# Use Elasticsearch service for retrieving data from ES
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/use-elasticsearch-service-for-retrieving-data-from-es/339099
**Category:** Kibana
**Tags:** kibana-plugin-development
**Created:** [July 24, 2023, 12:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/use-elasticsearch-service-for-retrieving-data-from-es/339099 "2023-07-24T12:43:17Z")
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### Author:  [@Sheereen](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sheereen)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2023, 12:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/use-elasticsearch-service-for-retrieving-data-from-es/339099/1 "2023-07-24T12:43:17Z")
Hi,
How to use **Elasticsearch service inside plugin**?
I am developing an **external plugin in Kibana 8.1.1 using React.**
I want to **retrieve data from ES at server side using the Elasticsearch service**. I couldn't find any documentation or examples except for this ([Elasticsearch service | Kibana Guide [8.8] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/elasticsearch-service.html)), which doesn't have any valuable information and moreover the link to the service given within is also wrong.
I looked into this example as well ([https://github.com/elastic/kibana/tree/8fcd199d2a8f7368779552c659d34c0d34b9b87b/examples/search\_examples](https://github.com/elastic/kibana/tree/8fcd199d2a8f7368779552c659d34c0d34b9b87b/examples/search_examples)), but it isn't using Elasticsearch service.
Kindly guide me with some resources and docs.
Thanks
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 21, 2023, 12:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/use-elasticsearch-service-for-retrieving-data-from-es/339099/2 "2023-08-21T12:43:51Z")
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