The URI search uses a simple query string with URL parameters to execute the Search API. We will demonstrate a number of common parameters:
- from: The starting item (default to 0) to return in the hits field.
- size: The number of items (default to 10) to return in the hits field.
- sort: Sort the field (default to ascending) by specifying sort=field:asc or sort=field:desc, or by the scores (sort=_score:asc).
- _source: Return the _source field by default. If it is set to false, no _source field is returned.
The following screenshot shows an example of using the from, size, sort, and _source parameters. The search result of the request will only have two items returned. The items returned start from index 2 after sorting the symbol ...
