# Using elasticsearch-sql to query elasticsearch on elastic cloud

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/using-elasticsearch-sql-to-query-elasticsearch-on-elastic-cloud/169872>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [February 25, 2019, 4:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/using-elasticsearch-sql-to-query-elasticsearch-on-elastic-cloud/169872 "2019-02-25T16:24:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![jerry.browne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a8b319/32.png) [@jerry.browne](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jerry.browne)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2019, 4:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/using-elasticsearch-sql-to-query-elasticsearch-on-elastic-cloud/169872/1 "2019-02-25T16:24:27Z")

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I'm trying to query elasticsearch data using elasticsearch-sql.

I am using elastic cloud, so the first question is whether or not elasticsearch-sql is available on elastic cloud.

If it is (based on what i read it is) .... how can I query it? I'm trying the following and I get a 404 response:

[https://user:pass@myelasticclouud:9243/\_sql?sql=select](https://user:pass@myelasticclouud:9243/_sql?sql=select) \* from filebeat-6.6.0-2019-02-20

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2019, 4:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/using-elasticsearch-sql-to-query-elasticsearch-on-elastic-cloud/169872/2 "2019-02-25T16:37:12Z")

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The docs says to use another URL: [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/6.6/sql-rest.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/6.6/sql-rest.html)

```auto
POST /_xpack/sql?format=txt
{
    "query": "SELECT * FROM library ORDER BY page_count DESC LIMIT 5"
}

```

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**Author:** ![Andrei\_Stefan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/andrei_stefan/32/47533_2.png) [@Andrei\_Stefan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Andrei_Stefan)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2019, 8:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/using-elasticsearch-sql-to-query-elasticsearch-on-elastic-cloud/169872/3 "2019-02-26T08:59:04Z")

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@jerry.browne if you really want to search in ES-SQL using just the URL, you can do something like:

```auto
https://user:pass@myelasticclouud:9243/_xpack/sql?source={"query":"select * from filebeat-6.6.0-2019-02-20"}&source_content_type=application/json

```

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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:** [March 26, 2019, 9:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/using-elasticsearch-sql-to-query-elasticsearch-on-elastic-cloud/169872/4 "2019-03-26T09:02:29Z")

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