# While connecting elasticSearch Getting this Exception through java api
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/while-connecting-elasticsearch-getting-this-exception-through-java-api/307764
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [June 21, 2022, 1:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/while-connecting-elasticsearch-getting-this-exception-through-java-api/307764 "2022-06-21T13:07:35Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@Udayaprakash\_S\_10d](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Udayaprakash_S_10d)
#### Post date: [June 21, 2022, 1:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/while-connecting-elasticsearch-getting-this-exception-through-java-api/307764/1 "2022-06-21T13:07:35Z")
```auto
SLF4J: Failed toString() invocation on an object of type [org.elasticsearch.search.builder.SearchSourceBuilder]
Reported exception:
java.lang.NullPointerException
at org.elasticsearch.index.query.BoolQueryBuilder.doXArrayContent(BoolQueryBuilder.java:274)
at org.elasticsearch.index.query.BoolQueryBuilder.doXContent(BoolQueryBuilder.java:258)
at org.elasticsearch.index.query.AbstractQueryBuilder.toXContent(AbstractQueryBuilder.java:87)
at org.elasticsearch.index.query.BoolQueryBuilder.doXArrayContent(BoolQueryBuilder.java:274)
at org.elasticsearch.index.query.BoolQueryBuilder.doXContent(BoolQueryBuilder.java:256)
at org.elasticsearch.index.query.AbstractQueryBuilder.toXContent(AbstractQueryBuilder.java:87)
at org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentBuilder.value(XContentBuilder.java:859)
at org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentBuilder.value(XContentBuilder.java:852)
at org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentBuilder.field(XContentBuilder.java:844)
at org.elasticsearch.search.builder.SearchSourceBuilder.innerToXContent(SearchSourceBuilder.java:1295)
at org.elasticsearch.search.builder.SearchSourceBuilder.toXContent(SearchSourceBuilder.java:1432)
at org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentHelper.toXContent(XContentHelper.java:408)
at org.elasticsearch.search.builder.SearchSourceBuilder.toString(SearchSourceBuilder.java:1689)
at org.elasticsearch.search.builder.SearchSourceBuilder.toString(SearchSourceBuilder.java:1684)
at org.slf4j.helpers.MessageFormatter.safeObjectAppend(MessageFormatter.java:277)
at org.slf4j.helpers.MessageFormatter.deeplyAppendParameter(MessageFormatter.java:249)
at org.slf4j.helpers.MessageFormatter.arrayFormat(MessageFormatter.java:211)
at org.slf4j.helpers.MessageFormatter.arrayFormat(MessageFormatter.java:161)
at ch.qos.logback.classic.spi.LoggingEvent.getFormattedMessage(LoggingEvent.java:293)
at ch.qos.logback.classic.spi.LoggingEvent.prepareForDeferredProcessing(LoggingEvent.java:206)
at ch.qos.logback.core.OutputStreamAppender.subAppend(OutputStreamAppender.java:223)
at ch.qos.logback.core.OutputStreamAppender.append(OutputStreamAppender.java:102)
at ch.qos.logback.core.UnsynchronizedAppenderBase.doAppend(UnsynchronizedAppenderBase.java:84)
at ch.qos.logback.core.spi.AppenderAttachableImpl.appendLoopOnAppenders(AppenderAttachableImpl.java:51)
at ch.qos.logback.classic.Logger.appendLoopOnAppenders(Logger.java:270)
at ch.qos.logback.classic.Logger.callAppenders(Logger.java:257)
at ch.qos.logback.classic.Logger.buildLoggingEventAndAppend(Logger.java:421)
at ch.qos.logback.classic.Logger.filterAndLog_1(Logger.java:398)
at ch.qos.logback.classic.Logger.debug(Logger.java:486)
```
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### Author:  [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [June 21, 2022, 10:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/while-connecting-elasticsearch-getting-this-exception-through-java-api/307764/2 "2022-06-21T22:19:46Z")
Simply posting an excerpt of a log file isn't going to allow anyone to help you unfortunately, please provide more information.
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### Author:  [@Udayaprakash\_S\_10d](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Udayaprakash_S_10d)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2022, 2:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/while-connecting-elasticsearch-getting-this-exception-through-java-api/307764/3 "2022-06-22T02:13:54Z")
this is the code i am getting this exception
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### Author:  [@Udayaprakash\_S\_10d](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Udayaprakash_S_10d)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2022, 2:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/while-connecting-elasticsearch-getting-this-exception-through-java-api/307764/4 "2022-06-22T02:19:06Z")
if i hit that api continuously i am getting the above exception
```auto
SearchSourceBuilder srchSrc = ESQueryHelper.buildSearchSource(0, query,Arrays.asList(aggs));
LOGR.debug("Query: {}", srchSrc);
SearchRequest req = (new SearchRequest(new String[]{CustomerESQueryHelper.getIndexName(dto.getProgId())})).source(srchSrc);
```
in the first hit getting the proper response from elasticSearch in if i hit continuously getting this exception
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### Author:  [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2022, 2:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/while-connecting-elasticsearch-getting-this-exception-through-java-api/307764/5 "2022-06-22T02:21:09Z")
Please don't post pictures of text, logs or code. They are difficult to read, impossible to search and replicate (if it's code), and some people may not be even able to see them 🙂
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### Author:  [@Udayaprakash\_S\_10d](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Udayaprakash_S_10d)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2022, 2:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/while-connecting-elasticsearch-getting-this-exception-through-java-api/307764/6 "2022-06-22T02:24:12Z")
I am receiving an ActionRequestValidationException:invalid path when continuously hit
requests through the Java API. or else i am getting the above exception
please help me
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 20, 2022, 2:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/while-connecting-elasticsearch-getting-this-exception-through-java-api/307764/7 "2022-07-20T02:24:39Z")
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