# Question about TextQuery **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [February 6, 2012, 1:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/question-about-textquery/6599 "2012-02-06T01:41:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![quain](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/quain/32/2925_2.png) [@quain](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/quain)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2012, 1:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/question-about-textquery/6599/1 "2012-02-06T01:41:41Z")
I'm trying to understand how Text Query works. My goal is to make an autocomplete/suggest feature. As below, I insert documents with the "title" fields: "quick brown", "quick brown fox", "quiet brow" which is analyzed with standard analyzer. I'm trying the Text Query with phrase\_prefix ([http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/reference/query-dsl/](http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/reference/query-dsl/) text-query.html) pretty much exactly as described in the guide, but I'm getting no hits with any query I'm using. For example, for "quick brown" I would expect to see 2 hits: "quick brown" and "quick brown fox". What am I doing wrong? Is there a better analyzer/query setup I should be using for an autocomplete kind of use case? SET UP: curl -XPOST localhost:9200/test -d '{ "mappings" : { "document" : { "properties" : { "title" : { type: "string", analyzer : "standard" } } } } }' curl -XPUT '[http://localhost:9200/test/document/1](http://localhost:9200/test/document/1)' -d '{ "title" : "quick brown" }' curl -XPUT '[http://localhost:9200/test/document/2](http://localhost:9200/test/document/2)' -d '{ "title" : "quick brown fox" }' curl -XPUT '[http://localhost:9200/test/document/3](http://localhost:9200/test/document/3)' -d '{ "title" : "quiet brown" }' QUERY: curl "localhost:9200/test/accounts/\_search?pretty=true" -d '{ "query" : { "text" : { "message" : { "query" : "quick", "type" : "phrase\_prefix" } } } }' =\> No hits ---
**Author:** ![vinhphu1711](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a88e4f/32.png) [@vinhphu1711](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vinhphu1711)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2012, 2:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/question-about-textquery/6599/2 "2012-02-06T02:12:54Z")
Hi quain, Your query is not correct. Should be: curl "localhost:9200/test/document/\_search?pretty=true" -d '{ "query" : { "text" : { "title" : { "query" : "quick", "type" : "phrase\_prefix" } } } }' Cheers, LTVP On Feb 6, 2012, at 9:41 AM, quain wrote: > I'm trying to understand how Text Query works. My goal is to make an > autocomplete/suggest feature. As below, I insert documents with the > "title" fields: "quick brown", "quick brown fox", "quiet brow" which > is analyzed with standard analyzer. I'm trying the Text Query with > phrase\_prefix ([Elasticsearch Platform — Find real-time answers at scale | Elastic](http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/reference/query-dsl/) > text-query.html) pretty much exactly as described in the guide, but > I'm getting no hits with any query I'm using. For example, for "quick > brown" I would expect to see 2 hits: "quick brown" and "quick brown > fox". > > What am I doing wrong? Is there a better analyzer/query setup I > should be using for an autocomplete kind of use case? > > SET UP: > curl -XPOST localhost:9200/test -d '{ > "mappings" : { > "document" : { > "properties" : { > "title" : { type: "string", analyzer : "standard" } > } > } > } > }' > curl -XPUT '[http://localhost:9200/test/document/1](http://localhost:9200/test/document/1)' -d '{ > "title" : "quick brown" > }' > curl -XPUT '[http://localhost:9200/test/document/2](http://localhost:9200/test/document/2)' -d '{ > "title" : "quick brown fox" > }' > curl -XPUT '[http://localhost:9200/test/document/3](http://localhost:9200/test/document/3)' -d '{ > "title" : "quiet brown" > }' > > QUERY: > curl "localhost:9200/test/accounts/\_search?pretty=true" -d '{ > "query" : { > "text" : { > "message" : { > "query" : "quick", > "type" : "phrase\_prefix" > } > } > } > }' > =\> No hits ---
