# How to send data with request using VaRest Plugin?

**URL:** <https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/how-to-send-data-with-request-using-varest-plugin/443017>\
**Category:** Blueprint\
**Tags:** httprequest, unreal-engine, json, Blueprint, question\
**Created:** [February 9, 2019, 1:03am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/how-to-send-data-with-request-using-varest-plugin/443017 "2019-02-09T01:03:47Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 9, 2019, 1:03am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/how-to-send-data-with-request-using-varest-plugin/443017/1 "2019-02-09T01:03:47Z")

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Hello, I am attempting to use the VaRest Plugin. My application of this plugin is retrieving information from Elasticsearch using its rest api. I have been able to send a simple get request and confirm that I can reach my server, but I cannot figure out how to use the blueprint nodes to construct my request. I am used to using the curl command when sending json to the api and so that is how I will show you what I am trying to accomplish. I am trying to do the equivalent of the following. curl -X GET “localhost:9200/twitter/\_search” -H ‘Content-Type: application/json’ -d’  
{  
“query” : {  
“term” : { “user” : “kimchy” }  
}  
}  
’

I tried to understand how to send this using this blueprint plugin but have become very frustrated and thus I am asking for help. So far I have tried getting the request object and adding fields for the data content, but I do not know what the field should be named or what type of value needs to go in it specifically.