# How to use completion-suggester for city-location suggests respecting zip-codes **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [October 18, 2013, 10:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-use-completion-suggester-for-city-location-suggests-respecting-zip-codes/14012 "2013-10-18T10:44:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Thorsten\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e68b1a/32.png) [@Thorsten\_3](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Thorsten_3)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2013, 10:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-use-completion-suggester-for-city-location-suggests-respecting-zip-codes/14012/1 "2013-10-18T10:44:18Z")
Dear ElasticSearchers, I'm trying to get the new completion suggester to help me suggesting my users locations (cities). My data mapping and data looks like this.[https://gist.github.com/ThorstenS/7039670](https://gist.github.com/ThorstenS/7039670) What I want is that the names of the cities can be misspelled, and the user still gets some (hopefully correct) results. On the other hand, if the user searches via zip-code, the fuzziness should not be applied to the zip-code, but only to the name of the city. In my example data above, if i'd search for curl -X POST 'localhost:9200/geodb/\_suggest?pretty' -d '{ "city-suggest" : { "text" : "12345 Ci", "completion" : { "field" : "suggest", "fuzzy" : { "edit\_distance" : 2 } } } }' I'd get 2 results, but since I entered a valid zip-code, I'd only like to get the one result with that exact zip-code. But still maintain fuzziness on the name of the city. I do understand that ElasticSearch's behavior totally makes sense, since I've requested the data with a fuzzy span. But is there a way to reach my goal? Thanks for your help 🙂 -- 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). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). ---
**Author:** ![simonw\_2](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/simonw_2/32/1130_2.png) [@simonw\_2](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/simonw_2)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2013, 7:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-use-completion-suggester-for-city-location-suggests-respecting-zip-codes/14012/2 "2013-10-18T19:09:37Z")
try using the "prefix\_length" parameter and set it to the length of you zipcode then the fuzziness will not be applied to that prefix simon On Friday, October 18, 2013 12:44:18 PM UTC+2, Thorsten wrote: > Dear ElasticSearchers, > I'm trying to get the new completion suggester to help me suggesting my > users locations (cities). > > My data mapping and data looks like this.[https://gist.github.com/ThorstenS/7039670](https://gist.github.com/ThorstenS/7039670) > > What I want is that the names of the cities can be misspelled, and the > user still gets some (hopefully correct) results. > On the other hand, if the user searches via zip-code, the fuzziness should > not be applied to the zip-code, but only to the name of the city. > > In my example data above, if i'd search for > curl -X POST 'localhost:9200/geodb/\_suggest?pretty' -d '{ > "city-suggest" : { > "text" : "12345 Ci", > "completion" : { > "field" : "suggest", > "fuzzy" : { > "edit\_distance" : 2 > } > } > } > }' > > I'd get 2 results, but since I entered a valid zip-code, I'd only like to > get the one result with that exact zip-code. But still maintain fuzziness > on the name of the city. > > I do understand that Elasticsearch's behavior totally makes sense, since > I've requested the data with a fuzzy span. > But is there a way to reach my goal? > > Thanks for your help 🙂 -- 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). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). ---
**Author:** ![Thorsten\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e68b1a/32.png) [@Thorsten\_3](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Thorsten_3)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2013, 9:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-use-completion-suggester-for-city-location-suggests-respecting-zip-codes/14012/3 "2013-10-19T09:11:58Z")
Thank you, that does the trick! Any chance to increase the number of returned results? At the moment, I only get a maximum of 5 suggestions, although there are more locations in the index that should match the query. Thanks Thorsten Am Freitag, 18. Oktober 2013 21:09:37 UTC+2 schrieb simonw: > try using the "prefix\_length" parameter and set it to the length of you > zipcode then the fuzziness will not be applied to that prefix > > simon > > On Friday, October 18, 2013 12:44:18 PM UTC+2, Thorsten wrote: > > > Dear ElasticSearchers, > > I'm trying to get the new completion suggester to help me suggesting my > > users locations (cities). > > > > My data mapping and data looks like this.