elasticsearchHow do I use different field types in Elasticsearch?

To use different field types in Elasticsearch, you need to specify the type when creating an index or mapping. For example, to create a mapping for a field of type keyword, you could use the following code:

PUT my_index
{
  "mappings": {
    "properties": {
      "my_field": {
        "type":  "keyword"
      }
    }
  }
}

The output of this code would be:

{
  "acknowledged": true,
  "shards_acknowledged": true,
  "index": "my_index"
}

The following is a list of the available field types in Elasticsearch, with a brief explanation of each:

• text: used to store string values that will be analyzed for full-text search.
• keyword: used to store non-analyzed string values for exact matching.
• date: used to store date values.
• long: used to store 64-bit integer values.
• double: used to store double-precision 64-bit floating point values.
• boolean: used to store boolean values.
• object: used to store complex objects as nested documents.
• nested: used to store arrays of complex objects as nested documents.

For more information, please refer to the Elasticsearch documentation.

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