OpenSearch/docs/reference/search/search-template.asciidoc
Tanguy Leroux 04da1bda0d Move templates out of the Search API, into lang-mustache module
This commit moves template support out of the Search API to its own dedicated Search Template API in the lang-mustache module. It provides a new SearchTemplateAction that can be used to render templates before it gets delegated to the usual Search API. The current REST endpoint are identical, but the Render Search Template endpoint now uses the same Search Template API with a new "simulate" option. When this option is enabled, the Search Template API only renders template and returns immediatly, without executing the search.

Closes #17906
2016-06-23 09:30:53 +02:00

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[[search-template]]
== Search Template
The `/_search/template` endpoint allows to use the mustache language to pre render search requests,
before they are executed and fill existing templates with template parameters.
[source,js]
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GET /_search/template
{
"inline" : {
"query": { "match" : { "{{my_field}}" : "{{my_value}}" } },
"size" : "{{my_size}}"
},
"params" : {
"my_field" : "foo",
"my_value" : "bar",
"my_size" : 5
}
}
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For more information on how Mustache templating and what kind of templating you
can do with it check out the http://mustache.github.io/mustache.5.html[online
documentation of the mustache project].
NOTE: The mustache language is implemented in elasticsearch as a sandboxed
scripting language, hence it obeys settings that may be used to enable or
disable scripts per language, source and operation as described in
<<enable-dynamic-scripting, scripting docs>>
[float]
==== More template examples
[float]
===== Filling in a query string with a single value
[source,js]
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GET /_search/template
{
"inline": {
"query": {
"match": {
"title": "{{query_string}}"
}
}
},
"params": {
"query_string": "search for these words"
}
}
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[float]
===== Passing an array of strings
[source,js]
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GET /_search/template
{
"inline": {
"query": {
"terms": {
"status": [
"{{#status}}",
"{{.}}",
"{{/status}}"
]
}
}
},
"params": {
"status": [ "pending", "published" ]
}
}
------------------------------------------
which is rendered as:
[source,js]
------------------------------------------
{
"query": {
"terms": {
"status": [ "pending", "published" ]
}
}
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[float]
===== Default values
A default value is written as `{{var}}{{^var}}default{{/var}}` for instance:
[source,js]
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{
"inline": {
"query": {
"range": {
"line_no": {
"gte": "{{start}}",
"lte": "{{end}}{{^end}}20{{/end}}"
}
}
}
},
"params": { ... }
}
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When `params` is `{ "start": 10, "end": 15 }` this query would be rendered as:
[source,js]
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{
"range": {
"line_no": {
"gte": "10",
"lte": "15"
}
}
}
------------------------------------------
But when `params` is `{ "start": 10 }` this query would use the default value
for `end`:
[source,js]
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{
"range": {
"line_no": {
"gte": "10",
"lte": "20"
}
}
}
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[float]
===== Conditional clauses
Conditional clauses cannot be expressed using the JSON form of the template.
Instead, the template *must* be passed as a string. For instance, let's say
we wanted to run a `match` query on the `line` field, and optionally wanted
to filter by line numbers, where `start` and `end` are optional.
The `params` would look like:
[source,js]
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{
"params": {
"text": "words to search for",
"line_no": { <1>
"start": 10, <1>
"end": 20 <1>
}
}
}
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<1> All three of these elements are optional.
We could write the query as:
[source,js]
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{
"query": {
"bool": {
"must": {
"match": {
"line": "{{text}}" <1>
}
},
"filter": {
{{#line_no}} <2>
"range": {
"line_no": {
{{#start}} <3>
"gte": "{{start}}" <4>
{{#end}},{{/end}} <5>
{{/start}} <3>
{{#end}} <6>
"lte": "{{end}}" <7>
{{/end}} <6>
}
}
{{/line_no}} <2>
}
}
}
}
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<1> Fill in the value of param `text`
<2> Include the `range` filter only if `line_no` is specified
<3> Include the `gte` clause only if `line_no.start` is specified
<4> Fill in the value of param `line_no.start`
<5> Add a comma after the `gte` clause only if `line_no.start`
AND `line_no.end` are specified
<6> Include the `lte` clause only if `line_no.end` is specified
<7> Fill in the value of param `line_no.end`
[NOTE]
==================================
As written above, this template is not valid JSON because it includes the
_section_ markers like `{{#line_no}}`. For this reason, the template should
either be stored in a file (see <<pre-registered-templates>>) or, when used
via the REST API, should be written as a string:
[source,js]
--------------------
"inline": "{\"query\":{\"bool\":{\"must\":{\"match\":{\"line\":\"{{text}}\"}},\"filter\":{{{#line_no}}\"range\":{\"line_no\":{{{#start}}\"gte\":\"{{start}}\"{{#end}},{{/end}}{{/start}}{{#end}}\"lte\":\"{{end}}\"{{/end}}}}{{/line_no}}}}}}"
--------------------
==================================
[float]
[[pre-registered-templates]]
===== Pre-registered template
You can register search templates by storing it in the `config/scripts` directory, in a file using the `.mustache` extension.