[https://gist.github.com/ThorstenS/7039670](https://gist.github.com/ThorstenS/7039670) > > > > What I want is that the names of the cities can be misspelled, and the > > user still gets some (hopefully correct) results. > > On the other hand, if the user searches via zip-code, the fuzziness > > should not be applied to the zip-code, but only to the name of the city. > > > > In my example data above, if i'd search for > > curl -X POST 'localhost:9200/geodb/\_suggest?pretty' -d '{ > > "city-suggest" : { > > "text" : "12345 Ci", > > "completion" : { > > "field" : "suggest", > > "fuzzy" : { > > "edit\_distance" : 2 > > } > > } > > } > > }' > > > > I'd get 2 results, but since I entered a valid zip-code, I'd only like to > > get the one result with that exact zip-code. But still maintain fuzziness > > on the name of the city. > > > > I do understand that Elasticsearch's behavior totally makes sense, since > > I've requested the data with a fuzzy span. > > But is there a way to reach my goal? > > > > Thanks for your help 🙂 -- 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). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). ---
**Author:** ![simonw\_2](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/simonw_2/32/1130_2.png) [@simonw\_2](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/simonw_2)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2013, 6:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-use-completion-suggester-for-city-location-suggests-respecting-zip-codes/14012/4 "2013-10-19T18:17:57Z")
"size" : X should work just fine no? simon On Saturday, October 19, 2013 11:11:58 AM UTC+2, Thorsten wrote: > Thank you, that does the trick! > > Any chance to increase the number of returned results? > At the moment, I only get a maximum of 5 suggestions, although there are > more locations in the index that should match the query. > > Thanks > > Thorsten > > Am Freitag, 18. Oktober 2013 21:09:37 UTC+2 schrieb simonw: > > > try using the "prefix\_length" parameter and set it to the length of you > > zipcode then the fuzziness will not be applied to that prefix > > > > simon > > > > On Friday, October 18, 2013 12:44:18 PM UTC+2, Thorsten wrote: > > > > > Dear ElasticSearchers, > > > I'm trying to get the new completion suggester to help me suggesting my > > > users locations (cities). > > > > > > My data mapping and data looks like this.[https://gist.github.com/ThorstenS/7039670](https://gist.github.com/ThorstenS/7039670) > > > > > > What I want is that the names of the cities can be misspelled, and the > > > user still gets some (hopefully correct) results. > > > On the other hand, if the user searches via zip-code, the fuzziness > > > should not be applied to the zip-code, but only to the name of the city. > > > > > > In my example data above, if i'd search for > > > curl -X POST 'localhost:9200/geodb/\_suggest?pretty' -d '{ > > > "city-suggest" : { > > > "text" : "12345 Ci", > > > "completion" : { > > > "field" : "suggest", > > > "fuzzy" : { > > > "edit\_distance" : 2 > > > } > > > } > > > } > > > }' > > > > > > I'd get 2 results, but since I entered a valid zip-code, I'd only like > > > to get the one result with that exact zip-code. But still maintain > > > fuzziness on the name of the city. > > > > > > I do understand that Elasticsearch's behavior totally makes sense, since > > > I've requested the data with a fuzzy span. > > > But is there a way to reach my goal? > > > > > > Thanks for your help 🙂 -- 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). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). ---
**Author:** ![Thorsten\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e68b1a/32.png) [@Thorsten\_3](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Thorsten_3)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2013, 7:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-use-completion-suggester-for-city-location-suggests-respecting-zip-codes/14012/5 "2013-10-19T19:01:38Z")
Thank you for being patient with me, I did give that a try before, but got an exception. Just had the parameter placed on the wrong spot... All working fine now 🙂 curl -X POST 'localhost:9200/geodb/\_suggest?pretty' -d '{ "city-suggest" : { "text" : "12345 City", "completion" : { "field" : "suggest", "size" : 20, "fuzzy" : { "edit\_distance" : 2, "prefix\_length" : 5 } } } }' Am Samstag, 19. Oktober 2013 20:17:57 UTC+2 schrieb simonw: > "size" : X should work just fine no? > > simon > > On Saturday, October 19, 2013 11:11:58 AM UTC+2, Thorsten wrote: > > > Thank you, that does the trick! > > > > Any chance to increase the number of returned results? > > At the moment, I only get a maximum of 5 suggestions, although there are > > more locations in the index that should match the query. > > > > Thanks > > > > Thorsten > > > > Am Freitag, 18. Oktober 2013 21:09:37 UTC+2 schrieb simonw: > > > > > try using the "prefix\_length" parameter and set it to the length of you > > > zipcode then the fuzziness will not be applied to that prefix > > > > > > simon > > > > > > On Friday, October 18, 2013 12:44:18 PM UTC+2, Thorsten wrote: > > > > > > > Dear ElasticSearchers, > > > > I'm trying to get the new completion suggester to help me suggesting my > > > > users locations (cities). > > > > > > > > My data mapping and data looks like this.