# Highlighting for multiple phrases? **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [July 10, 2012, 2:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/highlighting-for-multiple-phrases/8368 "2012-07-10T02:05:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![benallfree](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/benallfree/32/2821_2.png) [@benallfree](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/benallfree)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 2:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/highlighting-for-multiple-phrases/8368/1 "2012-07-10T02:05:31Z")
Hi everyone, I'm having trouble forming the syntax to search for multiple phrases with highlighting. Suppose I would like to search for: (red balloon) OR (yellow kite) OR (black sheep) ...and highlight the results. What would the JSON look like? For reference, I can do this using an OR filter and text\_phrase, but I don't know how to do an OR inside a query. It seems that highlighting only works if the terms are specified in the query (not the filter). Thanks for any help you can lend. Ben ---
**Author:** ![Shaun\_Etherton](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/shaun_etherton/32/2540_2.png) [@Shaun\_Etherton](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Shaun_Etherton)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 2:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/highlighting-for-multiple-phrases/8368/2 "2012-07-10T02:33:06Z")
Hi Ben Maybe these will help? [https://gist.github.com/3053914](https://gist.github.com/3053914) [https://gist.github.com/3080627](https://gist.github.com/3080627) cheers On Tuesday, 10 July 2012 at 11:35 AM, Ben Allfree wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I'm having trouble forming the syntax to search for multiple phrases with highlighting. Suppose I would like to search for: > > (red balloon) OR (yellow kite) OR (black sheep) > > ...and highlight the results. What would the JSON look like? > > For reference, I can do this using an OR filter and text\_phrase, but I don't know how to do an OR inside a query. It seems that highlighting only works if the terms are specified in the query (not the filter). > > Thanks for any help you can lend. > > Ben ---
**Author:** ![benallfree](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/benallfree/32/2821_2.png) [@benallfree](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/benallfree)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 2:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/highlighting-for-multiple-phrases/8368/3 "2012-07-10T02:40:26Z")
Thanks, I hadn't seen those. Unfortunately I don't think query\_string can do nesting for phrases. dog OR cat OR bird will work, but black dog OR brown cat OR red bird will not ☹ b On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 7:33 PM, shaun etherton [shaun.etherton@gmail.com](mailto:shaun.etherton@gmail.com)wrote: > Hi Ben > > Maybe these will help? > > [https://gist.github.com/3053914](https://gist.github.com/3053914) > > [https://gist.github.com/3080627](https://gist.github.com/3080627) > > cheers > > On Tuesday, 10 July 2012 at 11:35 AM, Ben Allfree wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > I'm having trouble forming the syntax to search for multiple phrases with > highlighting. Suppose I would like to search for: > > (red balloon) OR (yellow kite) OR (black sheep) > > ...and highlight the results. What would the JSON look like? > > For reference, I can do this using an OR filter and text\_phrase, but I > don't know how to do an OR inside a query. It seems that highlighting only > works if the terms are specified in the query (not the filter). > > Thanks for any help you can lend. > > Ben ---
**Author:** ![Shaun\_Etherton](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/shaun_etherton/32/2540_2.png) [@Shaun\_Etherton](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Shaun_Etherton)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 2:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/highlighting-for-multiple-phrases/8368/4 "2012-07-10T02:45:01Z")
Oh, i see. I didn't realise they were nested phrases. When you workout how to do it can you gist a small example query so i can add it to my list of reference queries? cheers. -- shaun etherton Sent with Sparrow ([http://www.sparrowmailapp.com/?sig](http://www.sparrowmailapp.com/?sig)) On Tuesday, 10 July 2012 at 12:10 PM, Ben Allfree wrote: > Thanks, I hadn't seen those. Unfortunately I don't think query\_string can do nesting for phrases. > > dog OR cat OR bird > > will work, but > > black dog OR brown cat OR red bird > > will not ☹ > > b > > On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 7:33 PM, shaun etherton \<[shaun.etherton@gmail.com](mailto:shaun.etherton@gmail.com) ([mailto:shaun.etherton@gmail.com](mailto:shaun.etherton@gmail.com))\> wrote: > > > Hi Ben > > > > Maybe these will help? > > > > [https://gist.github.com/3053914](https://gist.github.com/3053914) > > > > [https://gist.github.com/3080627](https://gist.github.com/3080627) > > > > cheers > > > > On Tuesday, 10 July 2012 at 11:35 AM, Ben Allfree wrote: > > > > > Hi everyone, > > > > > > I'm having trouble forming the syntax to search for multiple phrases with highlighting. Suppose I would like to search for: > > > > > > (red balloon) OR (yellow kite) OR (black sheep) > > > > > > ...and highlight the results. What would the JSON look like? > > > > > > For reference, I can do this using an OR filter and text\_phrase, but I don't know how to do an OR inside a query. It seems that highlighting only works if the terms are specified in the query (not the filter). > > > > > > Thanks for any help you can lend. > > > > > > Ben ---
