ISBN search tricks with Elasticsearch multi_field and index_name

identifier-isbn-search-demo.sh

curl -XDELETE 'localhost:9200/isbn/'

curl -XPUT 'localhost:9200/isbn/' -d '
{
   "mappings" : {
      "_default_" : {
         "_source" : {
            "enabled" : true
         },
         "_all" : {
            "analyzer" : "default",
            "enabled" : true
         },
         "properties" : {
            "identifier" : {
               "dynamic" : false,
               "properties" : {
                  "isbn" : {
                     "type" : "string",
                     "include_in_all" : true
                  },
                  "ean" : {
                     "type" : "multi_field",
                     "fields" : {
                         "ean" : {
                             "index_name" : "isbn",
                             "type" : "string"
                         },
                         "eanonly" : {
                             "type" : "string"
                         }
                     }
                  },
                  "isbnprintable" : {
                     "index_name" : "isbn",
                     "index" : "not_analyzed",
                     "type" : "string"
                  }
               }
            }
         }
      }
   }
}
'

# sample document

curl -XPUT 'localhost:9200/isbn/demo/1' -d '
{
    "identifier" : {
        "isbn" : "1932394281",
        "ean" : "9781932394283",
        "isbnprintable" : "1-932394-28-1"
    }
}
'
sleep 1

# hit

curl -XGET 'localhost:9200/isbn/demo/_search' -d '
{
    "query" : {
         "text" : {
             "_all" : "1932394281"
         }
    }
}
'

# hit

curl -XGET 'localhost:9200/isbn/demo/_search' -d '
{
    "query" : {
         "text" : {
             "_all" : "9781932394283"
         }
    }
}
'

# hit

curl -XGET 'localhost:9200/isbn/demo/_search' -d '
{
    "query" : {
         "text" : {
             "identifier.isbn" : "1932394281"
         }
    }
}
'


# hit

curl -XGET 'localhost:9200/isbn/demo/_search' -d '
{
    "query" : {
         "text" : {
             "identifier.isbn" : "9781932394283"
         }
    }
}
'


# hit :-(

curl -XGET 'localhost:9200/isbn/demo/_search' -d '
{
    "query" : {
         "text" : {
             "identifier.ean" : "1932394281"
         }
    }
}
'


# hit

curl -XGET 'localhost:9200/isbn/demo/_search' -d '
{
    "query" : {
         "text" : {
             "identifier.ean" : "9781932394283"
         }
    }
}
'

# hit

curl -XGET 'localhost:9200/isbn/demo/_search' -d '
{
    "query" : {
         "text" : {
             "identifier.ean.eanonly" : "9781932394283"
         }
    }
}
'

#  no hit :-)

curl -XGET 'localhost:9200/isbn/demo/_search' -d '
{
    "query" : {
         "text" : {
             "identifier.ean.eanonly" : "1932394281"
         }
    }
}
'