Search keyword using double quotes to get exact match in elasticsearch

Question

If user searches by giving quotes around keyword like "flowers and mulch" then exact matches should be displayed.

I tried using query_string which is almost working but not satisfied with those results.

Can anyone help me out please.

{
    "query": {
        "query_string": {
           "fields": ["body"], 
           "query": "\"flowers and mulch\""
        }
    }
}

Answer 1

You should be using phrase_match for exact matches of phrases:

{
    "query": {
        "match_phrase": {
            "body": "flowers and mulch"
        }
    }
}

Phrase matching

In the same way that the match query is the “go-to” query for standard full text search, the match_phrase query is the one you should reach for when you want to find words that are near to each other.

http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/en/elasticsearch/guide/current/phrase-matching.html