In order to execute the stored template, reference it by it's name under the `template` key:
[source,js]
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GET /_search/template
{
"file": "storedTemplate", <1>
"params": {
"query_string": "search for these words"
}
}
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<1> Name of the query template in `config/scripts/`, i.e., `storedTemplate.mustache`.
You can also register search templates by storing it in the cluster state.
There are REST APIs to manage these indexed templates.
[source,js]
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POST /_search/template/<templatename>
{
"template": {
"query": {
"match": {
"title": "{{query_string}}"
}
}
}
}
------------------------------------------
This template can be retrieved by
[source,js]
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GET /_search/template/<templatename>
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which is rendered as:
[source,js]
------------------------------------------
{
"template": {
"query": {
"match": {
"title": "{{query_string}}"
}
}
}
}
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This template can be deleted by
[source,js]
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DELETE /_search/template/<templatename>
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To use an indexed template at search time use:
[source,js]
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GET /_search/template
{
"id": "templateName", <1>
"params": {
"query_string": "search for these words"
}
}
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<1> Name of the query template stored in the `.scripts` index.
[float]
==== Validating templates
A template can be rendered in a response with given parameters using
[source,js]
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GET /_render/template
{
"inline": {
"query": {
"terms": {
"status": [
"{{#status}}",
"{{.}}",
"{{/status}}"
]
}
}
},
"params": {
"status": [ "pending", "published" ]
}
}
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This call will return the rendered template:
[source,js]
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{
"template_output": {
"query": {
"terms": {
"status": [ <1>
"pending",
"published"
]
}
}
}
}
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<1> `status` array has been populated with values from the `params` object.
File and indexed templates can also be rendered by replacing `inline` with
`file` or `id` respectively. For example, to render a file template
[source,js]
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GET /_render/template
{
"file": "my_template",
"params": {
"status": [ "pending", "published" ]
}
}
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Pre-registered templates can also be rendered using
[source,js]
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GET /_render/template/<template_name>
{
"params": {
"..."
}
}
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[[multi-search-template]]
== Multi Search Template
The multi search template API allows to execute several search template
requests within the same API using the `_msearch/template` endpoint.
The format of the request is similar to the <<search-multi-search, Multi
Search API>> format:
[source,js]
--------------------------------------------------
header\n
body\n
header\n
body\n
--------------------------------------------------
The header part supports the same `index`, `types`, `search_type`,
`preference`, and `routing` options as the usual Multi Search API.
The body includes a search template body request and supports inline,
stored and file templates. Here is an example:
[source,js]
--------------------------------------------------
$ cat requests
{"index": "test"}
{"inline": {"query": {"match": {"user" : "{{username}}" }}}, "params": {"username": "john"}} <1>
{"index": "_all", "types": "accounts"}
{"inline": {"query": {"{{query_type}}": {"name": "{{name}}" }}}, "params": {"query_type": "match_phrase_prefix", "name": "Smith"}}
{"index": "_all"}
{"id": "template_1", "params": {"query_string": "search for these words" }} <2>
{"types": "users"}
{"file": "template_2", "params": {"field_name": "fullname", "field_value": "john smith" }} <3>
$ curl -XGET localhost:9200/_msearch/template --data-binary "@requests"; echo
--------------------------------------------------
<1> Inline search template request
<2> Search template request based on a stored template
<3> Search template request based on a file template
The response returns a `responses` array, which includes the search template
response for each search template request matching its order in the original
multi search template request. If there was a complete failure for that specific
search template request, an object with `error` message will be returned in place
of the actual search response.