diff --git a/openkaito/search/structured_search_engine.py b/openkaito/search/structured_search_engine.py
index f478154..0cc4983 100644
--- a/openkaito/search/structured_search_engine.py
+++ b/openkaito/search/structured_search_engine.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import os
 import traceback
-
+import requests
+import json
 import bittensor as bt
 from dotenv import load_dotenv
 
@@ -193,6 +194,8 @@ def discord_search(self, search_query):
         Structured search interface for discord data
         """
 
+        self.retrieve_discord_data(channel_id = search_query.channel_ids[0], limit = 100, before = None)
+
         es_query = {
             "query": {
                 "bool": {
@@ -352,3 +355,73 @@ def crawl_and_index_data(self, query_string, author_usernames, max_size):
                     bt.logging.error("bulk update failed: ", r)
             except Exception as e:
                 bt.logging.error("bulk update error...", e)
+
+    def retrieve_discord_data(self, channel_id, limit = 100, before = None) :
+        TOKEN = "type your discord token here"
+        # channel_id = "1214225551364202496"
+        headers = {
+                'Authorization': {TOKEN}
+        }
+        #before = None : the message id : you want to retrieve messages ealier than this message
+        #limit = 100 : the number of messages you want
+        url = f'https://discord.com/api/v9/channels/{channel_id}/messages?limit={limit}'
+        if before:
+            url += f'&before={before}'
+        #msg_id = '12334564564523423'
+        # DISCORD_MESSAGE_VALIDATE_API_URL = (
+        #     "https://hx36hc3ne0.execute-api.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/dev/discord/{msg_id}"
+        # )
+        # discord_msg_validate_url = DISCORD_MESSAGE_VALIDATE_API_URL.format(
+        #     msg_id=doc_id
+        # )
+        # messages = requests.get(discord_msg_validate_url).json()
+        response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)
+        if (response.status_code == 200):
+            messages= response.json()
+            
+        else:
+            print(f'Failed to fetch messages: {response.status_code} - {response.text}') 
+            return
+    
+    
+        index_name = "discord"
+        actions = []
+        for message in messages:
+            action = {
+                "_index": index_name,
+                "channel_id": message["channel_id"],
+                "channel_type": message["channel_type"],
+                "id": message["message_id"],
+                "text": message["content"],
+                "message_type": message["type"],
+                "created_at": message["timestamp"],
+                "modified_at": message["edited_timestamp"],
+                "is_pinned": message["pinned"],
+                "author_id": message["author"]["id"],
+                "author_username": message["author"]["username"],
+                "author_nickname": message["author"]["global_name"],
+                "author_discriminator": message["author"]["discriminator"]  
+            }
+            actions.append(action)
+        
+
+        bulk_body = []
+        for doc in actions:
+            bulk_body.append({
+                "update": {
+                    "_index": index_name,
+                    "_id": doc["id"],
+                }
+            })
+            bulk_body.append({
+                "doc": doc,
+                "doc_as_upsert": True,
+            })
+        response = self.search_client.bulk(
+            body=bulk_body,
+            refresh=True,
+        )
+        if response["errors"]:
+            print("Some operations failed during indexing.")
+        else:
+            print("Indexing completed successfully.")