How to match on multiple fields per array item in elastic search - json

Question

I am trying to create an elastic search query to match multiple fields inside of an object inside of an array.
For example, the Elastic Search structure I am querying against is similar to the following:
"hits": [
{
"_index": "titles",
"_type": "title",
...
"_source": {
...
"genres": [
{
"code": "adventure",
"priority": 1
},
{
"code": "action",
"priority": 2
},
{
"code": "horror",
"priority": 3
}
],
...
},
...
]
And what I am trying to do is match on titles with specific genre/priority pairings. For example, I am trying to match all titles with code=action and priority=1, but my query is returning too many results. The above title is hit during this example due to the fact that the genre list contains both a genre with code=action AND another genre that matches priority=1. My query is similar to the following:
"query": {
"bool": {
"filter": [
{
"bool": {
"must":[
{"term": {
"genres.code": {
"value": "action",
"boost": 1.0
}
}},
{"term": {
"genres.priority": {
"value": 1,
"boost": 1.0
}
}}
]
}
},
...
}
Is there any way to form the query in order to match a title with a single genre containing both priority=1 AND code=action?

Answer 1

I have recreated your problem. I added the following mapping
PUT titles
{
"mappings": {
"title": {
"properties": {
"author": {
"type": "text"
},
"genres": {
"type": "nested"
}
}
}
}
}
Then I added values to the index. This was what was inserted
"hits": {
"total": 3,
"max_score": 1,
"hits": [
{
"_index": "titles",
"_type": "title",
"_id": "2",
"_score": 1,
"_source": {
"author": "Author 1",
"genres": [
{
"code": "adventure",
"priority": 2
},
{
"code": "action",
"priority": 3
},
{
"code": "horror",
"priority": 1
}
]
}
},
{
"_index": "titles",
"_type": "title",
"_id": "1",
"_score": 1,
"_source": {
"author": "Author 2",
"genres": [
{
"code": "adventure",
"priority": 3
},
{
"code": "action",
"priority": 1
},
{
"code": "horror",
"priority": 2
}
]
}
},
{
"_index": "titles",
"_type": "title",
"_id": "3",
"_score": 1,
"_source": {
"author": "Author 3",
"genres": [
{
"code": "adventure",
"priority": 3
},
{
"code": "action",
"priority": 1
},
{
"code": "horror",
"priority": 2
}
]
}
}
]
}
My query is:
GET titles/title/_search
{
"query": {
"nested": {
"path": "genres",
"query": {
"bool": {
"must": [
{
"term": {
"genres.code": {
"value": "horror"
}
}
},
{
"term": {
"genres.priority": {
"value": 1
}
}
}
]
}
}
}
}
}
The query returns
"_source": {
"author": "Author 1",
"genres": [
{
"code": "adventure",
"priority": 2
},
{
"code": "action",
"priority": 3
},
{
"code": "horror",
"priority": 1
}
]
}
This title is the only one that has code = 'horror' and priority = 1.