# How to replicate this type of search **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [April 30, 2015, 11:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-replicate-this-type-of-search/23507 "2015-04-30T23:22:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Peter\_Sorensen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/dc4da7/32.png) [@Peter\_Sorensen](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Peter_Sorensen)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2015, 11:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-replicate-this-type-of-search/23507/1 "2015-04-30T23:22:10Z")
Sorry for the vague title. If I knew what to call what I was looking for, I'd have a much easier time finding it! Anyways, I often see sites using filters right in the query box. For instance, on Github, you can see open issues by typing `is:open: is:issue {search term}` What element of ES is used to perform this? -- 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/856fd1f6-e8eb-460b-abf5-ca70eb10a22f%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/856fd1f6-e8eb-460b-abf5-ca70eb10a22f%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![jveldboom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f1d935/32.png) [@jveldboom](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jveldboom)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2015, 1:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-replicate-this-type-of-search/23507/2 "2015-05-01T01:07:43Z")
Hey Peter, They're likely using a filtered query [http://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/1.5/query-dsl-filtered-query.html](http://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/1.5/query-dsl-filtered-query.html). Maybe on a "status" field for the "is:open" and a "type" field for the "is:issue". It could look something like this: { "query":{ "filtered":{ "query":{ "multi\_match":{ "query":"search term", "fields":[ "title", "body", "tags" ] } } }, "filter":{ "and":{ "filters":[ { "term":{ "status":"open" } }, { "terms":{ "type":"issue" } } ] } } } } On Thursday, April 30, 2015 at 7:22:11 PM UTC-4, Peter Sorensen wrote: > Sorry for the vague title. If I knew what to call what I was looking for, > I'd have a much easier time finding it! > > Anyways, I often see sites using filters right in the query box. For > instance, on Github, you can see open issues by typing `is:open: is:issue {search term}` > > What element of ES is used to perform this? -- 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/4b9df802-5197-45b5-987a-7c7e480b6d7f%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/4b9df802-5197-45b5-987a-7c7e480b6d7f%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![Ivan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/df788c/32.png) [@Ivan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ivan)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2015, 4:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-replicate-this-type-of-search/23507/3 "2015-05-01T04:50:48Z")
Although the syntax is straight Lucene (query string query), I suspect that Github and other sites parse the query term to create a format similar to the one John mentioned. Cheers, Ivan On May 1, 2015 1:22 AM, "Peter Sorensen" [peter.jens.sorensen@gmail.com](mailto:peter.jens.sorensen@gmail.com) wrote: > Sorry for the vague title. If I knew what to call what I was looking for, > I'd have a much easier time finding it! > > Anyways, I often see sites using filters right in the query box. For > instance, on Github, you can see open issues by typing `is:open: is:issue {search term}` > > What element of ES is used to perform this? > > -- > 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/856fd1f6-e8eb-460b-abf5-ca70eb10a22f%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/856fd1f6-e8eb-460b-abf5-ca70eb10a22f%40googlegroups.com) > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/856fd1f6-e8eb-460b-abf5-ca70eb10a22f%40googlegroups.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/856fd1f6-e8eb-460b-abf5-ca70eb10a22f%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/CALY%3DcQC0Zkfwsy7JKuvVmRwJE8HuHRWU\_%2BzZGtf%2BdjYAejMPEQ%40mail.gmail.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CALY%3DcQC0Zkfwsy7JKuvVmRwJE8HuHRWU_%2BzZGtf%2BdjYAejMPEQ%40mail.gmail.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Sorensen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/dc4da7/32.png) [@Peter\_Sorensen](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Peter_Sorensen)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2015, 3:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-replicate-this-type-of-search/23507/4 "2015-05-01T15:26:38Z")
Thanks John & Ivan for your insight. Very helpful. Just to see if I'm getting this: In order to have a search where my users can type "title: {query term}" to limit the search only to titles, I need to program my application to parse the query string and then add the additional filters to the ES request. Do I have this right? -- 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/e8ad15f1-61bf-4f65-a061-ecfe784b62f8%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/e8ad15f1-61bf-4f65-a061-ecfe784b62f8%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![jveldboom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f1d935/32.png) [@jveldboom](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jveldboom)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2015, 3:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-replicate-this-type-of-search/23507/5 "2015-05-01T15:36:09Z")
Yes, that's correct. Depending on your application, it might be easier to have the filters as a dropdown. Similar how sites like Amazon allow you to choose which department to search within. Otherwise you'll have to rely on your users to type in the correct syntax - which might be what you want to allow more flexibility. On Friday, May 1, 2015 at 11:26:38 AM UTC-4, Peter Sorensen wrote: > Thanks John & Ivan for your insight. Very helpful. Just to see if I'm > getting this: > > In order to have a search where my users can type "title: {query term}" to > limit the search only to titles, I need to program my application to parse > the query string and then add the additional filters to the ES request. Do > I have this right? -- 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/dbf03829-7675-41f2-ae5d-274e246a5fc8%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/dbf03829-7675-41f2-ae5d-274e246a5fc8%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Sorensen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/dc4da7/32.png) [@Peter\_Sorensen](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Peter_Sorensen)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2015, 3:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-replicate-this-type-of-search/23507/6 "2015-05-01T15:55:47Z")
Thanks John! It's all very clear now. -- 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/b78e9ef6-1d15-47d2-ab04-7aceab61aeef%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/b78e9ef6-1d15-47d2-ab04-7aceab61aeef%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**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, 12:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-replicate-this-type-of-search/23507/7 "2017-07-06T00:16:14Z")