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Query suggestion API

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Query suggestion API

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Want to learn more? Explore the Query Suggestions guide.

Provide relevant query suggestions for incomplete queries.

Also known as Autocomplete

Requires a Public Search Key.

Only available on text fields.

query (required): A partial query for which to receive suggestions.
types (optional): Specify the documents key within the types parameter to look for suggestions within certain text fields. Defaults to all text fields.
size (optional): Number of query suggestions to return. Must be between 1 and 20. Defaults to 10.

GET /api/as/v1/engines/{ENGINE_NAME}/query_suggestion

POST /api/as/v1/engines/{ENGINE_NAME}/query_suggestion

Example - A POST request to national-parks-demo to receive suggestions for the "car" query from the title and state text fields.

curl -X POST 'https://[instance id].ent-search.[region].[provider].cloud.es.io:443/api/as/v1/engines/national-parks-demo/query_suggestion' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-H 'Authorization: Bearer search-7eud55t7ecdmqzcanjsc9cqu' \
-d '{
  "query": "car",
  "types": {
    "documents": {
      "fields": [
        "title",
        "states"
      ]
    }
  },
  "size": 4
}'

Example Response

{
  "results": {
    "documents": [
      {
        "suggestion": "carlsbad"
      },
      {
        "suggestion": "carlsbad caverns"
      },
      {
        "suggestion": "carolina"
      }
    ]
  },
  "meta": {
    "request_id": "914f909793379ed5af9379b4401f19be"
  }
}

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