# Simple query string search **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [March 21, 2014, 8:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/simple-query-string-search/16532 "2014-03-21T20:29:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mohit\_Anchlia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/848f3c/32.png) [@Mohit\_Anchlia](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Mohit_Anchlia)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2014, 8:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/simple-query-string-search/16532/1 "2014-03-21T20:29:06Z")
I am trying to run a simple search and for some reason it's not working. I might just be making a simple mistake here. I indexed 2 documents: [ec2-user@ip-10-80-140-13 ~]$ curl -XPUT ' [http://localhost:9200/users/payments/2](http://localhost:9200/users/payments/2)' -d '{ > "namespace": "ns1", > "id": "1", > "fastId": "f1", > "version": 1393443298027, > "lang": "en", > "opType": "create", > "fields": { > "field2": "value2", > "field1": "value11" > }, > "arrayFields": {} > }' > {"\_index":"users","\_type":"payments","\_id":"2","\_version":1,"created":true}[ [ec2-user@ip-10-80-140-13 ~]$ curl -XPUT ' [http://localhost:9200/users/payments/1](http://localhost:9200/users/payments/1)' -d '{ > "namespace": "ns1", > "id": "2", > "fastId": "f1", > "version": 1393443298027, > "lang": "en", > "opType": "create", > "fields": { > "field2": "value2", > "field1": "value1" > }, > "arrayFields": {} > }' > {"\_index":"users","\_type":"payments","\_id":"1","\_version":1,"created":true} And now I am trying to run a simple search and it doesn't seem to return any docs. I expected 2 docs to match: [ec2-user@ip-10-80-140-13 ~]$ curl -XGET ' [http://localhost:9200/users/payments/\_search?q=field.field1:value1](http://localhost:9200/users/payments/_search?q=field.field1:value1)' {"took":1,"timed\_out":false,"\_shards":{"total":5,"successful":5,"failed":0},"hits":{"total":0,"max\_score":null,"hits":}} [ec2-user@ip-10-80-140-13 ~]$ curl -XGET ' [http://localhost:9200/users/payments/\_search?q=value1](http://localhost:9200/users/payments/_search?q=value1)' {"took":1,"timed\_out":false,"\_shards":{"total":5,"successful":5,"failed":0},"hits":{"total":0,"max\_score":null,"hits":}} -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAOT3TWoLRfwPr7tPtv9LuN%2B3jcbTuWKp8ioBY-YsZnYgcXoHZA%40mail.gmail.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAOT3TWoLRfwPr7tPtv9LuN%2B3jcbTuWKp8ioBY-YsZnYgcXoHZA%40mail.gmail.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![Mohit\_Anchlia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/848f3c/32.png) [@Mohit\_Anchlia](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Mohit_Anchlia)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2014, 9:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/simple-query-string-search/16532/2 "2014-03-21T21:01:16Z")
Please ignore I inadvertently updated one of the documents. On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 1:29 PM, Mohit Anchlia [mohitanchlia@gmail.com](mailto:mohitanchlia@gmail.com)wrote: > I am trying to run a simple search and for some reason it's not working. I > might just be making a simple mistake here. I indexed 2 documents: > > [ec2-user@ip-10-80-140-13 ~]$ curl -XPUT ' > [http://localhost:9200/users/payments/2](http://localhost:9200/users/payments/2)' -d '{ > > > "namespace": "ns1", > > "id": "1", > > "fastId": "f1", > > "version": 1393443298027, > > "lang": "en", > > "opType": "create", > > "fields": { > > "field2": "value2", > > "field1": "value11" > > }, > > "arrayFields": {} > > }' > > {"\_index":"users","\_type":"payments","\_id":"2","\_version":1,"created":true}[ > > [ec2-user@ip-10-80-140-13 ~]$ curl -XPUT ' > [http://localhost:9200/users/payments/1](http://localhost:9200/users/payments/1)' -d '{ > > > "namespace": "ns1", > > "id": "2", > > "fastId": "f1", > > "version": 1393443298027, > > "lang": "en", > > "opType": "create", > > "fields": { > > "field2": "value2", > > "field1": "value1" > > }, > > "arrayFields": {} > > }' > > {"\_index":"users","\_type":"payments","\_id":"1","\_version":1,"created":true} > > And now I am trying to run a simple search and it doesn't seem to return > any docs. I expected 2 docs to match: > > [ec2-user@ip-10-80-140-13 ~]$ curl -XGET ' > [http://localhost:9200/users/payments/\_search?q=field.field1:value1](http://localhost:9200/users/payments/_search?q=field.field1:value1)' > > {"took":1,"timed\_out":false,"\_shards":{"total":5,"successful":5,"failed":0},"hits":{"total":0,"max\_score":null,"hits":}} > > [ec2-user@ip-10-80-140-13 ~]$ curl -XGET ' > [http://localhost:9200/users/payments/\_search?q=value1](http://localhost:9200/users/payments/_search?q=value1)' > > {"took":1,"timed\_out":false,"\_shards":{"total":5,"successful":5,"failed":0},"hits":{"total":0,"max\_score":null,"hits":}} -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAOT3TWr%3DfW5-w0W%3DRMNjjgE%3DpmuCrxBV8XAQiWXQ8r-APspkbw%40mail.gmail.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAOT3TWr%3DfW5-w0W%3DRMNjjgE%3DpmuCrxBV8XAQiWXQ8r-APspkbw%40mail.gmail.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**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, 1:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/simple-query-string-search/16532/3 "2017-07-06T01:41:29Z")