[[analysis-keyword-tokenizer]]
=== Keyword tokenizer
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<titleabbrev>Keyword</titleabbrev>
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The `keyword` tokenizer  is a ``noop'' tokenizer that accepts whatever text it
is given and outputs the exact same text as a single term.  It can be combined
with token filters to normalise output, e.g. lower-casing email addresses.

[discrete]
=== Example output

[source,console]
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POST _analyze
{
  "tokenizer": "keyword",
  "text": "New York"
}
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[source,console-result]
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{
  "tokens": [
    {
      "token": "New York",
      "start_offset": 0,
      "end_offset": 8,
      "type": "word",
      "position": 0
    }
  ]
}
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The above sentence would produce the following term:

[source,text]
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[ New York ]
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[discrete]
[[analysis-keyword-tokenizer-token-filters]]
=== Combine with token filters
You can combine the `keyword` tokenizer with token filters to normalise
structured data, such as product IDs or email addresses.

For example, the following <<indices-analyze,analyze API>> request uses the
`keyword` tokenizer and <<analysis-lowercase-tokenfilter,`lowercase`>> filter to
convert an email address to lowercase.

[source,console]
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POST _analyze
{
  "tokenizer": "keyword",
  "filter": [ "lowercase" ],
  "text": "john.SMITH@example.COM"
}
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[source,console-result]
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{
  "tokens": [
    {
      "token": "john.smith@example.com",
      "start_offset": 0,
      "end_offset": 22,
      "type": "word",
      "position": 0
    }
  ]
}
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The request produces the following token:

[source,text]
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[ john.smith@example.com ]
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[discrete]
=== Configuration

The `keyword` tokenizer accepts the following parameters:

[horizontal]
`buffer_size`::

    The number of characters read into the term buffer in a single pass.
    Defaults to `256`.  The term buffer will grow by this size until all the
    text has been consumed.  It is advisable not to change this setting.