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editGrouped results based on shared fields.
The most relevant document will have a _group key.
The key includes all other documents that share an identical value within the grouped field.
Documents in the _group key will not appear anywhere else in the search response.
Grouping is available on text, number, and date fields.
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field(required) - Field name to group results on.
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size(optional) - Number of results to be included in the _group key of the returned document. Can be between 1 and 10. Defaults to 10.
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sort(optional) - A JSON object containing the field name or _score as the key and the value as asc or desc. The default sort is by descending relevance.
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collapse(optional) - Experimental. Provides Paging and Sorting support. The field you are grouping on must not have multiple values. Multiple values will cause an error.
Example - Searching for "california" and grouping on states.
curl -X GET '<ENTERPRISE_SEARCH_BASE_URL>/api/as/v1/engines/national-parks-demo/search' \ -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \ -H 'Authorization: Bearer search-soaewu2ye6uc45dr8mcd54v8' \ -d '{ "query": "parks", "result_fields": { "title": { "raw": {} }, "location": { "raw": {} }, "states": { "raw": {} } }, "group": { "field": "states" } }'
Example Response
{
"meta": {
## Truncated!
},
"request_id": "feff7cf2359a6f6da84586969ef0ca89"
},
"results": [
{
"states": {
"raw": [
"California"
]
},
"title": {
"raw": "Redwood"
},
"location": {
"raw": "41.3,-124"
},
"id": {
"raw": "park_redwood"
},
"_meta": {
"score": 3.6536791
},
"_group": [
{
"states": {
"raw": [
"California"
]
},
"title": {
"raw": "Sequoia"
},
"location": {
"raw": "36.43,-118.68"
},
"id": {
"raw": "park_sequoia"
},
"_meta": {
"score": 0.7559763
}
},
{
"states": {
"raw": [
"California"
]
},
"title": {
"raw": "Lassen Volcanic"
},
"location": {
"raw": "40.49,-121.51"
},
"id": {
"raw": "park_lassen-volcanic"
},
"_meta": {
"score": 0.65168744
}
},
{
"states": {
"raw": [
"California"
]
},
"title": {
"raw": "Kings Canyon"
},
"location": {
"raw": "36.8,-118.55"
},
"id": {
"raw": "park_kings-canyon"
},
"_meta": {
"score": 0.5489506
}
},
{
"states": {
"raw": [
"California"
]
},
"title": {
"raw": "Pinnacles"
},
"location": {
"raw": "36.48,-121.16"
},
"id": {
"raw": "park_pinnacles"
},
"_meta": {
"score": 0.49142775
}
},
{
"states": {
"raw": [
"California",
"Nevada"
]
},
"title": {
"raw": "Death Valley"
},
"location": {
"raw": "36.24,-116.82"
},
"id": {
"raw": "park_death-valley"
},
"_meta": {
"score": 0.4451992
}
},
{
"states": {
"raw": [
"California"
]
},
"title": {
"raw": "Channel Islands"
},
"location": {
"raw": "34.01,-119.42"
},
"id": {
"raw": "park_channel-islands"
},
"_meta": {
"score": 0.12520474
}
},
{
"states": {
"raw": [
"California"
]
},
"title": {
"raw": "Yosemite"
},
"location": {
"raw": "37.83,-119.5"
},
"id": {
"raw": "park_yosemite"
},
"_meta": {
"score": 0.10190857
}
}
],
"_group_key": "California"
},
## Truncated!
]
}