# Search.totalhits breaking change in ES 7: Java rest client 6.7

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/search-totalhits-breaking-change-in-es-7-java-rest-client-6-7/245690>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [August 20, 2020, 1:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/search-totalhits-breaking-change-in-es-7-java-rest-client-6-7/245690 "2020-08-20T01:30:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![Musfiqur\_Siddique](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/musfiqur_siddique/32/73048_2.png) [@Musfiqur\_Siddique](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Musfiqur_Siddique)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2020, 1:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/search-totalhits-breaking-change-in-es-7-java-rest-client-6-7/245690/1 "2020-08-20T01:30:22Z")

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Before ES 7, search.totalhits was a number. In ES 7, it is an object with a value and relation.  
The behavior can be retained by setting track\_total\_hits=true and rest\_total\_hits\_as\_int=true in search request. But how to pass 2 additional parameter using java rest client 6.7? Otherwise, how do we support the call during the upgrade window?

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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:** [September 17, 2020, 1:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/search-totalhits-breaking-change-in-es-7-java-rest-client-6-7/245690/2 "2020-09-17T01:30:40Z")

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