Different Query format for wildcard query and term query

[adholpuria (Abhijeet Dholpuria)]

Hey community, I am currently using below mentioned query format for term query

{
  "query": {
    "term": {
      "core.externalId": "Kimchy"
    }
  }

Below is the query format described in Elasticsearch Document Term query | Elasticsearch Guide [8.5] | Elastic

{
  "query": {
    "term": {
      "user.id": {
        "value": "kimchy"
      }
    }
  }
}

I am planning to implement same format for wildcard query as well which have similar differences as Term query in comparison to Elasticsearch Document

What I am implementing
<fieldName> : <value>

Elasticsearch document query format

<fieldName> : {
"value": <value>
}

I have tried these two query formats directly on Elasticsearch and both of these are working fine.

Attaching wildcard Query examples that I have tried directly on Elasticsearch –
Request

{
  "query": {
    "wildcard": {
      "core.ext::keyword": "Di*ionary"
    }
  }
}

Response

{
    "took": 2,
    "timed_out": false,
    "_shards": {
        "total": 1,
        "successful": 1,
        "skipped": 0,
        "failed": 0
    },
    "hits": {
        "total": {
            "value": 3,
            "relation": "eq"
        },
        "max_score": 1.0,
        "hits": [
            {
                "_index": "adholpuria",
                "_type": "_doc",
                "_id": "xxxxxxxx",
                "_score": 1.0,
                "_source": {
                    "core.name::text": "Reading",
                    "core.ext::keyword": "dictionary"
                }
            },
            {
                "_index": "adholpuria",
                "_type": "_doc",
                "_id": "xxxxxxxxx",
                "_score": 1.0,
                "_source": {
                    "core.name::text": "Reaping",
                    "core.ext::keyword": "dicpionary"
                }
            },
            {
                "_index": "adholpuria",
                "_type": "_doc",
                "_id": "xxxxxxxx",
                "_score": 1.0,
                "_source": {
                    "core.name::text": "Reamding",
                    "core.ext::keyword": "dicmtionary"
                }
            }
        ]
   }
}

I am looking for supportive doc. But couldn't find one. Do e have any supportive document for <fieldName> : <value> query format. Is there any possibility that earlier Elasticsearch has
<fieldName> : <value> query format for term query and wild card query but now it is depricated?

Thanks

[carly.richmond]

Hi Abhijeet,

To confirm, are you looking for the documentation for the wildcard terms query, but specifically the "field": "value" form? I see an example in the terms query documentation, but not in the wildcard one. As these are both term type queries they should work in a similar way.

Not sure which version of Elasticsearch you are using, but having a scan through that format for wildcard in prior versions, wildcard with this format has been supported since at least 1.3.

You can use "field": "value" as a shorthand where you don't need any other optional parameters as per the query DSL. Hope that helps!

[adholpuria (Abhijeet Dholpuria)]

Hey Carly,
yes that helps. Thanks for replying.