[[sql_query_examples]] === SQL {es} SQL is an X-Pack component that allows SQL-like queries to be executed in real-time against {es}. Whether using the REST interface, command-line or JDBC, any client can use SQL to search and aggregate data natively inside {es}. One can think of {es} SQL as a translator, one that understands both SQL and {es} and makes it easy to read and process data in real-time, at scale by leveraging {es} capabilities. In the following example we will search all the documents that has the field `house` equals to `stark`, log the result with the tabular view and then manipulate the result to obtain an object easy to navigate. [source,js] ---- 'use strict' const { Client } = require('@elastic/elasticsearch') const client = new Client({ cloud: { id: '' }, auth: { apiKey: 'base64EncodedKey' } }) async function run () { await client.index({ index: 'game-of-thrones', document: { character: 'Ned Stark', quote: 'Winter is coming.', house: 'stark' } }) await client.index({ index: 'game-of-thrones', document: { character: 'Arya Stark', quote: 'A girl is Arya Stark of Winterfell. And I\'m going home.', house: 'stark' } }) await client.index({ index: 'game-of-thrones', refresh: true, document: { character: 'Tyrion Lannister', quote: 'A Lannister always pays his debts.', house: 'lannister' } }) const result = await client.sql.query({ query: "SELECT * FROM \"game-of-thrones\" WHERE house='stark'" }) console.log(result) const data = result.rows.map(row => { const obj = {} for (let i = 0; i < row.length; i++) { obj[result.columns[i].name] = row[i] } return obj }) console.log(data) } run().catch(console.log) ----