# Working example for geo polygon search with the Java API? **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [March 9, 2012, 11:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/working-example-for-geo-polygon-search-with-the-java-api/6963 "2012-03-09T23:04:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Eugen\_Paraschiv](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/eugen_paraschiv/32/919_2.png) [@Eugen\_Paraschiv](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Eugen_Paraschiv)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2012, 11:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/working-example-for-geo-polygon-search-with-the-java-api/6963/1 "2012-03-09T23:04:50Z")
Hi, I'm working on a geo spatial polygon based search and I'm trying to use the Java API; is there any example/test that I could use as a starting point, already doing this? Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Eric\_Jain](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/eric_jain/32/834_2.png) [@Eric\_Jain](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Eric_Jain)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2012, 1:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/working-example-for-geo-polygon-search-with-the-java-api/6963/2 "2012-03-12T01:42:08Z")
On Mar 9, 3:04 pm, Eugen Paraschiv [hanrisel...@gmail.com](mailto:hanrisel...@gmail.com) wrote: > I'm working on a geo spatial polygon based search and I'm trying to use the > Java API; is there any example/test that I could use as a starting point, > already doing this? I haven't used the polygon search feature, but assume you'd use it like so: FilterBuilder filter = FilterBuilders.geoPolygonFilter(filterName) .addPoint(lat1, lon1).addPoint(lat2, lon2).addPoint(lat3, lon3); QueryBuilder query = QueryBuilders.constantScoreQuery(filter); SearchSourceBuilder source = new SearchSourceBuilder().query(query); SearchRequest request = Requests.searchRequest(indexName).source(source); ... ---
**Author:** ![Eric\_Jain](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/eric_jain/32/834_2.png) [@Eric\_Jain](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Eric_Jain)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2012, 8:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/working-example-for-geo-polygon-search-with-the-java-api/6963/3 "2012-03-13T20:50:27Z")
On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 12:12, Eugen Paraschiv [hanriseldon@gmail.com](mailto:hanriseldon@gmail.com) wrote: > Am I perhaps missing something or doing something wrong. Is there an > integration test that verifies the polygon search functionality? I just tested this by replacing a geoBoundingBoxFilter with a geoPolygonFilter (with 4 points), and it appears to work. Can you post a complete test case? Do other queries (e.g. bounding box or exact match) return results? May need to flush the index or wait a short while... ---
**Author:** ![Eugen\_Paraschiv](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/eugen_paraschiv/32/919_2.png) [@Eugen\_Paraschiv](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Eugen_Paraschiv)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 9:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/working-example-for-geo-polygon-search-with-the-java-api/6963/4 "2012-03-14T09:00:10Z")
OK, I'll start with that test and work my way towards polygon. Thanks. Eugen. On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 10:50 PM, Eric Jain [eric.jain@gmail.com](mailto:eric.jain@gmail.com) wrote: > On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 12:12, Eugen Paraschiv [hanriseldon@gmail.com](mailto:hanriseldon@gmail.com) > wrote: > > > Am I perhaps missing something or doing something wrong. Is there an > > integration test that verifies the polygon search functionality? > > I just tested this by replacing a geoBoundingBoxFilter with a > geoPolygonFilter (with 4 points), and it appears to work. > > Can you post a complete test case? Do other queries (e.g. bounding box > or exact match) return results? May need to flush the index or wait a > short while... ---
**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, 3:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/working-example-for-geo-polygon-search-with-the-java-api/6963/5 "2017-07-06T03:36:17Z")