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Searchedit
The 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)