Span first query

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Matches spans near the beginning of a field. Here is an example:

response = client.search(
  body: {
    query: {
      span_first: {
        match: {
          span_term: {
            'user.id' => 'kimchy'
          }
        },
        end: 3
      }
    }
  }
)
puts response
GET /_search
{
  "query": {
    "span_first": {
      "match": {
        "span_term": { "user.id": "kimchy" }
      },
      "end": 3
    }
  }
}

The match clause can be any other span type query. The end controls the maximum end position permitted in a match.