Is there an options to filter out the Elasticsearch query response like _shards?

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Is there a way to filter out the _shards from the Elasticsearch query response?

I am looking for an option like size which removes the results from the hits, but for telling Elasticsearch that I don't need the _shards key.

An alternative would be to use jq to delete certain keys.

This answer should help: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/33481977/elasticsearch-remove-default-fields-from-searchs-response-body/33482067#33482067 (hint: use `filter_path`) — Val, May 26 '20 at 07:47
Indeed! I voted for a close as duplicate in this case. Thanks! — Gabriel Petrovay, May 26 '20 at 08:05

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited May 26 '20 at 08:08

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You can use filter_path

GET index84/_search?filter_path=-_shards

(note the - prefixing the _shards)

or, for example, if only the found items are needed:

GET index84/_search?filter_path=hits.hits

edited May 26 '20 at 08:08

Gabriel Petrovay

answered May 26 '20 at 07:49

jaspreet chahal

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