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[[search-explain]]
== Explain API
The explain api computes a score explanation for a query and a specific
document. This can give useful feedback whether a document matches or
didn't match a specific query.
The `index` and `type` parameters expect a single index and a single
type respectively.
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=== Usage
Full query example:
[source,js]
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curl -XGET 'localhost:9200/twitter/tweet/1/_explain' -d '{
"query" : {
"term" : { "message" : "search" }
}
}'
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This will yield the following result:
[source,js]
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{
"ok" : true,
"matches" : true,
"explanation" : {
"value" : 0.15342641,
"description" : "fieldWeight(message:search in 0), product of:",
"details" : [ {
"value" : 1.0,
"description" : "tf(termFreq(message:search)=1)"
}, {
"value" : 0.30685282,
"description" : "idf(docFreq=1, maxDocs=1)"
}, {
"value" : 0.5,
"description" : "fieldNorm(field=message, doc=0)"
} ]
}
}
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There is also a simpler way of specifying the query via the `q`
parameter. The specified `q` parameter value is then parsed as if the
`query_string` query was used. Example usage of the `q` parameter in the
explain api:
[source,js]
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curl -XGET 'localhost:9200/twitter/tweet/1/_explain?q=message:search'
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This will yield the same result as the previous request.
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=== All parameters:
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`fields`::
Allows to control which fields to return as part of the
document explained (support `_source` for the full document).
`routing`::
Controls the routing in the case the routing was used
during indexing.
`parent`::
Same effect as setting the routing parameter.
`preference`::
Controls on which shard the explain is executed.
`source`::
Allows the data of the request to be put in the query
string of the url.
`q`::
The query string (maps to the query_string query).
`df`::
The default field to use when no field prefix is defined within
the query. Defaults to _all field.
`analyzer`::
The analyzer name to be used when analyzing the query
string. Defaults to the analyzer of the _all field.
`analyze_wildcard`::
Should wildcard and prefix queries be analyzed or
not. Defaults to false.
`lowercase_expanded_terms`::
Should terms be automatically lowercased
or not. Defaults to true.
`lenient`::
If set to true will cause format based failures (like
providing text to a numeric field) to be ignored. Defaults to false.
`default_operator`::
The default operator to be used, can be AND or
OR. Defaults to OR.