ElasticSearch, multi-match with filter?

Question

I have a multi-match query in ES, and wish to add a filter.

{
  \"multi_match\" : {
    \"query\" : \"this is a test\",
    \"fields\" : [ \"subject^2\", \"messa         


        

Answer 1

With Elasticsearch 5 the syntax has changed to the usage of bool query, e.g.

{
  "from" : 0,
  "size" : 10,
  "sort" : "publishDate",
  "query": {
    "bool": {  
      "must" : {
        "multi_match" : {
          "query":      "wedding",
          "type":       "most_fields",
          "fields":     [ "title", "text" ]
        }
      },
      "filter": {
        "term": {
          "locale": "english"
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

Documentation can be found here.