[[query-dsl-span-term-query]]
=== Span term query
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<titleabbrev>Span term</titleabbrev>
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Matches spans containing a term. The span term query maps to Lucene
`SpanTermQuery`. Here is an example:

[source,console]
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GET /_search
{
    "query": {
        "span_term" : { "user" : "kimchy" }
    }
}    
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A boost can also be associated with the query:

[source,console]
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GET /_search
{
    "query": {
       "span_term" : { "user" : { "value" : "kimchy", "boost" : 2.0 } }
    }
}    
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Or :

[source,console]
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GET /_search
{
    "query": {
        "span_term" : { "user" : { "term" : "kimchy", "boost" : 2.0 } }
    }
}    
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