# Searching with uri request **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [January 7, 2013, 8:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/searching-with-uri-request/10254 "2013-01-07T20:50:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![emj11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecc23a/32.png) [@emj11](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/emj11)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2013, 8:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/searching-with-uri-request/10254/1 "2013-01-07T20:50:38Z")
This will seem like a silly question, but I don't have much experience with http requests/responses. I am trying to run a query against elastic search using the Java URLConnection API: The following gives me all documents: URL es = new URL("[http://localhostb:9200/messages/chat/\_search](http://localhostb:9200/messages/chat/_search)); URLConnection yc = es.openConnection(); but this returns an error URL es = new URL("[http://localhostb:9200/messages/chat/\_search](http://localhostb:9200/messages/chat/_search) -d '{"query":{"term":{"from\_jid":"from0"}}}'"); URLConnection yc = es.openConnection(); Can someone tell me what's wrong with this request? Thanks. -- ---
**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:** [January 7, 2013, 9:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/searching-with-uri-request/10254/2 "2013-01-07T21:21:11Z")
The last code is not a valid URL but looks like a curl request. You can not do that that way. If you want to reinvent the wheel (i mean using Java URL API), you will have to manage the payload send process. Why not using ES or REST Java client? -- David 😉 Twitter : @dadoonet / @elasticsearchfr / @scrutmydocs Le 7 janv. 2013 à 21:50, emj11 [jagdhar@gmail.com](mailto:jagdhar@gmail.com) a écrit : This will seem like a silly question, but I don't have much experience with http requests/responses. I am trying to run a query against elastic search using the Java URLConnection API: The following gives me all documents: URL es = new URL("[http://localhostb:9200/messages/chat/\_search](http://localhostb:9200/messages/chat/_search)); URLConnection yc = es.openConnection(); but this returns an error URL es = new URL("[http://localhostb:9200/messages/chat/\_search](http://localhostb:9200/messages/chat/_search) -d '{"query":{"term":{"from\_jid":"from0"}}}'"); URLConnection yc = es.openConnection(); Can someone tell me what's wrong with this request? Thanks. -- -- ---
**Author:** ![emj11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecc23a/32.png) [@emj11](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/emj11)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2013, 9:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/searching-with-uri-request/10254/3 "2013-01-07T21:52:09Z")
Hi David, thanks for your response. Not a fan of reinventing the wheel. I would like to make these searches over http rather than tcp. If I use ES than it will be over tcp. Sounds like I should use REST. But how do I use REST within Java to talk to the ES Server? Thanks. -- ---
**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:** [January 8, 2013, 5:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/searching-with-uri-request/10254/4 "2013-01-08T05:31:51Z")
Have a look at [https://github.com/searchbox-io/Jest](https://github.com/searchbox-io/Jest) I'm also working on a SPORE specification for ES but it's not ready yet: [https://github.com/dadoonet/spore-elasticsearch](https://github.com/dadoonet/spore-elasticsearch) -- David 😉 Twitter : @dadoonet / @elasticsearchfr / @scrutmydocs Le 7 janv. 2013 à 22:52, emj11 [jagdhar@gmail.com](mailto:jagdhar@gmail.com) a écrit : Hi David, thanks for your response. Not a fan of reinventing the wheel. I would like to make these searches over http rather than tcp. If I use ES than it will be over tcp. Sounds like I should use REST. But how do I use REST within Java to talk to the ES Server? ## Thanks. -- ---
**Author:** ![emj11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecc23a/32.png) [@emj11](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/emj11)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2013, 6:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/searching-with-uri-request/10254/5 "2013-01-08T18:59:44Z")
Ok. Thanks David. -- ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 2:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/searching-with-uri-request/10254/6 "2017-07-06T02:57:21Z")