elasticsearch bool query combine must with OR

Question

I am currently trying to migrate a solr-based application to elasticsearch.

I have this lucene query

(( 
    name:(+foo +bar) 
    OR info:(+foo +bar         


        

Answer 1

• OR is spelled should
• AND is spelled must
• NOR is spelled should_not

Example:

You want to see all the items that are (round AND (red OR blue)):

{
    "query": {
        "bool": {
            "must": [
                {
                    "term": {"shape": "round"}
                },
                {
                    "bool": {
                        "should": [
                            {"term": {"color": "red"}},
                            {"term": {"color": "blue"}}
                        ]
                    }
                }
            ]
        }
    }
}

You can also do more complex versions of OR, for example if you want to match at least 3 out of 5, you can specify 5 options under "should" and set a "minimum_should" of 3.

Thanks to Glen Thompson and Sebastialonso for finding where my nesting wasn't quite right before.

Thanks also to Fatmajk for pointing out that "term" becomes "match" in ElasticSearch 6.