[https://gist.github.com/ThorstenS/7039670](https://gist.github.com/ThorstenS/7039670) > > > > > > > > What I want is that the names of the cities can be misspelled, and the > > > > user still gets some (hopefully correct) results. > > > > On the other hand, if the user searches via zip-code, the fuzziness > > > > should not be applied to the zip-code, but only to the name of the city. > > > > > > > > In my example data above, if i'd search for > > > > curl -X POST 'localhost:9200/geodb/\_suggest?pretty' -d '{ > > > > "city-suggest" : { > > > > "text" : "12345 Ci", > > > > "completion" : { > > > > "field" : "suggest", > > > > "fuzzy" : { > > > > "edit\_distance" : 2 > > > > } > > > > } > > > > } > > > > }' > > > > > > > > I'd get 2 results, but since I entered a valid zip-code, I'd only like > > > > to get the one result with that exact zip-code. But still maintain > > > > fuzziness on the name of the city. > > > > > > > > I do understand that Elasticsearch's behavior totally makes sense, > > > > since I've requested the data with a fuzzy span. > > > > But is there a way to reach my goal? > > > > > > > > Thanks for your help 🙂 -- 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). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). ---
**Author:** ![simonw\_2](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/simonw_2/32/1130_2.png) [@simonw\_2](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/simonw_2)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2013, 8:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-use-completion-suggester-for-city-location-suggests-respecting-zip-codes/14012/6 "2013-10-20T08:01:15Z")
good stuff!! We are also working on adding support for a geo location in the suggester that allows you to "pre-filter" based on where the users "is" or it's "view" / "BoundingBox" center is. happy that is worked out simon On Saturday, October 19, 2013 9:01:38 PM UTC+2, Thorsten wrote: > Thank you for being patient with me, I did give that a try before, but got > an exception. > Just had the parameter placed on the wrong spot... > > All working fine now 🙂 > > curl -X POST 'localhost:9200/geodb/\_suggest?pretty' -d '{ > "city-suggest" : { > "text" : "12345 City", > "completion" : { > "field" : "suggest", > "size" : 20, > "fuzzy" : { > "edit\_distance" : 2, > "prefix\_length" : 5 > } > } > } > }' > > Am Samstag, 19. Oktober 2013 20:17:57 UTC+2 schrieb simonw: > > > "size" : X should work just fine no? > > > > simon > > > > On Saturday, October 19, 2013 11:11:58 AM UTC+2, Thorsten wrote: > > > > > Thank you, that does the trick! > > > > > > Any chance to increase the number of returned results? > > > At the moment, I only get a maximum of 5 suggestions, although there are > > > more locations in the index that should match the query. > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > Thorsten > > > > > > Am Freitag, 18. Oktober 2013 21:09:37 UTC+2 schrieb simonw: > > > > > > > try using the "prefix\_length" parameter and set it to the length of you > > > > zipcode then the fuzziness will not be applied to that prefix > > > > > > > > simon > > > > > > > > On Friday, October 18, 2013 12:44:18 PM UTC+2, Thorsten wrote: > > > > > > > > > Dear ElasticSearchers, > > > > > I'm trying to get the new completion suggester to help me suggesting > > > > > my users locations (cities). > > > > > > > > > > My data mapping and data looks like this.[https://gist.github.com/ThorstenS/7039670](https://gist.github.com/ThorstenS/7039670) > > > > > > > > > > What I want is that the names of the cities can be misspelled, and the > > > > > user still gets some (hopefully correct) results. > > > > > On the other hand, if the user searches via zip-code, the fuzziness > > > > > should not be applied to the zip-code, but only to the name of the city. > > > > > > > > > > In my example data above, if i'd search for > > > > > curl -X POST 'localhost:9200/geodb/\_suggest?pretty' -d '{ > > > > > "city-suggest" : { > > > > > "text" : "12345 Ci", > > > > > "completion" : { > > > > > "field" : "suggest", > > > > > "fuzzy" : { > > > > > "edit\_distance" : 2 > > > > > } > > > > > } > > > > > } > > > > > }' > > > > > > > > > > I'd get 2 results, but since I entered a valid zip-code, I'd only like > > > > > to get the one result with that exact zip-code. But still maintain > > > > > fuzziness on the name of the city. > > > > > > > > > > I do understand that Elasticsearch's behavior totally makes sense, > > > > > since I've requested the data with a fuzzy span. > > > > > But is there a way to reach my goal? > > > > > > > > > > Thanks for your help 🙂 -- 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). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). ---
**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, 2:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-use-completion-suggester-for-city-location-suggests-respecting-zip-codes/14012/7 "2017-07-06T02:11:37Z")