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Search
editSearch
editThe search
API allows you to execute a search query and get back search hits
that match the query. The query can either be provided using a simple
query string as a parameter,
or using a
request body.
'use strict' const { Client } = require('@elastic/elasticsearch') const client = new Client({ cloud: { id: '<cloud-id>' }, auth: { apiKey: 'base64EncodedKey' } }) async function run () { // Let's start by indexing some data await client.index({ index: 'game-of-thrones', document: { character: 'Ned Stark', quote: 'Winter is coming.' } }) await client.index({ index: 'game-of-thrones', document: { character: 'Daenerys Targaryen', quote: 'I am the blood of the dragon.' } }) await client.index({ index: 'game-of-thrones', // here we are forcing an index refresh, // otherwise we will not get any result // in the consequent search refresh: true, document: { character: 'Tyrion Lannister', quote: 'A mind needs books like a sword needs a whetstone.' } }) // Let's search! const result = await client.search({ index: 'game-of-thrones', query: { match: { quote: 'winter' } } }) console.log(result.hits.hits) } run().catch(console.log)