# 0.90.0.RC1 Suggest Feature. How to use it? Throws exception on query

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**Created:** [March 21, 2013, 9:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/0-90-0-rc1-suggest-feature-how-to-use-it-throws-exception-on-query/11251 "2013-03-21T21:10:36Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 21, 2013, 9:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/0-90-0-rc1-suggest-feature-how-to-use-it-throws-exception-on-query/11251/1 "2013-03-21T21:10:36Z")

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I`m trying to use a suggest feature with 0.90.0.RC1 build. According to this issue https://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/issues/2774 and this documentation ( http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/reference/api/search/suggest.html its not mention new suggest endpoint..) i`m trying to execute simple fuzzy  
request.  
Here requests that i tried, and none of them worked ☹ :  
to \_search

{"suggest" : {  
"my-suggest-1" : {  
"text" : "the amsterdma meetpu",  
"fuzzy" : {  
"field" : "product\_description\_auto"  
}  
}  
}  
}  
Result:  
Got an exception:  
ElasticSearchIllegalArgumentException[Suggester[fuzzy] not supported]; }  
Full result

1. "error": "SearchPhaseExecutionException[Failed to execute phase  
[query], total failure; shardFailures  
{[nPlpoMIaQt-Kw8s1WRpvXw][haystack][1]: SearchParseException[[haystack][1]:  
from[-1],size[-1]: Parse Failure [Failed to parse source [{"suggest" :  
{\n "my-suggest-1" : {\n "text" : "the amsterdma meetpu",\n "fuzzy"  
: {\n "field" : "product\_description\_auto"\n }\n }\n } \n} ]]]; nested:  
ElasticSearchIllegalArgumentException[Suggester[fuzzy] not supported];  
}{[nPlpoMIaQt-Kw8s1WRpvXw][haystack][0]:  
SearchParseException[[haystack][0]: from[-1],size[-1]: Parse Failure  
[Failed to parse source [{"suggest" : {\n "my-suggest-1" : {\n "text"  
: "the amsterdma meetpu",\n "fuzzy" : {\n "field" :  
"product\_description\_auto"\n }\n }\n } \n} ]]]; nested:  
ElasticSearchIllegalArgumentException[Suggester[fuzzy] not supported]; }]"  
,
2. "status": 500
3. 

to \_suggest:

{  
"text" : "the amsterdma meetpu",  
"fuzzy" : {  
"field" : "product\_description\_auto"  
}  
}

Result:

ElasticSearchIllegalArgumentException[[suggest] does not support [field]]

Full result

1. {
2. "\_shards": {
3. "total": 5,
4. "successful": 0,
5. "failed": 5,
6. "failures": [{
7. "index": "haystack",
8. "shard": 4,
9. "reason": "BroadcastShardOperationFailedException[[haystack][4] ];  
nested: ElasticSearchException[failed to execute suggest]; nested:  
ElasticSearchIllegalArgumentException[[suggest] does not support [field]]; "
10. }, {
11. "index": "haystack",
12. "shard": 0,
13. "reason": "BroadcastShardOperationFailedException[[haystack][0] ];  
nested: ElasticSearchException[failed to execute suggest]; nested:  
ElasticSearchIllegalArgumentException[[suggest] does not support [field]]; "
14. }, {
15. "index": "haystack",
16. "shard": 1,
17. "reason": "BroadcastShardOperationFailedException[[haystack][1] ];  
nested: ElasticSearchException[failed to execute suggest]; nested:  
ElasticSearchIllegalArgumentException[[suggest] does not support [field]]; "
18. }, {
19. "index": "haystack",
20. "shard": 2,
21. "reason": "BroadcastShardOperationFailedException[[haystack][2] ];  
nested: ElasticSearchException[failed to execute suggest]; nested:  
ElasticSearchIllegalArgumentException[[suggest] does not support [field]]; "
22. }, {
23. "index": "haystack",
24. "shard": 3,
25. "reason": "BroadcastShardOperationFailedException[[haystack][3] ];  
nested: ElasticSearchException[failed to execute suggest]; nested:  
ElasticSearchIllegalArgumentException[[suggest] does not support [field]]; "
26. }]
27. }
28. }

So here even a error format differs from the \_search. Is it intentionally  
or its a bug?  
Next i tried following request:  
Get ElasticSearchIllegalArgumentException[Suggester[fuzzy] not supported]

Which is looking exactly like exception from first query to \_search. But  
here its presented again as a list of 5 nodes instead of one errror.

So.. what query is right for suggest, what i missed? and what happening  
with error format?

