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[[query-dsl-intervals-query]]
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=== Intervals query
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++++
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<titleabbrev>Intervals</titleabbrev>
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Returns documents based on the order and proximity of matching terms.
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The `intervals` query uses *matching rules*, constructed from a small set of
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definitions. These rules are then applied to terms from a specified `field`.
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The definitions produce sequences of minimal intervals that span terms in a
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body of text. These intervals can be further combined and filtered by
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parent sources.
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[[intervals-query-ex-request]]
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==== Example request
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The following `intervals` search returns documents containing `my
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favorite food` immediately followed by `hot water` or `cold porridge` in the
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`my_text` field.
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This search would match a `my_text` value of `my favorite food is cold
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porridge` but not `when it's cold my favorite food is porridge`.
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[source,console]
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--------------------------------------------------
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POST _search
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{
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"query": {
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"intervals" : {
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"my_text" : {
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"all_of" : {
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"ordered" : true,
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"intervals" : [
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{
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"match" : {
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"query" : "my favorite food",
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"max_gaps" : 0,
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"ordered" : true
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}
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},
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{
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"any_of" : {
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"intervals" : [
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{ "match" : { "query" : "hot water" } },
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{ "match" : { "query" : "cold porridge" } }
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]
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}
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}
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]
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}
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}
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}
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}
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}
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--------------------------------------------------
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[[intervals-top-level-params]]
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==== Top-level parameters for `intervals`
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[[intervals-rules]]
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`<field>`::
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+
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--
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(Required, rule object) Field you wish to search.
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The value of this parameter is a rule object used to match documents
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based on matching terms, order, and proximity.
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Valid rules include:
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* <<intervals-match,`match`>>
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* <<intervals-prefix,`prefix`>>
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* <<intervals-wildcard,`wildcard`>>
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* <<intervals-all_of,`all_of`>>
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* <<intervals-any_of,`any_of`>>
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* <<interval_filter,`filter`>>
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--
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[[intervals-match]]
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==== `match` rule parameters
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The `match` rule matches analyzed text.
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`query`::
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(Required, string) Text you wish to find in the provided `<field>`.
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`max_gaps`::
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+
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--
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(Optional, integer) Maximum number of positions between the matching terms.
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Terms further apart than this are not considered matches. Defaults to
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`-1`.
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If unspecified or set to `-1`, there is no width restriction on the match. If
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set to `0`, the terms must appear next to each other.
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--
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`ordered`::
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(Optional, boolean)
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If `true`, matching terms must appear in their specified order. Defaults to
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`false`.
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`analyzer`::
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(Optional, string) <<analysis, analyzer>> used to analyze terms in the `query`.
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Defaults to the top-level `<field>`'s analyzer.
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`filter`::
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(Optional, <<interval_filter,interval filter>> rule object) An optional interval
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filter.
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`use_field`::
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(Optional, string) If specified, then match intervals from this
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field rather than the top-level `<field>`. Terms are analyzed using the
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search analyzer from this field. This allows you to search across multiple
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fields as if they were all the same field; for example, you could index the same
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text into stemmed and unstemmed fields, and search for stemmed tokens near
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unstemmed ones.
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[[intervals-prefix]]
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==== `prefix` rule parameters
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The `prefix` rule matches terms that start with a specified set of characters.
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This prefix can expand to match at most 128 terms. If the prefix matches more
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than 128 terms, {es} returns an error. You can use the
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<<index-prefixes,`index-prefixes`>> option in the field mapping to avoid this
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limit.
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`prefix`::
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(Required, string) Beginning characters of terms you wish to find in the
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top-level `<field>`.
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`analyzer`::
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(Optional, string) <<analysis, analyzer>> used to normalize the `prefix`.
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Defaults to the top-level `<field>`'s analyzer.
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`use_field`::
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--
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(Optional, string) If specified, then match intervals from this field rather
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than the top-level `<field>`.
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The `prefix` is normalized using the search analyzer from this field, unless a
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separate `analyzer` is specified.
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--
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[[intervals-wildcard]]
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==== `wildcard` rule parameters
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The `wildcard` rule matches terms using a wildcard pattern. This pattern can
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expand to match at most 128 terms. If the pattern matches more than 128 terms,
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{es} returns an error.
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`pattern`::
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(Required, string) Wildcard pattern used to find matching terms.
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--
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This parameter supports two wildcard operators:
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* `?`, which matches any single character
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* `*`, which can match zero or more characters, including an empty one
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WARNING: Avoid beginning patterns with `*` or `?`. This can increase
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the iterations needed to find matching terms and slow search performance.
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--
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`analyzer`::
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(Optional, string) <<analysis, analyzer>> used to normalize the `pattern`.
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Defaults to the top-level `<field>`'s analyzer.
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`use_field`::
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--
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(Optional, string) If specified, match intervals from this field rather than the
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top-level `<field>`.
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The `pattern` is normalized using the search analyzer from this field, unless
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`analyzer` is specified separately.
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--
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[[intervals-all_of]]
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==== `all_of` rule parameters
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The `all_of` rule returns matches that span a combination of other rules.
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`intervals`::
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(Required, array of rule objects) An array of rules to combine. All rules must
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produce a match in a document for the overall source to match.
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`max_gaps`::
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--
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(Optional, integer) Maximum number of positions between the matching terms.
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Intervals produced by the rules further apart than this are not considered
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matches. Defaults to `-1`.
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If unspecified or set to `-1`, there is no width restriction on the match. If
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set to `0`, the terms must appear next to each other.
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--
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`ordered`::
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(Optional, boolean) If `true`, intervals produced by the rules should appear in
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the order in which they are specified. Defaults to `false`.
