ElasticSearch POST with json search body vs GET with json in url

Question

According to the ES documentation, those 2 search request should get the same results:

GET

http://localhost:9200/app/users/_search?source={\"query\": {         


        

Answer 1

You should URL encode your query in the first case:

http://localhost:9200/app/users/_search?source=%7b%22query%22%3a+%7b%22term%22%3a+%7b%22email%22%3a%22foo%40gmail.com%22%7d%7d%7d