POST /_search/scroll/{scroll_id}
Api key auth Basic auth Bearer auth

All methods and paths for this operation:

GET /_search/scroll

POST /_search/scroll
GET /_search/scroll/{scroll_id}
POST /_search/scroll/{scroll_id}

IMPORTANT: The scroll API is no longer recommend for deep pagination. If you need to preserve the index state while paging through more than 10,000 hits, use the search_after parameter with a point in time (PIT).

The scroll API gets large sets of results from a single scrolling search request. To get the necessary scroll ID, submit a search API request that includes an argument for the scroll query parameter. The scroll parameter indicates how long Elasticsearch should retain the search context for the request. The search response returns a scroll ID in the _scroll_id response body parameter. You can then use the scroll ID with the scroll API to retrieve the next batch of results for the request. If the Elasticsearch security features are enabled, the access to the results of a specific scroll ID is restricted to the user or API key that submitted the search.

You can also use the scroll API to specify a new scroll parameter that extends or shortens the retention period for the search context.

IMPORTANT: Results from a scrolling search reflect the state of the index at the time of the initial search request. Subsequent indexing or document changes only affect later search and scroll requests.

Required authorization

  • Index privileges: read
About paginating search results

Path parameters

  • scroll_id string Required Deprecated

    The scroll ID

Query parameters

  • scroll string

    The period to retain the search context for scrolling.

    External documentation
  • scroll_id string Deprecated

    The scroll ID

  • rest_total_hits_as_int boolean

    If true, the API response’s hit.total property is returned as an integer. If false, the API response’s hit.total property is returned as an object.

application/json

Body

  • scroll string

    The period to retain the search context for scrolling.

    External documentation
  • scroll_id string Required

    The scroll ID of the search.

Responses

  • 200 application/json
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    • took number Required

      The number of milliseconds it took Elasticsearch to run the request. This value is calculated by measuring the time elapsed between receipt of a request on the coordinating node and the time at which the coordinating node is ready to send the response. It includes:

      • Communication time between the coordinating node and data nodes
      • Time the request spends in the search thread pool, queued for execution
      • Actual run time

      It does not include:

      • Time needed to send the request to Elasticsearch
      • Time needed to serialize the JSON response
      • Time needed to send the response to a client
    • timed_out boolean Required

      If true, the request timed out before completion; returned results may be partial or empty.

    • _shards object Required

      A count of shards used for the request.

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      • failed number Required

        The number of shards the operation or search attempted to run on but failed.

      • successful number Required

        The number of shards the operation or search succeeded on.

      • total number Required

        The number of shards the operation or search will run on overall.

      • failures array[object]
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        • index
        • node string
        • reason
        • shard number
        • status string
        • primary boolean
      • skipped number
    • hits object Required

      The returned documents and metadata.

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      • total object | number

        Total hit count information, present only if track_total_hits wasn't false in the search request.

        One of:
        TotalHits object number-2 number
      • hits array[object] Required
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        • _index
        • _id
        • _score
        • _explanation
        • fields object
        • highlight object
        • inner_hits object
        • matched_queries
        • _nested
        • _ignored array[string]
        • ignored_field_values object
        • _shard string
        • _node string
        • _routing string
        • _source object
        • _rank number
        • _seq_no
        • _primary_term number
        • _version
        • sort

      • max_score number | string | null

        One of:
        number-1 number string-2 string | null
    • aggregations object
    • _clusters object
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      • skipped number Required
      • successful number Required
      • total number Required
      • running number Required
      • partial number Required
      • failed number Required
      • details object
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        • * object Additional properties
          Hide * attributes Show * attributes object
          • indices string Required
          • timed_out boolean Required
          • failures array[object]
    • fields object
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      • * object Additional properties
    • max_score number
    • num_reduce_phases number
    • profile object
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      • shards array[object] Required
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        • aggregations array[object] Required
        • cluster string Required
        • dfs
        • fetch
        • id string Required
        • index
        • node_id
        • searches array[object] Required
        • shard_id number Required
    • pit_id string
    • _scroll_id string

      The identifier for the search and its search context. You can use this scroll ID with the scroll API to retrieve the next batch of search results for the request. This property is returned only if the scroll query parameter is specified in the request.

    • suggest object
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    • terminated_early boolean
POST /_search/scroll/{scroll_id} 
GET /_search/scroll
{
  "scroll_id" : "DXF1ZXJ5QW5kRmV0Y2gBAAAAAAAAAD4WYm9laVYtZndUQlNsdDcwakFMNjU1QQ=="
}
resp = client.scroll(
    scroll_id="DXF1ZXJ5QW5kRmV0Y2gBAAAAAAAAAD4WYm9laVYtZndUQlNsdDcwakFMNjU1QQ==",
)
const response = await client.scroll({
  scroll_id: "DXF1ZXJ5QW5kRmV0Y2gBAAAAAAAAAD4WYm9laVYtZndUQlNsdDcwakFMNjU1QQ==",
});
response = client.scroll(
  body: {
    "scroll_id": "DXF1ZXJ5QW5kRmV0Y2gBAAAAAAAAAD4WYm9laVYtZndUQlNsdDcwakFMNjU1QQ=="
  }
)
$resp = $client->scroll([
    "body" => [
        "scroll_id" => "DXF1ZXJ5QW5kRmV0Y2gBAAAAAAAAAD4WYm9laVYtZndUQlNsdDcwakFMNjU1QQ==",
    ],
]);
curl -X GET -H "Authorization: ApiKey $ELASTIC_API_KEY" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"scroll_id":"DXF1ZXJ5QW5kRmV0Y2gBAAAAAAAAAD4WYm9laVYtZndUQlNsdDcwakFMNjU1QQ=="}' "$ELASTICSEARCH_URL/_search/scroll"
client.scroll(s -> s
    .scrollId("DXF1ZXJ5QW5kRmV0Y2gBAAAAAAAAAD4WYm9laVYtZndUQlNsdDcwakFMNjU1QQ==")
);
Request example
Run `GET /_search/scroll` to get the next batch of results for a scrolling search. 
{
  "scroll_id" : "DXF1ZXJ5QW5kRmV0Y2gBAAAAAAAAAD4WYm9laVYtZndUQlNsdDcwakFMNjU1QQ=="
}