# Completion suggester get Exact matched token **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [April 13, 2015, 6:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/completion-suggester-get-exact-matched-token/23216 "2015-04-13T18:23:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ap1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/47e85d/32.png) [@Ap1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ap1)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2015, 6:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/completion-suggester-get-exact-matched-token/23216/1 "2015-04-13T18:23:09Z")
How do you get the exact matched token from the completion suggester ? eg. { "id" : "ID1", "name" : "AAA BBB CCCC DDD EEE FFFF GGG HHHHH IIII JJJJ KKK LLL 999 888", "suggest" : { "input": ["AAA","BBB","CCCC","DDD","EEE","US","California","Framework","IIII","JJJJ","KKK","LLL","999","888"], "output": "payload" : { "id" : "ID1", "name" : text } } So if a user types cali, the output that needs to be returned to the user is the matched token "California" instead of the complete string or id. Thanks -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/7b04ed89-814d-48e4-8666-c4f24f45186d%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/7b04ed89-814d-48e4-8666-c4f24f45186d%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![vineeth\_mohan\_2](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/vineeth_mohan_2/32/747_2.png) [@vineeth\_mohan\_2](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vineeth_mohan_2)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2015, 5:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/completion-suggester-get-exact-matched-token/23216/2 "2015-04-14T05:33:23Z")
Hello AP , Yes that is how it works. If the input text ( cali ) is the affix of any of the input then the output would be returned. ``` { "id" : "ID1", "name" : "AAA BBB CCCC DDD EEE FFFF GGG HHHHH IIII JJJJ KKK LLL 999 ``` 888", "suggest" : { "input": ["AAA","BBB","CCCC","DDD","EEE","US","California","Framework","IIII","JJJJ","KKK","LLL","999","888"], "output": _"California City"_ "payload" : { "id" : "ID1", "name" : text } } In this example , if the input string is cali or fra or ee or US , it will all match to "Califronia City" and this output text and payload would be returned. Thanks Vineeth Mohan, Elasticsearch consultant, [qbox.io](http://qbox.io) ( Elasticsearch service provider [http://qbox.io/](http://qbox.io/)) On Mon, Apr 13, 2015 at 11:53 PM, Ap [usc90909@gmail.com](mailto:usc90909@gmail.com) wrote: > How do you get the exact matched token from the completion suggester ? > > eg. > { > "id" : "ID1", > "name" : "AAA BBB CCCC DDD EEE FFFF GGG HHHHH IIII JJJJ KKK LLL > 999 888", > "suggest" : { > "input": > ["AAA","BBB","CCCC","DDD","EEE","US","California","Framework","IIII","JJJJ","KKK","LLL","999","888"], > "output": > "payload" : { > "id" : "ID1", > "name" : text > } > } > > So if a user types cali, the output that needs to be returned to the user > is the matched token "California" instead of the complete string or id. > > Thanks > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "elasticsearch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > To view this discussion on the web visit > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/7b04ed89-814d-48e4-8666-c4f24f45186d%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/7b04ed89-814d-48e4-8666-c4f24f45186d%40googlegroups.com) > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/7b04ed89-814d-48e4-8666-c4f24f45186d%40googlegroups.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/7b04ed89-814d-48e4-8666-c4f24f45186d%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer) > . > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAGdPd5%3D2fvicp6MPfTLV-HkL-NtHE7d7cQBJXoz9MK%2Btz6uJgg%40mail.gmail.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAGdPd5%3D2fvicp6MPfTLV-HkL-NtHE7d7cQBJXoz9MK%2Btz6uJgg%40mail.gmail.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![Ap1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/47e85d/32.png) [@Ap1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ap1)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2015, 5:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/completion-suggester-get-exact-matched-token/23216/3 "2015-04-14T05:37:36Z")
Hi Vineeth, Thanks for the response. I actually want the output to be flexible ( returning matched tokens) instead of a hard coded vaue. eg. For "input": ["AAA","BBB","CCCC","DDD","EEE","US","California"," Framework","IIII","JJJJ","KKK","LLL","999","888"] if "Cali" was searched then output should be "California" if "Frame" was searched then output should be "Framework" On Mon, Apr 13, 2015 at 10:33 PM, vineeth mohan [vm.vineethmohan@gmail.com](mailto:vm.vineethmohan@gmail.com) wrote: > Hello AP , > > Yes that is how it works. > If the input text ( cali ) is the affix of any of the input then the > output would be returned. > > ``` > { > "id" : "ID1", > "name" : "AAA BBB CCCC DDD EEE FFFF GGG HHHHH IIII JJJJ KKK LLL > > ``` > > 999 888", > "suggest" : { > "input": > ["AAA","BBB","CCCC","DDD","EEE","US","California","Framework","IIII","JJJJ","KKK","LLL","999","888"], > "output": _"California City"_ > "payload" : { > "id" : "ID1", > "name" : text > } > } > > In this example , if the input string is cali or fra or ee or US , it will > all match to "Califronia City" and this output text and payload would be > returned. > > Thanks > Vineeth Mohan, > Elasticsearch consultant, > [qbox.io](http://qbox.io) ( Elasticsearch service provider [http://qbox.io/](http://qbox.io/)) > > On Mon, Apr 13, 2015 at 11:53 PM, Ap [usc90909@gmail.com](mailto:usc90909@gmail.com) wrote: > > > How do you get the exact matched token from the completion suggester ? > > > > eg. > > { > > "id" : "ID1", > > "name" : "AAA BBB CCCC DDD EEE FFFF GGG HHHHH IIII JJJJ KKK LLL > > 999 888", > > "suggest" : { > > "input": > > ["AAA","BBB","CCCC","DDD","EEE","US","California","Framework","IIII","JJJJ","KKK","LLL","999","888"], > > "output": > > "payload" : { > > "id" : "ID1", > > "name" : text > > } > > } > > > > So if a user types cali, the output that needs to be returned to the user > > is the matched token "California" instead of the complete string or id. > > > > Thanks > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "elasticsearch" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/7b04ed89-814d-48e4-8666-c4f24f45186d%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/7b04ed89-814d-48e4-8666-c4f24f45186d%40googlegroups.com) > > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/7b04ed89-814d-48e4-8666-c4f24f45186d%40googlegroups.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/7b04ed89-814d-48e4-8666-c4f24f45186d%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer) > > . > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > [https://groups.google.com/d/topic/elasticsearch/x0UIaDVLX0Q/unsubscribe](https://groups.google.com/d/topic/elasticsearch/x0UIaDVLX0Q/unsubscribe). > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > To view this discussion on the web visit > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAGdPd5%3D2fvicp6MPfTLV-HkL-NtHE7d7cQBJXoz9MK%2Btz6uJgg%40mail.gmail.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAGdPd5%3D2fvicp6MPfTLV-HkL-NtHE7d7cQBJXoz9MK%2Btz6uJgg%40mail.gmail.com) > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAGdPd5%3D2fvicp6MPfTLV-HkL-NtHE7d7cQBJXoz9MK%2Btz6uJgg%40mail.gmail.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAGdPd5%3D2fvicp6MPfTLV-HkL-NtHE7d7cQBJXoz9MK%2Btz6uJgg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer) > . > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAFJXNN6Dp90CvNpuw5twFG%3DFzPUKxWEHYYjLdkMCXMr8qZXixQ%40mail.gmail.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAFJXNN6Dp90CvNpuw5twFG%3DFzPUKxWEHYYjLdkMCXMr8qZXixQ%40mail.gmail.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
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