diff --git a/search/opensearch_types.go b/search/opensearch_types.go
index dba91cd55806f46186789b8b6d2ac15432f515e4..b46a9ffe1729e7948ed94a778864fe389b2b94fe 100644
--- a/search/opensearch_types.go
+++ b/search/opensearch_types.go
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package search
 
+import "time"
+
 //Mapping configures an index in OpenSearch
 type Index struct {
 	Settings Settings `json:"settings"`
@@ -34,3 +36,126 @@ type MappingKeyword struct {
 	Type        string `json:"type"`         //="keyword"
 	IgnoreAbove int    `json:"ignore_above"` //e.g. 256
 }
+
+type SearchRequestBody struct {
+	Size  int64 `json:"size,omitempty"`
+	Query Query `json:"query"`
+}
+
+type Query struct {
+	//one of:
+	Match      *QueryNameValue  `json:"match,omitempty" doc:"<field>:<value>"`
+	Term       *QueryNameValue  `json:"term,omitempty"`
+	Range      *QueryRange      `json:"range,omitempty"`
+	MultiMatch *QueryMultiMatch `json:"multi_match,omitempty"`
+	Bool       *QueryBool       `json:"bool,omitempty"`
+}
+
+type QueryMultiMatch struct {
+	Query  string   `json:"query" doc:"Text search in below fields"`
+	Fields []string `json:"fields" doc:"List of fields"`
+}
+
+//https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/query-dsl-bool-query.html
+type QueryBool struct {
+	Must    []Query `json:"must,omitempty" docs:"List of things that must appear in matching documents and will contribute to the score."`
+	Filter  []Query `json:"filter,omitempty" doc:"List of things that must appear in matching documents. However unlike must the score of the query will be ignored. Filter clauses are executed in filter context, meaning that scoring is ignored and clauses are considered for caching."`
+	Should  []Query `json:"should,omitempty" doc:"List of things that should appear in the matching document."`
+	MustNot []Query `json:"must_not,omitempty" doc:"List of things that must not appear in the matching documents. Clauses are executed in filter context meaning that scoring is ignored and clauses are considered for caching. Because scoring is ignored, a score of 0 for all documents is returned."`
+}
+
+//<name>:<value> can be shorthanded to just a text value "...", but for sake of go type def, we always use an object meaning the same, allowing more options
+//https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/query-dsl-match-query.html#query-dsl-match-query-short-ex
+type QueryNameValue map[string]QueryValue
+
+type QueryValue struct {
+	Query          string `json:"query"`
+	Operator       string `json:"operator,omitempty"`  //defaults to "or", accepted values: or|and
+	Fuzziness      string `json:"fuzziness,omitempty"` //https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/common-options.html#fuzziness
+	ZeroTermsQuery string `json:"zero_terms_query,omitempty"`
+}
+
+func QueryValueText(text string) QueryValue {
+	return QueryValue{Query: text, Operator: "and"}
+}
+
+func QueryValueTime(t time.Time) QueryValue {
+	return QueryValue{Query: t.String(), Operator: "and"}
+}
+
+type QueryRange map[string]QueryExpr
+
+type QueryExpr map[string]QueryValue //<oper>:<value> e.g. "gte":"10"
+
+//example of search response body:
+//	{
+//		"took":872,
+//		"timed_out":false,
+//		"_shards":{
+//			"total":38,
+//			"successful":38,
+//			"skipped":0,
+//			"failed":0
+//		},
+//		"hits":{
+//			"total":{
+//				"value":0,
+//				"relation":"eq"
+//			},
+//			"max_score":null,
+//			"hits":[
+// 				{
+// 					"_index": "go-utils-audit-test-20211030",
+// 					"_type": "_doc",
+// 					"_id": "Tj9l5XwBWRiAneoYazic",
+// 					"_score": 1.2039728,
+// 					"_source": {
+// 						"@timestamp": "2021-10-30T15:03:20.679481+02:00",
+// 						"@end_time": "2021-10-30T15:03:20.469481+02:00",
+// 						"@duration_ms": -210,
+// 						"test1": "6",
+// 						"test2": "ACC_00098",
+// 						"test3": 10,
+// 						"http": {
+// 							"method": "GET",
+// 							"path": "/accounts"
+// 						},
+// 						"http_method": "GET",
+// 						"http_path": "/accounts"
+// 					}
+// 				},
+//			]
+//		}
+//	}
+type SearchResponseBody struct {
+	Took     int                  `json:"took"` //milliseconds
+	TimedOut bool                 `json:"timed_out"`
+	Shards   SearchResponseShards `json:"_shards"`
+	Hits     SearchResponseHits   `json:"hits"`
+}
+
+type SearchResponseShards struct {
+	Total      int `json:"total"`
+	Successful int `json:"successful"`
+	Skipped    int `json:"skipped"`
+	Failed     int `json:"failed"`
+}
+
+type SearchResponseHits struct {
+	Total    SearchResponseHitsTotal `json:"total"`
+	MaxScore *float64                `json:"max_score,omitempty"`
+	Hits     []HitDoc                `json:"hits"`
+}
+
+type SearchResponseHitsTotal struct {
+	Value    int    `json:"value"`    //e.g. 0 when no docs matched
+	Relation string `json:"relation"` //e.g. "eq"
+}
+
+type HitDoc struct {
+	Index  string                 `json:"_index"` //name of index
+	Type   string                 `json:"_type"`  //_doc
+	ID     string                 `json:"_id"`
+	Score  float64                `json:"_score"`  //
+	Source map[string]interface{} `json:"_source"` //the document of itemType
+}
diff --git a/search/search_test.go b/search/search_test.go
index 068cb1ad73b909a0f5156874bb462ead9c13df25..0deef6b0234d07bbf1c1fa2274004b3ced4a47d3 100644
--- a/search/search_test.go
+++ b/search/search_test.go
@@ -67,7 +67,14 @@ func test(t *testing.T, c search.Config) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	docs, totalCount, err := ts.Search(10)
+	query := search.Query{
+		MultiMatch: &search.QueryMultiMatch{
+			Query:  "GET",
+			Fields: []string{"http_method"},
+		},
+	}
+
+	docs, totalCount, err := ts.Search(query, 10)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("failed to search: %+v", err)
 	} else {
diff --git a/search/time_series.go b/search/time_series.go
index 92013560299beafe94441545cc660523c57420ce..46cc0493e3d28cbbae098cf32f139d723e4f1abf 100644
--- a/search/time_series.go
+++ b/search/time_series.go
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ type TimeSeriesHeader struct {
 
