# Wildcard in query for app-search?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/wildcard-in-query-for-app-search/205697>\
**Category:** Elastic Search\
**Tags:** elastic-app-search\
**Created:** [October 29, 2019, 2:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/wildcard-in-query-for-app-search/205697 "2019-10-29T14:59:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![teja\_sri](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/teja_sri/32/55614_2.png) [@teja\_sri](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/teja_sri)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2019, 2:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/wildcard-in-query-for-app-search/205697/1 "2019-10-29T14:59:19Z")

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Is there a way to put wildcard in query field of app-search??

Like

"query": "[%]"

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**Author:** ![JasonStoltz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jasonstoltz/32/49893_2.png) [@JasonStoltz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/JasonStoltz)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2019, 11:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/wildcard-in-query-for-app-search/205697/2 "2019-10-30T11:42:09Z")

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@teja_sri If you're trying to do an empty query to get all results, just do `"query": ""`

We do not support any sort of wildcard syntax in our queries.

EDIT: Removed a statement that said we _do_ support wildcard queries

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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:** [November 27, 2019, 11:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/wildcard-in-query-for-app-search/205697/3 "2019-11-27T11:42:16Z")

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