# SearchRequestBuilder getters

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/searchrequestbuilder-getters/98214>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [August 24, 2017, 11:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/searchrequestbuilder-getters/98214 "2017-08-24T11:04:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cosmin\_Marginean1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/cosmin_marginean1/32/75703_2.png) [@Cosmin\_Marginean1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Cosmin_Marginean1)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2017, 11:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/searchrequestbuilder-getters/98214/1 "2017-08-24T11:04:00Z")

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Hi.  
I was wondering if there is any way to get the values that were set on a `SearchRequestBuilder` (like size, etc). At this stage we can only set these values but no way to read them back.  
Thanks.  
Cos.

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**Author:** ![spinscale](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/spinscale/32/25011_2.png) [@spinscale](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/spinscale)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2017, 8:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/searchrequestbuilder-getters/98214/2 "2017-08-25T08:20:24Z")

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have you tried `SearchRequestBuilder.request().source()`?

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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 22, 2017, 8:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/searchrequestbuilder-getters/98214/3 "2017-09-22T08:20:38Z")

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Closed on September 22, 2017, 8:20am UTC

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