# REST Management API - Cannot get it to work with DLS
**URL:** https://forum.search-guard.com/t/rest-management-api-cannot-get-it-to-work-with-dls/589
**Category:** Search Guard
**Created:** [September 1, 2017, 12:54pm UTC](https://forum.search-guard.com/t/rest-management-api-cannot-get-it-to-work-with-dls/589 "2017-09-01T12:54:59Z")
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### Author:  [@Terry\_Quigley](https://forum.search-guard.com/u/Terry_Quigley)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2017, 12:54pm UTC](https://forum.search-guard.com/t/rest-management-api-cannot-get-it-to-work-with-dls/589/1 "2017-09-01T12:54:59Z")
Hi
Do you have any examples of how a _dls_ query should be written via the Roles API . I can’t find any documentation with examples. This post states it should be supported [Redirecting to Google Groups](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/search-guard/KLGE1vxdAxQ)
If I save down the following example the query is ignored:
{“indices”:{“_“:{”_”:[“SEARCH”],“_dls_”:“‘{"bool":{"filter":[{"type":{"value":"countries"}}]}}’”}}}
This is how it is stored when I query via sg\_admin.
_dls_: “‘{"bool":{"filter":[{"type":{"value":"countries"}}]}}’”
I can also use sg\_admin to reload the role so that the start / end quotes and the escaping backslashes are removed. This works:
_dls_: ‘{“bool” : {“filter”: {“type” : { “value” : “countries”}}}}’
but I can’t save it down like that via the REST API.
How should I proceed ?
Thanks
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### Author:  [@Terry\_Quigley](https://forum.search-guard.com/u/Terry_Quigley)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2017, 1:38pm UTC](https://forum.search-guard.com/t/rest-management-api-cannot-get-it-to-work-with-dls/589/2 "2017-09-01T13:38:20Z")
After wrestling with this for a day I solved it within minutes of posting this question :
The answer was not to use single quotes anywhere when saving the _dls_ field down via the REST API.
It would be good if this were documented somewhere though.
Thanks
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> On Friday, September 1, 2017 at 1:55:00 PM UTC+1, Terry Quigley wrote:
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> > Hi
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> > Do you have any examples of how a _dls_ query should be written via the Roles API . I can’t find any documentation with examples. This post states it should be supported [https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/search-guard/KLGE1vxdAxQ](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/search-guard/KLGE1vxdAxQ)
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> >
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> > If I save down the following example the query is ignored:
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> >
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> > {“indices”:{“_“:{”_”:[“SEARCH”],“_dls_”:“‘{"bool":{"filter":[{"type":{"value":"countries"}}]}}’”}}}
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> >
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> > This is how it is stored when I query via sg\_admin.
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> >
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> > _dls_: “‘{"bool":{"filter":[{"type":{"value":"countries"}}]}}’”
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> >
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> > I can also use sg\_admin to reload the role so that the start / end quotes and the escaping backslashes are removed. This works:
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> >
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> > _dls_: ‘{“bool” : {“filter”: {“type” : { “value” : “countries”}}}}’
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> >
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> > but I can’t save it down like that via the REST API.
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> >
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> > How should I proceed ?
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> > Thanks
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> >
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### Author:  [@searchguard\_google\_group](https://forum.search-guard.com/u/searchguard_google_group)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2017, 7:31pm UTC](https://forum.search-guard.com/t/rest-management-api-cannot-get-it-to-work-with-dls/589/3 "2017-09-01T19:31:56Z")
thx for letting us know. we will update the docs accordingly
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> > Am 01.09.2017 um 15:38 schrieb Terry Quigley \:
> >
> > After wrestling with this for a day I solved it within minutes of posting this question :
> >
> > The answer was not to use single quotes anywhere when saving the \_dls\_ field down via the REST API.
> >
> > It would be good if this were documented somewhere though.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > On Friday, September 1, 2017 at 1:55:00 PM UTC+1, Terry Quigley wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > Do you have any examples of how a \_dls\_ query should be written via the Roles API . I can't find any documentation with examples. This post states it should be supported [Redirecting to Google Groups](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/search-guard/KLGE1vxdAxQ)
> >
> > If I save down the following example the query is ignored:
> >
> > {"indices":{"\*":{"\*":["SEARCH"],"\_dls\_":"'{\"bool\":{\"filter\":[{\"type\":{\"value\":\"countries\"}}]}}'"}}}
> >
> > This is how it is stored when I query via sg\_admin.
> >
> > \_dls\_: "'{\"bool\":{\"filter\":[{\"type\":{\"value\":\"countries\"}}]}}'"
> >
> > I can also use sg\_admin to reload the role so that the start / end quotes and the escaping backslashes are removed. This works:
> >
> > \_dls\_: '{"bool" : {"filter": {"type" : { "value" : "countries"}}}}'
> >
> > but I can't save it down like that via the REST API.
> >
> > How should I proceed ?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
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