Elasticsearch match list against field

Question

I have a list, array or whichever language you are familiar. E.g. names : ["John","Bas","Peter"] and I want to query the name field if it matches one of those names.

One way is with OR Filter. e.g.

{
    "filtered" : {
        "query" : {
            "match_all": {}
        },
        "filter" : {
            "or" : [
                {
                    "term" : { "name" : "John" }
                },
                {
                    "term" : { "name" : "Bas" }
                },
                {
                    "term" : { "name" : "Peter" }
                }
            ]
        }
    }
}

Any fancier way? Better if it's a query than a filter.

Answer 1

{
  "query": {
    "filtered" : {
      "filter" : {
        "terms": {
          "name": ["John","Bas","Peter"]
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

Which Elasticsearch rewrites as if you hat used this one

{
  "query": {
    "filtered" : {
      "filter" : {
        "bool": {
          "should": [
            {
              "term": {
                "name": "John"
              }
            },
            {
              "term": {
                "name": "Bas"
              }
            },
            {
              "term": {
                "name": "Peter"
              }
            }
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

When using a boolean filter, most of the time, it is better to use the bool filter than and or or. The reason is explained on the Elasticsearch blog: http://www.elasticsearch.org/blog/all-about-elasticsearch-filter-bitsets/