Add Json aggregation string to SearchRequestBuilder in java API

[philv (Phil)]

I have a java app that makes use of the SearchRequestBuilder. Usually I perform the operation using this pseudocode:

SearchRequestBuilder sb;
AggregationBuilder agBuilder;
//omitted some boiler plate where these are instantiatehow

sb.addAggregation(agBuilder);

I have a requirement whereby the aggregations part of the query is in the form of a json string. I need to add it to the SearchRequestBuilder somehow. Is there a recommended way to do this ?

I thought I might be able to achieve it via the XContentBuilder , but I'm not sure if it's possible to add the results of this to a SearchRequestBuilder anymore, so I'm looking for suggestions. (and I was rather hoping there was a quicker way than me creating the boiler plate to work through the json and turn it into an AggregationBuilder myself)

Many thanks,
Phil

[philv (Phil)]

My question is essentially the same as this one:

How to use the ElasticSearch Java API to build an Aggregation from JSON

Hi everyone, My code has an ElasticSearch query and aggregations in JSON format, and wants to call the ElasticSearch Java API. For the Query portion, I can use WrapperQuery to build the query from the JSON as so: val query = Json.obj( "query_string" -> Json.obj("query" -> "*")) val aggs = Json.obj( "gender" -> Json.obj("terms" -> Json.obj("field": "gender")), "age" -> Json.obj("terms" -> Json.obj("field": "age"))) val aggsRequestBuilder = new SearchRequestBuilder(client) .setIndi…

I presume the answer is the same ?