Query in elasticsearch with multiple ranges on multiple dates

Question

The following range_query returns a result as expected:

{\"query\": {
    \"bool\": {
      \"must\": [
        {
          \"range\": {
            \"created_at         


        

Answer 1

Under your bool queries' must clause there's no need to wrap it in an and. There is no and query, maybe you were thinking of the and filter?

Example runnable play as curl commands for convenience:

#!/bin/bash

export ELASTICSEARCH_ENDPOINT="http://localhost:9200"

# Create indexes

curl -XPUT "$ELASTICSEARCH_ENDPOINT/play" -d '{
    "settings": {},
    "mappings": {
        "type": {
            "properties": {
                "created_at": {
                    "type": "date",
                    "format": "dateOptionalTime"
                },
                "name": {
                    "type": "string"
                },
                "happens_on": {
                    "type": "date",
                    "format": "dateOptionalTime"
                }
            }
        }
    }
}'


# Index documents
curl -XPOST "$ELASTICSEARCH_ENDPOINT/_bulk?refresh=true" -d '
{"index":{"_index":"play","_type":"type"}}
{"name":"foo","created_at":"2013-12-09T00:00:00.000Z","happens_on":"2013-12-16T00:00:00.000Z"}
{"index":{"_index":"play","_type":"type"}}
{"name":"bar","created_at":"2013-12-08T00:00:00.000Z","happens_on":"2013-12-16T00:00:00.000Z"}
{"index":{"_index":"play","_type":"type"}}
{"name":"bar","created_at":"2013-12-09T00:00:00.000Z","happens_on":"2013-12-17T00:00:00.000Z"}
'

# Do searches

curl -XPOST "$ELASTICSEARCH_ENDPOINT/_search?pretty" -d '
{
    "query": {
        "bool": {
            "must": [
                {
                    "range": {
                        "created_at": {
                            "gte": "2013-12-09T00:00:00.000Z"
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "range": {
                        "happens_on": {
                            "lte": "2013-12-16T00:00:00.000Z"
                        }
                    }
                }
            ]
        }
    }
}
'