Elasticsearch Search API URI search, and Highlighting
Example
A search request can be executed purely using a URI by providing request parameters. Not all search options are exposed when executing a search using this mode, but it can be handy for quick "curl tests".
GET Index/type/_search?q=field:value
Another useful feature provided is highlighting the match hits in the documents.
GET /_search
{
"query" : {
"match": { "field": "value" }
},
"highlight" : {
"fields" : {
"content" : {}
}
}
}
In the above case, the particular field will be highlighted for each search hit
