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title: Query String Query
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# Query String Query

A _query string_ can be used, to express a given query by means of a special syntax.

```json
{ "query": "+nice +view" }
```

A demonstration of a query string Query using the Java SDK can be found in [Searching from the SDK](#3.2@java-sdk::full-text-searching-with-sdk.adoc).

> [!NOTE]
> The Full Text Searches conducted with the Couchbase Web Console themselves use query strings. (See [Searching from the UI](fts-searching-from-the-UI.md).)

Certain queries supported by FTS are not yet supported by the query string syntax. These include wildcards and regular expressions.

More detailed information is provided in [Query String Syntax](fts-query-string-syntax.md)