# More Like This with range **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [October 26, 2011, 3:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/more-like-this-with-range/5694 "2011-10-26T15:10:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Matthew\_Terenzio](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/matthew_terenzio/32/2807_2.png) [@Matthew\_Terenzio](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Matthew_Terenzio)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 3:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/more-like-this-with-range/5694/1 "2011-10-26T15:10:16Z")
So I'd like to do a MLT query combined with a Range but I'd rather it be based on the ID of a document rather than the text. It looks to me Range is only available from the Query DSL but not within an MLT API call? I could, of course, retrieve the document and use the text but fiigured I was missing something. I see that the Search API is available from within the MLT API but don't see Range in there. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![kimchy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kimchy/32/44952_2.png) [@kimchy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kimchy)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 8:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/more-like-this-with-range/5694/2 "2011-10-26T20:40:09Z")
You are not missing something :), use GET to fetch the doc, and build the search request yourself with the relevant text in the MLT query. On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 5:10 PM, Matthew Terenzio [mterenzio@gmail.com](mailto:mterenzio@gmail.com)wrote: > So I'd like to do a MLT query combined with a Range but I'd rather it be > based on the ID of a document rather than the text. It looks to me Range is > only available from the Query DSL but not within an MLT API call? > > I could, of course, retrieve the document and use the text but fiigured I > was missing something. I see that the Search API is available from within > the MLT API but don't see Range in there. > > Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Matthew\_Terenzio](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/matthew_terenzio/32/2807_2.png) [@Matthew\_Terenzio](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Matthew_Terenzio)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2011, 12:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/more-like-this-with-range/5694/3 "2011-10-27T00:25:19Z")
It actually looks like I was able to accomplish it with only one request by using the More Like This API and including a filter in the body with a range, like this: curl -XGET '[http://localhost:9200/news/articles/[id]/\_mlt?](http://localhost:9200/news/articles/%5Bid%5D/_mlt?)' -d '{"filter" : {"range" : {"timestamp" : {"gt" : "1319575346"}}} }' On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 4:40 PM, Shay Banon [kimchy@gmail.com](mailto:kimchy@gmail.com) wrote: > You are not missing something :), use GET to fetch the doc, and build the > search request yourself with the relevant text in the MLT query. > > On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 5:10 PM, Matthew Terenzio [mterenzio@gmail.com](mailto:mterenzio@gmail.com)wrote: > > > So I'd like to do a MLT query combined with a Range but I'd rather it be > > based on the ID of a document rather than the text. It looks to me Range is > > only available from the Query DSL but not within an MLT API call? > > > > I could, of course, retrieve the document and use the text but fiigured I > > was missing something. I see that the Search API is available from within > > the MLT API but don't see Range in there. > > > > Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![kimchy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kimchy/32/44952_2.png) [@kimchy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kimchy)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2011, 7:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/more-like-this-with-range/5694/4 "2011-10-27T19:10:37Z")
Ha!, yea, a "filter" will work, though a "query" will not (since the query is what is automatically built my the mlt API). On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 2:25 AM, Matthew Terenzio [mterenzio@gmail.com](mailto:mterenzio@gmail.com)wrote: > It actually looks like I was able to accomplish it with only one request by > using the More Like This API and including a filter in the body with a > range, like this: > > curl -XGET '[http://localhost:9200/news/articles/[id]/\_mlt?](http://localhost:9200/news/articles/%5Bid%5D/_mlt?)' -d '{"filter" > : {"range" : {"timestamp" : {"gt" : "1319575346"}}} }' > > On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 4:40 PM, Shay Banon [kimchy@gmail.com](mailto:kimchy@gmail.com) wrote: > > > You are not missing something :), use GET to fetch the doc, and build the > > search request yourself with the relevant text in the MLT query. > > > > On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 5:10 PM, Matthew Terenzio [mterenzio@gmail.com](mailto:mterenzio@gmail.com)wrote: > > > > > So I'd like to do a MLT query combined with a Range but I'd rather it be > > > based on the ID of a document rather than the text. It looks to me Range is > > > only available from the Query DSL but not within an MLT API call? > > > > > > I could, of course, retrieve the document and use the text but fiigured I > > > was missing something. I see that the Search API is available from within > > > the MLT API but don't see Range in there. > > > > > > Thanks. ---
**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, 3:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/more-like-this-with-range/5694/5 "2017-07-06T03:50:36Z")