# Update synonyms dynamically **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [April 3, 2014, 12:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/update-synonyms-dynamically/16786 "2014-04-03T12:26:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Balaji\_Narain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/94ad74/32.png) [@Balaji\_Narain](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Balaji_Narain)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2014, 12:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/update-synonyms-dynamically/16786/1 "2014-04-03T12:26:14Z")
Hi, I have synonyms defined for certain codes that could be updated through my system. These updates are infrequent: in the order of months and in some cases, it could be years. I am planning to use the synonym token filter. Can I do this update without modifying the synonyms list? I am fine with either programmatic solutions, or solutions which would require elasticsearch to source the list of synonyms from an external source. Is it possible with ES? -- 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/b08aa78f-2094-4892-a4ef-c69e240009ec%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/b08aa78f-2094-4892-a4ef-c69e240009ec%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![Binh\_Ly\_2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d07c76/32.png) [@Binh\_Ly\_2](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Binh_Ly_2)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2014, 8:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/update-synonyms-dynamically/16786/2 "2014-04-04T20:17:16Z")
Not sure I understand your question completely, but you can define a synonym filter to read from an external file it that matters: ``` "filter": { "syn1": { "type": "synonym", "synonyms_path": "synonyms.txt" } } ``` -- 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/d86ce9e4-11a0-401a-a80a-d3d459ee0d92%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/d86ce9e4-11a0-401a-a80a-d3d459ee0d92%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![Balaji\_Narain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/94ad74/32.png) [@Balaji\_Narain](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Balaji_Narain)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2014, 9:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/update-synonyms-dynamically/16786/3 "2014-04-07T09:49:11Z")
I am sorry for the vague question; I should have phrased it better. Yes, I am aware of the fact that you could upload the synonyms from a file. But this does not work out in my scenario because, I would like the synonym to be updated by my application program. As I understand, it is not yet possible to update the synonyms.txt through the application program. Hence I was wondering if I could provide the synonym mapping from a database/URL so that it could be updated through my application. On Saturday, April 5, 2014 1:47:16 AM UTC+5:30, Binh Ly wrote: > Not sure I understand your question completely, but you can define a > synonym filter to read from an external file it that matters: > > ``` > "filter": { > "syn1": { > "type": "synonym", > "synonyms_path": "synonyms.txt" > } > } > > ``` -- 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/58576ccd-b3b2-4661-9b0e-7eba99f3258a%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/58576ccd-b3b2-4661-9b0e-7eba99f3258a%40googlegroups.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, 1:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/update-synonyms-dynamically/16786/4 "2017-07-06T01:37:52Z")