countHits

Purpose

Returns the number of hits for a specified search query.

Examples

def res = elasticSearchService.countHits("${params.query}")
def res = elasticSearchService.countHits("${params.query}", [indices:"tweet"])
def res = elasticSearchService.countHits {
    queryString("${params.query}")
}
def res = elasticSearchService.countHits(indices:"tweet") {
    queryString("${params.query}")
}

Description

countHits signatures:

def countHits(Closure query, Map params)
def countHits(Closure query)
def countHits(Map params, Closure query)
def countHits(String query, Map params)
def countHits(String query)

Parameters

• query - The search query.
• As a String, the query is parsed by the Lucene query parser for advanced searching.
• Can also be a Closure, using the Groovy Query DSL of the ElasticSearch groovy client.
• params - A list of additional parameters to customize the searching process
• indices - Limit the search only to the specified indices (may be a String, or Collection of String)
• types - Limit the search only to the specified types (domains) (may be a String, or Collection of String).

Returned value

Returns an Integer representing the number of hits for the query.