**Author:** ![quain](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/quain/32/2925_2.png) [@quain](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/quain)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2012, 2:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/question-about-textquery/6599/3 "2012-02-06T02:54:22Z")
Thanks! That was a silly mistake by me. On Feb 5, 6:12 pm, Phu Le [le.truong.vinh....@gmail.com](mailto:le.truong.vinh....@gmail.com) wrote: > Hi quain, > Your query is not correct. Should be: > > curl "localhost:9200/test/document/\_search?pretty=true" -d '{ > "query" : { > "text" : { > "title" : { > "query" : "quick", > "type" : "phrase\_prefix" > } > } > } > > }' > > Cheers, > LTVP > On Feb 6, 2012, at 9:41 AM, quain wrote: > > > I'm trying to understand how Text Query works. My goal is to make an > > autocomplete/suggest feature. As below, I insert documents with the > > "title" fields: "quick brown", "quick brown fox", "quiet brow" which > > is analyzed with standard analyzer. I'm trying the Text Query with > > phrase\_prefix ([Elasticsearch Platform — Find real-time answers at scale | Elastic](http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/reference/query-dsl/) > > text-query.html) pretty much exactly as described in the guide, but > > I'm getting no hits with any query I'm using. For example, for "quick > > brown" I would expect to see 2 hits: "quick brown" and "quick brown > > fox". > > > What am I doing wrong? Is there a better analyzer/query setup I > > should be using for an autocomplete kind of use case? > > > SET UP: > > curl -XPOST localhost:9200/test -d '{ > > "mappings" : { > > "document" : { > > "properties" : { > > "title" : { type: "string", analyzer : "standard" } > > } > > } > > } > > }' > > curl -XPUT '[http://localhost:9200/test/document/1'-d](http://localhost:9200/test/document/1'-d) '{ > > "title" : "quick brown" > > }' > > curl -XPUT '[http://localhost:9200/test/document/2'-d](http://localhost:9200/test/document/2'-d) '{ > > "title" : "quick brown fox" > > }' > > curl -XPUT '[http://localhost:9200/test/document/3'-d](http://localhost:9200/test/document/3'-d) '{ > > "title" : "quiet brown" > > }' > > > QUERY: > > curl "localhost:9200/test/accounts/\_search?pretty=true" -d '{ > > "query" : { > > "text" : { > > "message" : { > > "query" : "quick", > > "type" : "phrase\_prefix" > > } > > } > > } > > }' > > =\> No hits ---
**Author:** ![quain](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/quain/32/2925_2.png) [@quain](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/quain)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2012, 10:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/question-about-textquery/6599/4 "2012-02-06T22:33:23Z")
A followup question. Is there a way to prefer results that have the phrase at the beginning? For example, if I'm searching for "quick brown" to prefer "quick brown fox" over "fox quick brown", etc? I am looking at the docs. and it seems like you can set a boost to certain results. How can I structure something like this to do what I want with a phrase\_prefix text query? Thanks! On Feb 5, 6:54 pm, quain [quaintena...@gmail.com](mailto:quaintena...@gmail.com) wrote: > Thanks! That was a silly mistake by me. > > On Feb 5, 6:12 pm, Phu Le [le.truong.vinh....@gmail.com](mailto:le.truong.vinh....@gmail.com) wrote: > > > Hi quain, > > Your query is not correct. Should be: > > > curl "localhost:9200/test/document/\_search?pretty=true" -d '{ > > "query" : { > > "text" : { > > "title" : { > > "query" : "quick", > > "type" : "phrase\_prefix" > > } > > } > > } > > > }' > > > Cheers, > > LTVP > > On Feb 6, 2012, at 9:41 AM, quain wrote: > > > > I'm trying to understand how Text Query works. My goal is to make an > > > autocomplete/suggest feature. As below, I insert documents with the > > > "title" fields: "quick brown", "quick brown fox", "quiet brow" which > > > is analyzed with standard analyzer. I'm trying the Text Query with > > > phrase\_prefix ([Elasticsearch Platform — Find real-time answers at scale | Elastic](http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/reference/query-dsl/) > > > text-query.html) pretty much exactly as described in the guide, but > > > I'm getting no hits with any query I'm using. For example, for "quick > > > brown" I would expect to see 2 hits: "quick brown" and "quick brown > > > fox". > > > > What am I doing wrong? Is there a better analyzer/query setup I > > > should be using for an