ElasticSearch Cookbook - Second Edition

Using a match query

ElasticSearch provides a helper to build complex span queries that depend on simple preconfigured settings. This helper is called a match query.

Getting ready

You need a working ElasticSearch cluster and an index populated with the script chapter_05/populate_query.sh, available in the code bundle for this book.

How to do it...

In order to execute a match query, perform the following steps:

1. The standard usage of a match query simply requires the field name and the query text:

   curl -XPOST 'http://127.0.0.1:9200/test-index/test-type/_search?pretty=true' -d '{
     "query": {
       "match" : {
         "parsedtext" : {
           "field": "nice guy",
           "operator": "and"
         }
       }
     }
   }'
   

2. If you need to execute the same query as a phrase query, the type of match changes ...