Multiple match_phrase conditions with another bool in a single ElasticSearch query? - database

Question

I am trying to conduct an Elasticsearch query that searched a text field ("body") and returns items that match at least one of two multi-word phrases I provide (ie: "stack overflow" OR "the stackoverflow"). I would also like the query to only provide results that occur after a given timestamp, with the results ordered by time.
My current solution is below. I believe the MUST is working correctly (gte a timestamp), but the BOOL + SHOULD with two match_phrases is not correct. I am getting the following error:
Unexpected character ('{' (code 123)): was expecting double-quote to start field name
Which I think is because I have two match_phrases in there?
This is the ES mapping and the details of the ES API I am using details are here.
{"query":
{"bool":
{"should":
[{"match_phrase":
{"body":"a+phrase"}
},
{"match_phrase":
{"body":"another+phrase"}
}
]
},
{"bool":
{"must":
[{"range":
{"created_at:
{"gte":"thispage"}
}
}
]}
}
},"size":10000,
"sort":"created_at"
}

Answer 1

I think you were just missing a single " after created_at.
{
"query": {
"bool": {
"must": [
{
"range": {
"created_at": {
"gte": "1534004694"
}
}
},
{
"bool": {
"should": [
{
"match_phrase": {
"body": "a+phrase"
}
},
{
"match_phrase": {
"body": "another+phrase"
}
}
]
}
}
]
}
},
"size": 10,
"sort": "created_at"
}
Also, you are allowed to have both must and should as properties of a bool object, so this is also worth trying.
{
"query": {
"bool": {
"must": {
"range": {
"created_at": {
"gte": "1534004694"
}
}
},
"should": [
{
"match_phrase": {
"body": "a+phrase"
}
},
{
"match_phrase": {
"body": "another+phrase"
}
}
]
}
},
"size": 10,
"sort": "created_at"
}
On a side note, Postman or any JSON formatter/validator would really help in determining where the error is.