[[search-uri-request]]
=== URI Search

Specifies search criteria as query parameters in the request URI.

[source,console]
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GET twitter/_search?q=user:kimchy
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// TEST[setup:twitter]


[[search-uri-request-api-request]]
==== {api-request-title}

`GET /<index>/_search?q=<parameter>`


[[search-uri-request-api-desc]]
==== {api-description-title}

You can use query parameters to define your search criteria directly in the 
request URI, rather than in the request body. Request URI searches do not 
support the full {es} Query DSL, but are handy for testing.


[[search-uri-request-api-path-params]]
==== {api-path-parms-title}

include::{docdir}/rest-api/common-parms.asciidoc[tag=index]


[[search-uri-request-api-query-params]]
==== {api-query-parms-title}

See the <<search-search-api-query-params,search API's query parameters>>.


[[search-uri-request-api-example]]
==== {api-examples-title}

[source,console]
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GET twitter/_search?q=user:kimchy
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// TEST[setup:twitter]


The API returns the following response:

[source,console-result]
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{
    "timed_out": false,
    "took": 62,
    "_shards":{
        "total" : 1,
        "successful" : 1,
        "skipped" : 0,
        "failed" : 0
    },
    "hits":{
        "total" : {
            "value": 1,
            "relation": "eq"
        },
        "max_score": 1.3862942,
        "hits" : [
            {
                "_index" : "twitter",
                "_type" : "_doc",
                "_id" : "0",
                "_score": 1.3862942,
                "_source" : {
                    "user" : "kimchy",
                    "date" : "2009-11-15T14:12:12",
                    "message" : "trying out Elasticsearch",
                    "likes": 0
                }
            }
        ]
    }
}
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// TESTRESPONSE[s/"took": 62/"took": "$body.took"/]