Create Elasticsearch curl query for not null and not empty("")
A null value and an empty string both result in no value being indexed, in which case you can use the exists
filter
curl -XGET 'http://127.0.0.1:9200/test/test/_search?pretty=1' -d '
{
"query" : {
"constant_score" : {
"filter" : {
"exists" : {
"field" : "myfield"
}
}
}
}
}
'
Or in combination with (eg) a full text search on the title
field:
curl -XGET 'http://127.0.0.1:9200/test/test/_search?pretty=1' -d '
{
"query" : {
"filtered" : {
"filter" : {
"exists" : {
"field" : "myfield"
}
},
"query" : {
"match" : {
"title" : "search keywords"
}
}
}
}
}
'
As @luqmaan pointed out in the comments, the documentation says that the filter exists
doesn't filter out empty strings as they are considered non-null values.
So adding to @DrTech's answer, to effectively filter null and empty string values out, you should use something like this:
{
"query" : {
"constant_score" : {
"filter" : {
"bool": {
"must": {"exists": {"field": "<your_field_name_here>"}},
"must_not": {"term": {"<your_field_name_here>": ""}}
}
}
}
}
}
On elasticsearch 5.6, I have to use command below to filter out empty string:
GET /_search
{
"query" : {
"regexp":{
"<your_field_name_here>": ".+"
}
}
}