Using the match query

ElasticSearch provides a helper to build complex span queries, which depends on simple preconfigured settings. This helper is called the match query.

Getting ready

You need a working ElasticSearch cluster.

How to do it...

For executing a match query, we need to perform the following steps:

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

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

2. If you need to execute the same query as a phrase query, the type from match changes to match_phrase, as given in the following code:

   curl -XPOST 'http://127.0.0.1:9200/test-index/test-type/_search' -d '{
       "query": {
           "match_phrase" : {
               "parsedtext" : "nice guy"
           }
       }
   }'

3. An extension of the previous query used in text completion or the "search as you type" functionality...