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

# Text structure

`text_structure`

- [Find the structure of a text field](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4371/api/doc/elasticsearch/v8/operation/operation-text-structure-find-field-structure): `GET` `/_text_structure/find_field_structure`
- [Find the structure of text messages
](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4371/api/doc/elasticsearch/v8/operation/operation-text-structure-find-message-structure): `POST` (also `GET`) `/_text_structure/find_message_structure`
- [Find the structure of a text file](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4371/api/doc/elasticsearch/v8/operation/operation-text-structure-find-structure): `POST` `/_text_structure/find_structure`
- [Test a Grok pattern
](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4371/api/doc/elasticsearch/v8/operation/operation-text-structure-test-grok-pattern): `POST` (also `GET`) `/_text_structure/test_grok_pattern`