**Author:** ![benallfree](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/benallfree/32/2821_2.png) [@benallfree](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/benallfree)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 2:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/highlighting-for-multiple-phrases/8368/5 "2012-07-10T02:48:36Z")
Sure. It would work perfectly if you could go: text\_phrase: ["black dog", "brown cat", "red bird"] But text\_phrase doesn't support arrays. You can do: terms: ["black dog", "brown cat", "red bird"] But terms doesn't support multiple words in a term so you get 0 results back. b On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 7:45 PM, shaun etherton [shaun.etherton@gmail.com](mailto:shaun.etherton@gmail.com)wrote: > Oh, i see. I didn't realise they were nested phrases. > > When you workout how to do it can you gist a small example query so i can > add it to my list of reference queries? > > cheers. > > -- > shaun etherton > Sent with Sparrow [http://www.sparrowmailapp.com/?sig](http://www.sparrowmailapp.com/?sig) > > On Tuesday, 10 July 2012 at 12:10 PM, Ben Allfree wrote: > > Thanks, I hadn't seen those. Unfortunately I don't think query\_string can > do nesting for phrases. > > dog OR cat OR bird > > will work, but > > black dog OR brown cat OR red bird > > will not ☹ > > b > > On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 7:33 PM, shaun etherton [shaun.etherton@gmail.com](mailto:shaun.etherton@gmail.com)wrote: > > Hi Ben > > Maybe these will help? > > [https://gist.github.com/3053914](https://gist.github.com/3053914) > > [https://gist.github.com/3080627](https://gist.github.com/3080627) > > cheers > > On Tuesday, 10 July 2012 at 11:35 AM, Ben Allfree wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > I'm having trouble forming the syntax to search for multiple phrases with > highlighting. Suppose I would like to search for: > > (red balloon) OR (yellow kite) OR (black sheep) > > ...and highlight the results. What would the JSON look like? > > For reference, I can do this using an OR filter and text\_phrase, but I > don't know how to do an OR inside a query. It seems that highlighting only > works if the terms are specified in the query (not the filter). > > Thanks for any help you can lend. > > Ben ---
**Author:** ![Lukas\_Vlcek1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/lukas_vlcek1/32/819_2.png) [@Lukas\_Vlcek1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Lukas_Vlcek1)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 4:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/highlighting-for-multiple-phrases/8368/6 "2012-07-10T04:32:29Z")
Hi, "black dog" OR "brown cat" OR "red bird" ^^ does this work for you? Regards, Lukas On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 4:48 AM, Ben Allfree [ben@benallfree.com](mailto:ben@benallfree.com) wrote: > Sure. It would work perfectly if you could go: > > text\_phrase: ["black dog", "brown cat", "red bird"] > > But text\_phrase doesn't support arrays. You can do: > > terms: ["black dog", "brown cat", "red bird"] > > But terms doesn't support multiple words in a term so you get 0 results > back. > > b > > On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 7:45 PM, shaun etherton [shaun.etherton@gmail.com](mailto:shaun.etherton@gmail.com)wrote: > > > Oh, i see. I didn't realise they were nested phrases. > > > > When you workout how to do it can you gist a small example query so i can > > add it to my list of reference queries? > > > > cheers. > > > > -- > > shaun etherton > > Sent with Sparrow [http://www.sparrowmailapp.com/?sig](http://www.sparrowmailapp.com/?sig) > > > > On Tuesday, 10 July 2012 at 12:10 PM, Ben Allfree wrote: > > > > Thanks, I hadn't seen those. Unfortunately I don't think query\_string can > > do nesting for phrases. > > > > dog OR cat OR bird > > > > will work, but > > > > black dog OR brown cat OR red bird > > > > will not ☹ > > > > b > > > > On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 7:33 PM, shaun etherton [shaun.etherton@gmail.com](mailto:shaun.etherton@gmail.com)wrote: > > > > Hi Ben > > > > Maybe these will help? > > > > [https://gist.github.com/3053914](https://gist.github.com/3053914) > > > > [https://gist.github.com/3080627](https://gist.github.com/3080627) > > > > cheers > > > > On Tuesday, 10 July 2012 at 11:35 AM, Ben Allfree wrote: > > > > Hi everyone, > > > > I'm having trouble forming the syntax to search for multiple phrases with > > highlighting. Suppose I would like to search for: > > > > (red balloon) OR (yellow kite) OR (black sheep) > > > > ...and highlight the results. What would the JSON look like? > > > > For reference, I can do this using an OR filter and text\_phrase, but I > > don't know how to do an OR inside a query. It seems that highlighting only > > works if the terms are specified in the query (not the filter). > > > > Thanks for any help you can lend. > > > > Ben ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 3:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/highlighting-for-multiple-phrases/8368/7 "2017-07-06T03:20:50Z")