# SearchParseException JS client **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [July 29, 2015, 11:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/searchparseexception-js-client/26532 "2015-07-29T23:37:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jbbush](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/82dd89/32.png) [@jbbush](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jbbush)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2015, 11:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/searchparseexception-js-client/26532/1 "2015-07-29T23:37:11Z")
I'm working on a JS client and having issues querying my index. I can use CURL to query it but my JS client fails to parse the query and I get the exception below. What am I doing wrong? Version1: client.search( { index:'blog', q: 'user:dilbert' }, function (err, resp) { if (err) { alert("Query Error: "+ err.message); } else { var hits = resp.body.hits; alert("hits = " + hits); } } ); Version2: client.search({ index: 'blog', body: { query: { match: { body: 'dilbert' } } } }).then(function (resp) { var hits = resp.hits.hits; }, function (err) { alert(err.message); }); [2015-07-29 17:29:48,276][DEBUG][action.search.type] [Black Talon] [blog] [2], node[7P3BV3fuTJqRwvvc3Wmcvw], [P], s[STARTED]: Failed to execute [org.elast icsearch.action.search.SearchRequest@16ffd379] lastShard [true] org.elasticsearch.search.SearchParseException: [blog][2]: from[-1],size[-1]: Par se Failure [Failed to parse source [_na_]] at org.elasticsearch.search.SearchService.parseSource(SearchService.java :735) at org.elasticsearch.search.SearchService.createContext(SearchService.ja va:560) at org.elasticsearch.search.SearchService.createAndPutContext(SearchServ ice.java:532) at org.elasticsearch.search.SearchService.executeQueryPhase(SearchServic e.java:294) at org.elasticsearch.search.action.SearchServiceTransportAction$5.call(S earchServiceTransportAction.java:231) at org.elasticsearch.search.action.SearchServiceTransportAction$5.call(S earchServiceTransportAction.java:228) at org.elasticsearch.search.action.SearchServiceTransportAction$23.run(S earchServiceTransportAction.java:559) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor. java:1145) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor .java:615) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745) Caused by: org.elasticsearch.ElasticsearchParseException: Failed to derive xcont ent from org.elasticsearch.common.bytes.ChannelBufferBytesReference@b668d26f at org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentFactory.xContent(XContentFa ctory.java:279) at org.elasticsearch.search.SearchService.parseSource(SearchService.java :705) ... 9 more [2015-07-29 17:29:48,276][DEBUG][action.search.type] [Black Talon] [blog] [0], node[7P3BV3fuTJqRwvvc3Wmcvw], [P], s[STARTED]: Failed to execute [org.elast icsearch.action.search.SearchRequest@16ffd379] lastShard [true] org.elasticsearch.search.SearchParseException: [blog][0]: from[-1],size[-1]: Par se Failure [Failed to parse source [_na_]] at org.elasticsearch.search.SearchService.parseSource(SearchService.java :735) at org.elasticsearch.search.SearchService.createContext(SearchService.ja va:560) at org.elasticsearch.search.SearchService.createAndPutContext(SearchServ ice.java:532) at org.elasticsearch.search.SearchService.executeQueryPhase(SearchServic e.java:294) at org.elasticsearch.search.action.SearchServiceTransportAction$5.call(S earchServiceTransportAction.java:231) at org.elasticsearch.search.action.SearchServiceTransportAction$5.call(S earchServiceTransportAction.java:228) at org.elasticsearch.search.action.SearchServiceTransportAction$23.run(S earchServiceTransportAction.java:559) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor. java:1145) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor .java:615) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745) Caused by: org.elasticsearch.ElasticsearchParseException: Failed to derive xcont ent from org.elasticsearch.common.bytes.ChannelBufferBytesReference@b668d26f at org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentFactory.xContent(XContentFa ctory.java:279) at org.elasticsearch.search.SearchService.parseSource(SearchService.java :705) ... 9 more [2015-07-29 17:29:48,280][DEBUG][action.search.type] [Black Talon] All sh ards failed for phase: [query] org.elasticsearch.search.SearchParseException: [blog][4]: from[-1],size[-1]: Par se Failure [Failed to parse source [_na_]] at org.elasticsearch.search.SearchService.parseSource(SearchService.java :735) at org.elasticsearch.search.SearchService.createContext(SearchService.ja va:560) at org.elasticsearch.search.SearchService.createAndPutContext(SearchServ ice.java:532) at org.elasticsearch.search.SearchService.executeQueryPhase(SearchServic e.java:294) at org.elasticsearch.search.action.SearchServiceTransportAction$5.call(S earchServiceTransportAction.java:231) ---
**Author:** ![harpreet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/harpreet/32/3413_2.png) [@harpreet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/harpreet)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2015, 5:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/searchparseexception-js-client/26532/2 "2015-10-29T17:19:45Z")
so did you find anything on this. I am having same problem ---
**Author:** ![mainec](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mainec/32/5557_2.png) [@mainec](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mainec)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2015, 8:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/searchparseexception-js-client/26532/3 "2015-10-30T08:54:03Z")
> [@jbbush](#): > > Parse Failure [Failed to parse source [_na_]] Not knowing a whole lot about what how exactly you are sending the query (or JavaScript in general for that matter): To me this looks like the query doesn't make it to Elasticsearch. Maybe this helps you: [javascript - AJAX Call with Elasticsearch Search - Stack Overflow](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13144794/ajax-call-with-elasticsearch-search) ---
**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, 11:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/searchparseexception-js-client/26532/4 "2017-07-05T23:41:45Z")