 type TimeSeries interface {
 	Write(StartTime time.Time, EndTime time.Time, data interface{}) error
-	Search(limit int) (docs interface{}, totalCount int, err error)
+	Search(query Query, limit int64) (docs interface{}, totalCount int, err error)
 }
 
 type timeSeries struct {
@@ -305,9 +305,9 @@ type IndexSettings struct {
 //Search
 //Return:
 //	docs will be a slice of the TimeSeries data type
-func (ts *timeSeries) Search(limit int) (docs interface{}, totalCount int, err error) {
-	if limit > 1000 {
-		err = errors.Errorf("limit=%d > 1000", limit)
+func (ts *timeSeries) Search(query Query, limit int64) (docs interface{}, totalCount int, err error) {
+	if limit < 0 || limit > 1000 {
+		err = errors.Errorf("limit=%d not 0..1000", limit)
 		return
 	}
 
@@ -322,13 +322,8 @@ func (ts *timeSeries) Search(limit int) (docs interface{}, totalCount int, err e
 	//    	}
 	//  }
 	body := SearchRequestBody{
-		Size: limit,
-		Query: &SearchQuery{
-			MultiMatch: &QueryMultiMatch{
-				Query:  "GET",                   //keyword to find
-				Fields: []string{"http_method"}, //, "title^2", "directory"},
-			},
-		},
+		Size:  limit,
+		Query: query,
 	}
 	jsonBody, _ := json.Marshal(body)
 	search := opensearchapi.SearchRequest{
@@ -370,90 +365,3 @@ func (ts *timeSeries) Search(limit int) (docs interface{}, totalCount int, err e
 	}
 	return items.Interface(), hitsTotalValue.Interface().(int), nil
 }
-
-type SearchRequestBody struct {
-	Size  int          `json:"size,omitempty"`
-	Query *SearchQuery `json:"query,omitempty"`
-}
-
-type SearchQuery struct {
-	MultiMatch *QueryMultiMatch `json:"multi_match,omitempty"`
-}
-
-type QueryMultiMatch struct {
-	Query  string   `json:"query"`
-	Fields []string `json:"fields"`
-}
-
-//example of search response body:
-//	{
-//		"took":872,
-//		"timed_out":false,
-//		"_shards":{
-//			"total":38,
-//			"successful":38,
-//			"skipped":0,
-//			"failed":0
-//		},
-//		"hits":{
-//			"total":{
-//				"value":0,
-//				"relation":"eq"
-//			},
-//			"max_score":null,
-//			"hits":[
-// 				{
-// 					"_index": "go-utils-audit-test-20211030",
-// 					"_type": "_doc",
-// 					"_id": "Tj9l5XwBWRiAneoYazic",
-// 					"_score": 1.2039728,
-// 					"_source": {
-// 						"@timestamp": "2021-10-30T15:03:20.679481+02:00",
-// 						"@end_time": "2021-10-30T15:03:20.469481+02:00",
-// 						"@duration_ms": -210,
-// 						"test1": "6",
-// 						"test2": "ACC_00098",
-// 						"test3": 10,
-// 						"http": {
-// 							"method": "GET",
-// 							"path": "/accounts"
-// 						},
-// 						"http_method": "GET",
-// 						"http_path": "/accounts"
-// 					}
-// 				},
-//			]
-//		}
-//	}
-type SearchResponseBody struct {
-	Took     int                  `json:"took"` //milliseconds
-	TimedOut bool                 `json:"timed_out"`
-	Shards   SearchResponseShards `json:"_shards"`
-	Hits     SearchResponseHits   `json:"hits"`
-}
-
-type SearchResponseShards struct {
-	Total      int `json:"total"`
-	Successful int `json:"successful"`
-	Skipped    int `json:"skipped"`
-	Failed     int `json:"failed"`
-}
-
-type SearchResponseHits struct {
-	Total    SearchResponseHitsTotal `json:"total"`
-	MaxScore *float64                `json:"max_score,omitempty"`
-	Hits     []HitDoc                `json:"hits"`
-}
-
-type SearchResponseHitsTotal struct {
-	Value    int    `json:"value"`    //e.g. 0 when no docs matched
-	Relation string `json:"relation"` //e.g. "eq"
-}
-
-type HitDoc struct {
-	Index  string                 `json:"_index"` //name of index
-	Type   string                 `json:"_type"`  //_doc
-	ID     string                 `json:"_id"`
-	Score  float64                `json:"_score"`  //
-	Source map[string]interface{} `json:"_source"` //the document of itemType
-}