# Wild Card search for a URL not working

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/wild-card-search-for-a-url-not-working/44281>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [March 14, 2016, 6:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/wild-card-search-for-a-url-not-working/44281 "2016-03-14T06:03:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Sameer\_Panicker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@Sameer\_Panicker](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sameer_Panicker)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2016, 6:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/wild-card-search-for-a-url-not-working/44281/1 "2016-03-14T06:03:59Z")

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I have this URL:

[http://myserver1:443/MyWebService/api/customer/{id}/getTime/](http://myserver1:443/MyWebService/api/customer/%7Bid%7D/getTime/){ value1}

i.e.  
[http://myserver1:443/MyWebService/api/customer/123/getTime/350](http://myserver1:443/MyWebService/api/customer/123/getTime/350), [http://myserver1:443/MyWebService/api/customer/456/getTime/351](http://myserver1:443/MyWebService/api/customer/456/getTime/351)

If I try searching for "[http://myserver1:443/MyWebService/api/customer/](http://myserver1:443/MyWebService/api/customer/)_/getTime/_"...it doesn't return any data. Results = 0.

What am I doing wrong here ?

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**Author:** ![benBA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b5a626/32.png) [@benBA](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/benBA)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2016, 10:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/wild-card-search-for-a-url-not-working/44281/2 "2016-03-14T10:32:10Z")

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if the field you're searching on is not analyzed, see [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/query-dsl-wildcard-query.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/query-dsl-wildcard-query.html)

so for example you should be typing in the Kibana search bar:

{"wildcard":{"[field-name]":"[http://myserver1:443/MyWebService/api/customer/](http://myserver1:443/MyWebService/api/customer/)_/getTime/_"}}

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**Author:** ![Sameer\_Panicker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@Sameer\_Panicker](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sameer_Panicker)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2016, 2:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/wild-card-search-for-a-url-not-working/44281/3 "2016-03-14T14:04:12Z")

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Still the same result. Result = 0.

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**Author:** ![stormpython](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/stormpython/32/7190_2.png) [@stormpython](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stormpython)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2016, 5:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/wild-card-search-for-a-url-not-working/44281/4 "2016-03-14T17:21:56Z")

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You are putting the search string in quotes, so the \* is being searched literally and not as a wild card.

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**Author:** ![Sameer\_Panicker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@Sameer\_Panicker](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sameer_Panicker)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2016, 4:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/wild-card-search-for-a-url-not-working/44281/5 "2016-03-15T04:16:56Z")

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So what it should be like ?

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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, 1:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/wild-card-search-for-a-url-not-working/44281/6 "2017-07-06T13:59:07Z")

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Closed on July 6, 2017, 1:59pm UTC