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hey, I think the documetation is out of date. I renamed 'fuzzy' to 'term'  
suggester in beta1.  
I will update the documentation tomorrow hopefully.

sorry for the inconvenience.

simon  
On Thursday, March 21, 2013 10:10:36 PM UTC+1, Dmitry Molotkov wrote:

> I`m trying to use a suggest feature with 0.90.0.RC1 build. According to this issue https://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/issues/2774 and this documentation ( http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/reference/api/search/suggest.html its not mention new suggest endpoint..) i`m trying to execute simple fuzzy  
> request.  
> Here requests that i tried, and none of them worked ☹ :  
> to \_search
> 
> {"suggest" : {  
> "my-suggest-1" : {  
> "text" : "the amsterdma meetpu",  
> "fuzzy" : {  
> "field" : "product\_description\_auto"  
> }  
> }  
> }  
> }  
> Result:  
> Got an exception:  
> ElasticSearchIllegalArgumentException[Suggester[fuzzy] not supported]; }  
> Full result
> 
> 1. "error": "SearchPhaseExecutionException[Failed to execute phase  
> [query], total failure; shardFailures  
> {[nPlpoMIaQt-Kw8s1WRpvXw][haystack][1]: SearchParseException[[haystack][1]:  
> from[-1],size[-1]: Parse Failure [Failed to parse source [{"suggest" :  
> {\n "my-suggest-1" : {\n "text" : "the amsterdma meetpu",\n "fuzzy"  
> : {\n "field" : "product\_description\_auto"\n }\n }\n } \n} ]]]; nested:  
> ElasticSearchIllegalArgumentException[Suggester[fuzzy] not supported];  
> }{[nPlpoMIaQt-Kw8s1WRpvXw][haystack][0]:  
> SearchParseException[[haystack][0]: from[-1],size[-1]: Parse Failure  
> [Failed to parse source [{"suggest" : {\n "my-suggest-1" : {\n "text"  
> : "the amsterdma meetpu",\n "fuzzy" : {\n "field" :  
> "product\_description\_auto"\n }\n }\n } \n} ]]]; nested:  
> ElasticSearchIllegalArgumentException[Suggester[fuzzy] not supported]; }]"  
> ,
> 2. "status": 500
> 3. 
> 
> to \_suggest:
> 
> {  
> "text" : "the amsterdma meetpu",  
> "fuzzy" : {  
> "field" : "product\_description\_auto"  
> }  
> }
> 
> Result:
> 
> ElasticSearchIllegalArgumentException[[suggest] does not support [field]]
> 
> Full result
> 
> 1. {
> 2. "\_shards": {
> 3. "total": 5,
> 4. "successful": 0,
> 5. "failed": 5,
> 6. "failures": [{
> 7. "index": "haystack",
> 8. "shard": 4,
> 9. "reason": "BroadcastShardOperationFailedException[[haystack][4] ];  
> nested: ElasticSearchException[failed to execute suggest]; nested:  
> ElasticSearchIllegalArgumentException[[suggest] does not support [field]]; "
> 10. }, {
> 11. "index": "haystack",
> 12. "shard": 0,
> 13. "reason": "BroadcastShardOperationFailedException[[haystack][0] ];  
> nested: ElasticSearchException[failed to execute suggest]; nested:  
> ElasticSearchIllegalArgumentException[[suggest] does not support [field]]; "
> 14. }, {
> 15. "index": "haystack",
> 16. "shard": 1,
> 17. "reason": "BroadcastShardOperationFailedException[[haystack][1] ];  
> nested: ElasticSearchException[failed to execute suggest]; nested:  
> ElasticSearchIllegalArgumentException[[suggest] does not support [field]]; "
> 18. }, {
> 19. "index": "haystack",
> 20. "shard": 2,
> 21. "reason": "BroadcastShardOperationFailedException[[haystack][2] ];  
> nested: ElasticSearchException[failed to execute suggest]; nested:  
> ElasticSearchIllegalArgumentException[[suggest] does not support [field]]; "
> 22. }, {
> 23. "index": "haystack",
> 24. "shard": 3,
> 25. "reason": "BroadcastShardOperationFailedException[[haystack][3] ];  
> nested: ElasticSearchException[failed to execute suggest]; nested:  
> ElasticSearchIllegalArgumentException[[suggest] does not support [field]]; "
> 26. }]
> 27. }
> 28. }
> 
> So here even a error format differs from the \_search. Is it intentionally  
> or its a bug?  
> Next i tried following request:  
> Get ElasticSearchIllegalArgumentException[Suggester[fuzzy] not supported]
> 
> Which is looking exactly like exception from first query to \_search. But  
> here its presented again as a list of 5 nodes instead of one errror.
> 
> So.. what query is right for suggest, what i missed? and what happening  
> with error format?

