# How to write The query?

**URL:** <https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/how-to-write-the-query/16300>\
**Category:** AeroAPI\
**Created:** [March 3, 2015, 9:42am UTC](https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/how-to-write-the-query/16300 "2015-03-03T09:42:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![nakatasou](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/8edcca/32.png) [@nakatasou](https://discussions.flightaware.com/u/nakatasou)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2015, 9:42am UTC](https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/how-to-write-the-query/16300/1 "2015-03-03T09:42:08Z")

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for example,I want to query UAL950 which specified planes by Java google-gson parsing in firhose\_documentation,then the query should be how to write?  
“live filter ??? username james password 123456”  
How to write this query?

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**Author:** ![bovineone](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discussions.flightaware.com/bovineone/32/117631_2.png) [@bovineone](https://discussions.flightaware.com/u/bovineone)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2015, 6:04pm UTC](https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/how-to-write-the-query/16300/2 "2015-03-04T18:04:29Z")

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Firehose is not appropriate for monitoring only a single flight. It is intended for bulk monitoring of all global flights simultaneously.

If you need to monitor only a single flight, then you should use the FlightXML SOAP or REST interface. The FlightInfoEx function will probably be your starting point.