Highlighting matched results on _all fields

Question

I want the matched results to be highlighted. This works for me if I mention the field name and it returns the highlighted text, however if I give the field as \"_all\", it

Answer 1

To avoid the need to add _all as a stored field in your index

An alternative quick fix: use * instead of _all:

curl -XGET "http://localhost:9200/my_index/my_type/_search?q=stackoverflow&size=999" -d '{
  "highlight":{
    "fields":{
      "*":{}
    }
  }
}'