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`filter`::
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(Optional, <<interval_filter,interval filter>> rule object) Rule used to filter
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returned intervals.
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[[intervals-any_of]]
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==== `any_of` rule parameters
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The `any_of` rule returns intervals produced by any of its sub-rules.
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`intervals`::
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(Required, array of rule objects) An array of rules to match.
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`filter`::
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(Optional, <<interval_filter,interval filter>> rule object) Rule used to filter
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returned intervals.
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[[interval_filter]]
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==== `filter` rule parameters
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The `filter` rule returns intervals based on a query. See
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<<interval-filter-rule-ex>> for an example.
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`after`::
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(Optional, query object) Query used to return intervals that follow an interval
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from the `filter` rule.
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`before`::
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(Optional, query object) Query used to return intervals that occur before an
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interval from the `filter` rule.
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`contained_by`::
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(Optional, query object) Query used to return intervals contained by an interval
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from the `filter` rule.
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`containing`::
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(Optional, query object) Query used to return intervals that contain an interval
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from the `filter` rule.
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`not_contained_by`::
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(Optional, query object) Query used to return intervals that are *not*
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contained by an interval from the `filter` rule.
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`not_containing`::
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(Optional, query object) Query used to return intervals that do *not* contain
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an interval from the `filter` rule.
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`not_overlapping`::
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(Optional, query object) Query used to return intervals that do *not* overlap
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with an interval from the `filter` rule.
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`overlapping`::
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(Optional, query object) Query used to return intervals that overlap with an
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interval from the `filter` rule.
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`script`::
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(Optional, <<modules-scripting-using, script object>>) Script used to return
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matching documents. This script must return a boolean value, `true` or `false`.
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See <<interval-script-filter>> for an example.
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[[intervals-query-note]]
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==== Notes
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[[interval-filter-rule-ex]]
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===== Filter example
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The following search includes a `filter` rule. It returns documents that have
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the words `hot` and `porridge` within 10 positions of each other, without the
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word `salty` in between:
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[source,console]
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--------------------------------------------------
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POST _search
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{
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"query": {
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"intervals" : {
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"my_text" : {
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"match" : {
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"query" : "hot porridge",
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"max_gaps" : 10,
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"filter" : {
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"not_containing" : {
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"match" : {
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"query" : "salty"
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}
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}
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}
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}
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}
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}
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}
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}
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--------------------------------------------------
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[[interval-script-filter]]
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===== Script filters
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You can use a script to filter intervals based on their start position, end
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position, and internal gap count. The following `filter` script uses the
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`interval` variable with the `start`, `end`, and `gaps` methods:
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[source,console]
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--------------------------------------------------
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POST _search
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{
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"query": {
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"intervals" : {
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"my_text" : {
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"match" : {
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"query" : "hot porridge",
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"filter" : {
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"script" : {
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"source" : "interval.start > 10 && interval.end < 20 && interval.gaps == 0"
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}
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}
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}
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}
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}
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}
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}
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--------------------------------------------------
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[[interval-minimization]]
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===== Minimization
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The intervals query always minimizes intervals, to ensure that queries can
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run in linear time. This can sometimes cause surprising results, particularly
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when using `max_gaps` restrictions or filters. For example, take the
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following query, searching for `salty` contained within the phrase `hot
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porridge`:
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[source,console]
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--------------------------------------------------
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POST _search
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{
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"query": {
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"intervals" : {
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"my_text" : {
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"match" : {
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"query" : "salty",
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"filter" : {
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"contained_by" : {
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"match" : {
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"query" : "hot porridge"
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}
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}
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}
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}
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}
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}
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}
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}
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--------------------------------------------------
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This query does *not* match a document containing the phrase `hot porridge is
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salty porridge`, because the intervals returned by the match query for `hot
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porridge` only cover the initial two terms in this document, and these do not
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overlap the intervals covering `salty`.
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Another restriction to be aware of is the case of `any_of` rules that contain
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sub-rules which overlap. In particular, if one of the rules is a strict
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prefix of the other, then the longer rule can never match, which can
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cause surprises when used in combination with `max_gaps`. Consider the
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following query, searching for `the` immediately followed by `big` or `big bad`,
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immediately followed by `wolf`:
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[source,console]
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--------------------------------------------------
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POST _search
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{
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"query": {
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"intervals" : {
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"my_text" : {
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"all_of" : {
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"intervals" : [
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{ "match" : { "query" : "the" } },
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{ "any_of" : {
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"intervals" : [
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{ "match" : { "query" : "big" } },
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{ "match" : { "query" : "big bad" } }
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] } },
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{ "match" : { "query" : "wolf" } }
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],
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"max_gaps" : 0,
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"ordered" : true
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}
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}
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}
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}
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}
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--------------------------------------------------
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Counter-intuitively, this query does *not* match the document `the big bad
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wolf`, because the `any_of` rule in the middle only produces intervals
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for `big` - intervals for `big bad` being longer than those for `big`, while
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starting at the same position, and so being minimized away. In these cases,
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it's better to rewrite the query so that all of the options are explicitly
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laid out at the top level:
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[source,console]
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--------------------------------------------------
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POST _search
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{
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"query": {
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"intervals" : {
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"my_text" : {
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"any_of" : {
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"intervals" : [
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{ "match" : {
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"query" : "the big bad wolf",
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"ordered" : true,
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"max_gaps" : 0 } },
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{ "match" : {
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"query" : "the big wolf",
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"ordered" : true,
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"max_gaps" : 0 } }
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]
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}
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}
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}
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}
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}
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--------------------------------------------------
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