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Dmitry,

I updated the reference documentation

simon

On Thursday, March 21, 2013 11:07:56 PM UTC+1, simonw wrote:

> hey, I think the documetation is out of date. I renamed 'fuzzy' to 'term'  
> suggester in beta1.  
> I will update the documentation tomorrow hopefully.
> 
> sorry for the inconvenience.
> 
> simon  
> On Thursday, March 21, 2013 10:10:36 PM UTC+1, Dmitry Molotkov wrote:
> 
> > I`m trying to use a suggest feature with 0.90.0.RC1 build. According to this issue https://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/issues/2774and this documentation ( http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/reference/api/search/suggest.html its not mention new suggest endpoint..) i`m trying to execute simple fuzzy  
> > request.  
> > Here requests that i tried, and none of them worked ☹ :  
> > to \_search
> > 
> > {"suggest" : {  
> > "my-suggest-1" : {  
> > "text" : "the amsterdma meetpu",  
> > "fuzzy" : {  
> > "field" : "product\_description\_auto"  
> > }  
> > }  
> > }  
> > }  
> > Result:  
> > Got an exception:  
> > ElasticSearchIllegalArgumentException[Suggester[fuzzy] not supported]; }  
> > Full result
> > 
> > 1. "error": "SearchPhaseExecutionException[Failed to execute phase  
> > [query], total failure; shardFailures  
> > {[nPlpoMIaQt-Kw8s1WRpvXw][haystack][1]: SearchParseException[[haystack][1]:  
> > from[-1],size[-1]: Parse Failure [Failed to parse source [{"suggest" :  
> > {\n "my-suggest-1" : {\n "text" : "the amsterdma meetpu",\n "fuzzy"  
> > : {\n "field" : "product\_description\_auto"\n }\n }\n } \n} ]]]; nested:  
> > ElasticSearchIllegalArgumentException[Suggester[fuzzy] not supported];  
> > }{[nPlpoMIaQt-Kw8s1WRpvXw][haystack][0]:  
> > SearchParseException[[haystack][0]: from[-1],size[-1]: Parse Failure  
> > [Failed to parse source [{"suggest" : {\n "my-suggest-1" : {\n "text"  
> > : "the amsterdma meetpu",\n "fuzzy" : {\n "field" :  
> > "product\_description\_auto"\n }\n }\n } \n} ]]]; nested:  
> > ElasticSearchIllegalArgumentException[Suggester[fuzzy] not supported]; }]"  
> > ,
> > 2. "status": 500
> > 3. 
> > 
> > to \_suggest:
> > 
> > {  
> > "text" : "the amsterdma meetpu",  
> > "fuzzy" : {  
> > "field" : "product\_description\_auto"  
> > }  
> > }
> > 
> > Result:
> > 
> > ElasticSearchIllegalArgumentException[[suggest] does not support [field]]
> > 
> > Full result
> > 
> > 1. {
> > 2. "\_shards": {
> > 3. "total": 5,
> > 4. "successful": 0,
> > 5. "failed": 5,
> > 6. "failures": [{
> > 7. "index": "haystack",
> > 8. "shard": 4,
> > 9. "reason": "BroadcastShardOperationFailedException[[haystack][4] ];  
> > nested: ElasticSearchException[failed to execute suggest]; nested:  
> > ElasticSearchIllegalArgumentException[[suggest] does not support [field]]; "
> > 10. }, {
> > 11. "index": "haystack",
> > 12. "shard": 0,
> > 13. "reason": "BroadcastShardOperationFailedException[[haystack][0]  
> > ]; nested: ElasticSearchException[failed to execute suggest]; nested:  
> > ElasticSearchIllegalArgumentException[[suggest] does not support [field]]; "
> > 14. }, {
> > 15. "index": "haystack",
> > 16. "shard": 1,
> > 17. "reason": "BroadcastShardOperationFailedException[[haystack][1]  
> > ]; nested: ElasticSearchException[failed to execute suggest]; nested:  
> > ElasticSearchIllegalArgumentException[[suggest] does not support [field]]; "
> > 18. }, {
> > 19. "index": "haystack",
> > 20. "shard": 2,
> > 21. "reason": "BroadcastShardOperationFailedException[[haystack][2]  
> > ]; nested: ElasticSearchException[failed to execute suggest]; nested:  
> > ElasticSearchIllegalArgumentException[[suggest] does not support [field]]; "
> > 22. }, {
> > 23. "index": "haystack",
> > 24. "shard": 3,
> > 25. "reason": "BroadcastShardOperationFailedException[[haystack][3]  
> > ]; nested: ElasticSearchException[failed to execute suggest]; nested:  
> > ElasticSearchIllegalArgumentException[[suggest] does not support [field]]; "
> > 26. }]
> > 27. }
> > 28. }
> > 
> > So here even a error format differs from the \_search. Is it intentionally  
> > or its a bug?  
> > Next i tried following request:  
> > Get ElasticSearchIllegalArgumentException[Suggester[fuzzy] not supported]
> > 
> > Which is looking exactly like exception from first query to \_search. But  
> > here its presented again as a list of 5 nodes instead of one errror.
> > 
> > So.. what query is right for suggest, what i missed? and what happening  
> > with error format?

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