[[java-aggs-bucket-histogram]]
==== Histogram Aggregation

Here is how you can use
{ref}/search-aggregations-bucket-histogram-aggregation.html[Histogram Aggregation]
with Java API.


===== Prepare aggregation request

Here is an example on how to create the aggregation request:

[source,java]
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AggregationBuilder aggregation =
        AggregationBuilders
                .histogram("agg")
                .field("height")
                .interval(1);
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===== Use aggregation response

Import Aggregation definition classes:

[source,java]
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import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.bucket.histogram.Histogram;
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[source,java]
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// sr is here your SearchResponse object
Histogram agg = sr.getAggregations().get("agg");

// For each entry
for (Histogram.Bucket entry : agg.getBuckets()) {
    Number key = (Number) entry.getKey();   // Key
    long docCount = entry.getDocCount();    // Doc count

    logger.info("key [{}], doc_count [{}]", key, docCount);
}
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===== Order

Supports the same order functionality as the <<java-aggs-bucket-terms,`Terms Aggregation`>>.
