---
type: api
title: Search
url: https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4371/api/doc/elasticsearch/v8/group/endpoint-search
resource: https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4371/api/doc/elasticsearch/v8/group/endpoint-search
products:
  - Elasticsearch
---

# Search

`search`

- [Get async search results](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4371/api/doc/elasticsearch/v8/operation/operation-async-search-get): `GET` `/_async_search/{id}`
- [Delete an async search](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4371/api/doc/elasticsearch/v8/operation/operation-async-search-delete): `DELETE` `/_async_search/{id}`
- [Get the async search status](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4371/api/doc/elasticsearch/v8/operation/operation-async-search-status): `GET` `/_async_search/status/{id}`
- [Run an async search
](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4371/api/doc/elasticsearch/v8/operation/operation-async-search-submit): `POST` `/{index}/_async_search`, `POST` `/_async_search`
- [Run a scrolling search
](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4371/api/doc/elasticsearch/v8/operation/operation-scroll): `POST` (also `GET`) `/_search/scroll/{scroll_id}`, `POST` (also `GET`) `/_search/scroll`
- [Clear a scrolling search
](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4371/api/doc/elasticsearch/v8/operation/operation-clear-scroll): `DELETE` `/_search/scroll/{scroll_id}`, `DELETE` `/_search/scroll`
- [Close a point in time](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4371/api/doc/elasticsearch/v8/operation/operation-close-point-in-time): `DELETE` `/_pit`
- [Count search results
](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4371/api/doc/elasticsearch/v8/operation/operation-count): `POST` (also `GET`) `/{index}/_count`, `POST` (also `GET`) `/_count`
- [Explain a document match result
](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4371/api/doc/elasticsearch/v8/operation/operation-explain): `POST` (also `GET`) `/{index}/_explain/{id}`
- [Get the field capabilities
](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4371/api/doc/elasticsearch/v8/operation/operation-field-caps): `POST` (also `GET`) `/{index}/_field_caps`, `POST` (also `GET`) `/_field_caps`
- [Run a knn search
](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4371/api/doc/elasticsearch/v8/operation/operation-knn-search): `POST` (also `GET`) `/{index}/_knn_search`
- [Run multiple searches
](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4371/api/doc/elasticsearch/v8/operation/operation-msearch): `POST` (also `GET`) `/{index}/_msearch`, `POST` (also `GET`) `/_msearch`
- [Run multiple templated searches
](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4371/api/doc/elasticsearch/v8/operation/operation-msearch-template): `POST` (also `GET`) `/{index}/_msearch/template`, `POST` (also `GET`) `/_msearch/template`
- [Open a point in time](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4371/api/doc/elasticsearch/v8/operation/operation-open-point-in-time): `POST` `/{index}/_pit`
- [Evaluate ranked search results
](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4371/api/doc/elasticsearch/v8/operation/operation-rank-eval): `POST` (also `GET`) `/{index}/_rank_eval`, `POST` (also `GET`) `/_rank_eval`
- [Render a search template
](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4371/api/doc/elasticsearch/v8/operation/operation-render-search-template): `POST` (also `GET`) `/_render/template/{id}`, `POST` (also `GET`) `/_render/template`
- [Run a search
](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4371/api/doc/elasticsearch/v8/operation/operation-search): `POST` (also `GET`) `/{index}/_search`, `POST` (also `GET`) `/_search`
- [Search a vector tile
](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4371/api/doc/elasticsearch/v8/operation/operation-search-mvt): `POST` (also `GET`) `/{index}/_mvt/{field}/{zoom}/{x}/{y}`
- [Get the search shards
](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4371/api/doc/elasticsearch/v8/operation/operation-search-shards): `POST` (also `GET`) `/{index}/_search_shards`, `POST` (also `GET`) `/_search_shards`
- [Run a search with a search template
](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4371/api/doc/elasticsearch/v8/operation/operation-search-template): `POST` (also `GET`) `/{index}/_search/template`, `POST` (also `GET`) `/_search/template`
- [Get terms in an index
](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4371/api/doc/elasticsearch/v8/operation/operation-terms-enum): `POST` (also `GET`) `/{index}/_terms_enum`