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Verbatim and Strict Query Usageedit
Verbatim Query Usageedit
An individual query can be marked as verbatim in order take effect; a verbatim query will be serialized and sent in the request to Elasticsearch, bypassing NEST’s conditionless checks.
Fluent DSL exampleedit
q
.Bool(b => b
.Must(qt => qt
.Term(t => t
.Verbatim()
.Field(p => p.Description)
.Value("")
), qt => qt
.Term(t => t
.Field(p => p.Name)
.Value("foo")
)
)
)
Object Initializer syntax exampleedit
new TermQuery
{
IsVerbatim = true,
Field = "description",
Value = ""
}
&& new TermQuery
{
Field = "name",
Value = "foo"
}
Example json output.
{
"bool": {
"must": [
{
"term": {
"description": {
"value": ""
}
}
},
{
"term": {
"name": {
"value": "foo"
}
}
}
]
}
}
A compound query can also be marked as verbatim, demonstrated here with a bool query.
Fluent DSL exampleedit
q
.Bool(b => b
.Verbatim()
)
Object Initializer syntax exampleedit
new BoolQuery
{
IsVerbatim = true,
}
Example json output.
{
"bool": {}
}
A single verbatim query will be serialized as-is
Fluent DSL exampleedit
q
.Term(t => t
.Verbatim()
.Field(p => p.Description)
.Value("")
)
Object Initializer syntax exampleedit
new TermQuery
{
IsVerbatim = true,
Field = "description",
Value = ""
}
Example json output.
{
"term": {
"description": {
"value": ""
}
}
}
Leaf queries within a compound query marked as verbatim will also be serialized as-is
Fluent DSL exampleedit
q
.Bool(b => b
.Filter(f => !f
.Term(t => t
.Verbatim()
.Field(p => p.Name)
.Value("")
) && f
.Exists(e => e
.Field(p => p.NumberOfCommits)
)
)
)
Object Initializer syntax exampleedit
new BoolQuery
{
Filter = new QueryContainer[]
{
!new TermQuery
{
IsVerbatim = true,
Field = "name",
Value = ""
} &&
new ExistsQuery
{
Field = "numberOfCommits"
}
}
}
Example json output.
{
"bool": {
"filter": [
{
"bool": {
"must": [
{
"exists": {
"field": "numberOfCommits"
}
}
],
"must_not": [
{
"term": {
"name": {
"value": ""
}
}
}
]
}
}
]
}
}
Strict Query Usageedit
A query can be marked as strict meaning that if it is determined to be conditionless, it will throw an
exception. The following example demonstrates this by trying to send an empty string as the value for
a term query marked as strict