Summary
In this chapter, we took a deep dive into the search capabilities of Elasticsearch. We understood the role of analyzers and the anatomy of an analyzer. We have seen how to use some of the built-in analyzers that come with Elasticsearch, and we have also seen how to create custom analyzers. Along with a solid background regarding analyzers, we learnt about two main types of queries—term-level queries and full-text queries. We also understood how to compose different queries into more complex queries using one of the compound queries.
This chapter provided you with sound knowledge to get a foothold for querying Elasticsearch data. There are many more types of queries supported by Elasticsearch, but we have covered most essential ones. ...
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