# Synonym filter using an online hosted file instead of using wn\_s.pl

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/synonym-filter-using-an-online-hosted-file-instead-of-using-wn-s-pl/17639>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [May 21, 2014, 8:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/synonym-filter-using-an-online-hosted-file-instead-of-using-wn-s-pl/17639 "2014-05-21T08:53:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jayanth\_Inakollu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8edcca/32.png) [@Jayanth\_Inakollu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jayanth_Inakollu)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2014, 8:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/synonym-filter-using-an-online-hosted-file-instead-of-using-wn-s-pl/17639/1 "2014-05-21T08:53:37Z")

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Hi,

I am implementing synonym filter using "synonms\_path" : "wn\_s.pl". But I would like to find out is there any other way to implement the same without downloading the file into our system? Using online hosted things or something??

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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:** [July 6, 2017, 1:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/synonym-filter-using-an-online-hosted-file-instead-of-using-wn-s-pl/17639/2 "2017-07-06T01:27:56Z")

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