[[query-dsl-span-first-query]]
=== Span first query
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<titleabbrev>Span first</titleabbrev>
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Matches spans near the beginning of a field. The span first query maps
to Lucene `SpanFirstQuery`. Here is an example:

[source,console]
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GET /_search
{
  "query": {
    "span_first": {
      "match": {
        "span_term": { "user.id": "kimchy" }
      },
      "end": 3
    }
  }
}   
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The `match` clause can be any other span type query. The `end` controls
the maximum end position permitted in a match.
