[[query-dsl-span-first-query]]
=== Span first query
++++
<titleabbrev>Span first</titleabbrev>
++++

Matches spans near the beginning of a field. The span first query maps
to Lucene `SpanFirstQuery`. Here is an example:

[source,js]
--------------------------------------------------
GET /_search
{
    "query": {
        "span_first" : {
            "match" : {
                "span_term" : { "user" : "kimchy" }
            },
            "end" : 3
        }
    }
}    
--------------------------------------------------
// CONSOLE

The `match` clause can be any other span type query. The `end` controls
the maximum end position permitted in a match.