Executing range aggregations

The previous recipe describes an aggregation type that can be very useful if buckets must be computed on fixed terms or on a limited number of items. Otherwise, it's often required to return the buckets aggregated in ranges: the range aggregations meet this requirement. Commons scenarios are as follows:

• Price range (used in shops)
• Size range
• Alphabetical range

Getting ready

You need an up and running Elasticsearch installation, as we described in the Downloading and installing Elasticsearch recipe in Chapter 1, Getting Started.

To execute the commands, any HTTP client can be used, such as curl (https://curl.haxx.se/), Postman (https://www.getpostman.com/), or similar. Using...