autocomplete kind of use case? > > > > SET UP: > > > curl -XPOST localhost:9200/test -d '{ > > > "mappings" : { > > > "document" : { > > > "properties" : { > > > "title" : { type: "string", analyzer : "standard" } > > > } > > > } > > > } > > > }' > > > curl -XPUT '[http://localhost:9200/test/document/1'-d'](http://localhost:9200/test/document/1'-d'){ > > > "title" : "quick brown" > > > }' > > > curl -XPUT '[http://localhost:9200/test/document/2'-d'](http://localhost:9200/test/document/2'-d'){ > > > "title" : "quick brown fox" > > > }' > > > curl -XPUT '[http://localhost:9200/test/document/3'-d'](http://localhost:9200/test/document/3'-d'){ > > > "title" : "quiet brown" > > > }' > > > > QUERY: > > > curl "localhost:9200/test/accounts/\_search?pretty=true" -d '{ > > > "query" : { > > > "text" : { > > > "message" : { > > > "query" : "quick", > > > "type" : "phrase\_prefix" > > > } > > > } > > > } > > > }' > > > =\> No hits ---
**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:** [February 7, 2012, 10:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/question-about-textquery/6599/5 "2012-02-07T10:19:13Z")
There isn't an option to only restrict it to text at the beginning of the relevant field data. On Tuesday, February 7, 2012 at 12:33 AM, quain wrote: > A followup question. Is there a way to prefer results that have the > phrase at the beginning? For example, if I'm searching for "quick > brown" to prefer "quick brown fox" over "fox quick brown", etc? > > I am looking at the docs. and it seems like you can set a boost to > certain results. How can I structure something like this to do what I > want with a phrase\_prefix text query? > > Thanks! > > On Feb 5, 6:54 pm, quain \<[quaintena...@gmail.com](mailto:quaintena...@gmail.com) ([http://gmail.com](http://gmail.com))\> wrote: > > > Thanks! That was a silly mistake by me. > > > > On Feb 5, 6:12 pm, Phu Le \<[le.truong.vinh....@gmail.com](mailto:le.truong.vinh....@gmail.com) ([http://gmail.com](http://gmail.com))\> wrote: > > > > > Hi quain, > > > Your query is not correct. Should be: > > > > > curl "localhost:9200/test/document/\_search?pretty=true" -d '{ > > > "query" : { > > > "text" : { > > > "title" : { > > > "query" : "quick", > > > "type" : "phrase\_prefix" > > > } > > > } > > > } > > > > > }' > > > > > Cheers, > > > LTVP > > > On Feb 6, 2012, at 9:41 AM, quain wrote: > > > > > > I'm trying to understand how Text Query works. My goal is to make an > > > > autocomplete/suggest feature. As below, I insert documents with the > > > > "title" fields: "quick brown", "quick brown fox", "quiet brow" which > > > > is analyzed with standard analyzer. I'm trying the Text Query with > > > > phrase\_prefix ([Elasticsearch Platform — Find real-time answers at scale | Elastic](http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/reference/query-dsl/) > > > > text-query.html) pretty much exactly as described in the guide, but > > > > I'm getting no hits with any query I'm using. For example, for "quick > > > > brown" I would expect to see 2 hits: "quick brown" and "quick brown > > > > fox". > > > > > > What am I doing wrong? Is there a better analyzer/query setup I > > > > should be using for an autocomplete kind of use case? > > > > > > SET UP: > > > > curl -XPOST localhost:9200/test -d '{ > > > > "mappings" : { > > > > "document" : { > > > > "properties" : { > > > > "title" : { type: "string", analyzer : "standard" } > > > > } > > > > } > > > > } > > > > }' > > > > curl -XPUT '[http://localhost:9200/test/document/1'-d'](http://localhost:9200/test/document/1'-d'){ > > > > "title" : "quick brown" > > > > }' > > > > curl -XPUT '[http://localhost:9200/test/document/2'-d'](http://localhost:9200/test/document/2'-d'){ > > > > "title" : "quick brown fox" > > > > }' > > > > curl -XPUT '[http://localhost:9200/test/document/3'-d'](http://localhost:9200/test/document/3'-d'){ > > > > "title" : "quiet brown" > > > > }' > > > > > > QUERY: > > > > curl "localhost:9200/test/accounts/\_search?pretty=true" -d '{ > > > > "query" : { > > > > "text" : { > > > > "message" : { > > > > "query" : "quick", > > > > "type" : "phrase\_prefix" > > > > } > > > > } > > > > } > > > > }' > > > > =\> No hits ---
**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, 3:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/question-about-textquery/6599/6 "2017-07-06T03:40:19Z")