Illegal character in path at index 21: /searchable/_search-d{"query":{"prefix":{"search":{"value":"ank"}}}}`

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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:** [January 25, 2018, 11:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/search-query-with-java-rest-client/113411/7 "2018-01-25T11:22:50Z")

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