# Java API for distance\_feature in Elastic Search

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/java-api-for-distance-feature-in-elastic-search/202615
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [October 8, 2019, 5:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/java-api-for-distance-feature-in-elastic-search/202615 "2019-10-08T05:16:32Z")
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### Author: ![sgTextSearch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e79b87/32.png) [@sgTextSearch](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sgTextSearch)
#### Post date: [October 8, 2019, 5:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/java-api-for-distance-feature-in-elastic-search/202615/1 "2019-10-08T05:16:32Z")

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I am trying to implement a relevance boost for date and geo-location fields using elastic search distance\_feature. What Java API corresponds to distance\_feature query?

Using decay function does not solve my use case

The following query works fine on Kibana:

```auto
{
  "query": {
    "bool": {
      "should": [
        {
          "multi_match": {
            "query": "mountain",
            "fields": [
              "description$string"
            ]
          }
        },
        {
          "bool": {
            "should": [
              {
                "distance_feature": {
                  "field": "location$location",
                  "pivot": "1km",
                  "origin": [
                    -35.58,20.4
                  ],
                  "boost": 1
                }
              },
              {
                "distance_feature": {
                  "field": "date_established$date",
                  "pivot": "10d",
                  "origin": "now",
                  "boost": 10
                }
              }
            ]
          }
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "_source": {
    "includes": [
      "title$string",
      "location$location",
      "date_established$date"
    ]
  }
}
```

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### Author: ![spinscale](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/spinscale/32/25011_2.png) [@spinscale](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/spinscale)
#### Post date: [October 8, 2019, 12:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/java-api-for-distance-feature-in-elastic-search/202615/2 "2019-10-08T12:33:40Z")

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Take a look at the `DistanceFeatureQueryBuilder` class

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### Author: ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 5, 2019, 12:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/java-api-for-distance-feature-in-elastic-search/202615/3 "2019-11-05T12:33:41Z")

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